Gahcho Kue

Gahcho Kué Mine

location

Canada

Deposit Style

Kimberlite pipe

Client

De Beers Canada & Mountain Province Diamonds

Commodity

Diamonds

gahcho kue diamond mine open pit optimisation

The Client's Challenge

Gahcho Kue open pit diamond mine is located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

Soon after the operation began, the mine encountered adverse geotechnical conditions which led to the revision of the life of mine plan. This had to be completed over the course of a few months to inform the shareholders of any impacts to the mine life and equipment requirements.  As the mine is located at the end of an ice road, planning ahead for mine equipment and fuel requirements is critical.

IMC's Solution

IMC was able to work with the client to incorporate the new geotechnical criteria in their pit optimisation and design process. This involved minimising the need for additional waste stripping.

Using advanced strategic scheduling and mathematical modelling, IMC Mining was able to provide the client with a revised life of mine plan, carat profile, waste dumping sequence as well as equipment requirements. The strategic mine plan was validated using tactical planning tools to ensure that the highest value development sequence was practical and executable.

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Debswana

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Debswana: Jwaneng, Orapa, Letlhakane, Damtshaa Mine and associated undeveloped resources

location

Botswana

Deposit Style

Kimberlite pipe

Client

Debswana

Commodity

Diamonds

debswana jwaneng orapa diamond mine strategic scheduling

The Client's Challenge

Assist the client in refreshing their resource development plan (RDP). The RDP is an integrated plan to realise the true value of all currently operating assets and to advance known resources through the development pipeline. IMC was asked to provide a modelling tool that can be used to assess the strategic direction of the portfolio. This modelling tool combined with the RDP is intended to provide guidance along the whole value chain, including:

  • exploration teams for the prioritisation of targets
  • tactical mine planning
  • testing plant capacities and expansion options
  • testing impacts of marketing constraints on the mine development sequence
  • assessing business wide implications of challenges and constraints within particular assets

IMC's Solution

IMC’s main solution is centred around an optimisation tool that combines all the assets in the portfolio in one platform. This considers a wide range of resources currently owned by the client, including: open pit, underground, alluvial and mineralised tailings. The optimisation model built by IMC Mining simultaneously considered the mining, haulage, stockpiling, blending, processing, and downstream market constraints in order to identify the highest NPV development plan.

The model integrated all current operating assets and known potential resources. We were able to utilise the optimisation model to quickly and accurately assess many different development options and quantify their value for technical committee and board presentations.

At the end of the project IMC also provided training to the client such that they could adopt and modify the model to suit the project in the future. Find out more about our training here.

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Design and construction teams thoroughly evaluating all elements of a project before ever issuing bid documents or breaking ground saves a lot of time, money, and re-work. In addition, issues are resolved well before they become expensive problems that delay other activities.

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location

muncie, indiana

project sector

hospital

project owner

amerika hospital

size

22,000

Design and construction teams thoroughly evaluating all elements of a project before ever issuing bid documents or breaking ground saves a lot of time, money, and re-work. In addition, issues are resolved well before they become expensive problems that delay other activities.

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