Tacmin's PROCURE A MINE ENGINEERING SERVICE is aimed at assisting the Open Pit Mining Industry with Engineering Services on an outsourced basis as an alternative to employing Engineering personnel. This service is available to mineral and mine owners of green and brown field projects, and the cost to the Client, due to the offset in savings, results in no additional expense over the normal cost of the project. Services such as Engineering Maintenance is carried out at a fixed monthly fee more cost effectively than that of a mine engineering department.
 
MINING PHASE
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TACMIN SERVICE OFFERING SUMMARY 
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Assignments of this nature is carried out as a selected engineering contractor to the Mining Client and incorporates all aspects of mine engineering and implementation thereof. Here Tacmin would resume the responsibility of Project Implementation Agent in charge of mine plan implementation, production and grade control through to rolling out of the budget forecast and shall act as main liaison between Contractor / Supplier and Client.

Mine plan implementation and rolling out of the budget

Implementation Agent

TYPICAL MINE ENGINEERING CONTRACT

To work in association with all the various departments, conduct real time mine engineering, guide the implementation and rolling-out of the budget forecast.

Geology

Importing data.
Data Verification using Vulcan to eliminate errors.
Generation of wireframes from the imported data.
Generation of a Block model using the wireframes.
Grade interpolation into the block model.
Exploration drilling programmes.
Updating of the geological orebody model.
Reserve estimations.
Mining grade reconciliation actual versus modeled grade.

Mining plan - short and long term

Importing Geological Model.
Design Parameter Analysis.
Optimisation Setup.
Pit Design based on Optimisation.
Haul route designs.
Cut and dump developments.
Route and infrastructure planning.
Monthly volume calculation.
Three monthly mine plans.
Annual Mine Plans.
Life of Mine Plans.
Scheduling (short -long term) with resource allocations.
Annual and Life of mine studies inclusive of equipment requirements and cost.

Fleet selection and production

Equipment operating parameters.
Haul road parameters.
Fleet production.
Fleet selection.
Mine Capital cost.
Mine equipment operating cost.
Drill and blast cost.

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT




Implementation Agent





MINE ENGINEERING CONTRACT


Geology

Data processing
Data verification
Wireframes
Block models
Grade interpolation
Exploration drilling programmes
Orebody model updates
Reserve estimations
Grade reconciliation



Mining plan - short and long term

Geological model
Design parameter analysis
Pit optimisation
Pit designs
Haul route designs
Cut and dump developments
Route planning
Volume calculations
Monthly plans for implementation
Annual plans for implementation
Life of mine plans
Production scheduling
Mining studies


Fleet selection and production

Equipment operating parameters
Haul road parameters
Fleet production
Fleet selection
Mine Capital cost
Mine equipment operating cost
Drill and blast cost
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