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Gemcom Whittle™ strategic mine planning software

Strategic Mine Planning - Optimise Mine Profits

When exploration and mining companies need to evaluate the financial viability and the optimal mine strategy for a deposit, they turn to the industry leading strategic mine planning solution – Gemcom Whittle™. Companies depend on Whittle to help them determine their investment strategy and to deliver robust mine plans that maximise profitability by taking into account real mining constraints.

Whittle delivers trusted results and is used in scoping, feasibility, life-of-mine scheduling, and in the ongoing re-evaluation of mine plans throughout the production phase. Because pit optimisation alone is not enough to unlock the full economic potential of your operation, Whittle provides mine optimisation, which enables significant increases in project value over and above pit optimisation.

Whittle Benefits

Project Phase Benefits
Exploration
  • Understand the potential value of the deposit.
  • Target areas for future drilling.
Scoping
  • Establish the economic viability of the deposit and options for capital investment and development strategies.
  • Examine sensitivities and assign resources accordingly for future studies.
Pre-feasibility, Feasibility
  • Identify preferred development strategy, capital investment, expected NPV and optimal extraction sequence.
  • Calculate sensitivities to develop risk reduction strategy.
  • Ascertain final reserve statement for the deposit.
Bankable Feasibility Study
  • Analyse expected return on investment.
  • Analyse sensitivities and investment risk.
  • Consider multiple scenarios for reducing risk.
Production
  • Determine strategic direction for the mine; cut-off grade and optimised cut-off grade; mining areas and extraction sequence per period; and development strategies for new mines and push backs.
  • Re-evaluate mine plans in response to changing conditions.
  • Calculation of annual reserve statement.

Simultaneous Optimisation

Learn how you can increase NPV by up to 25% with the Simultaneous Optimisation module.

Simultaneous Optimisation Module Datasheet

Whittle Features

As a Whittle customer, you can select the features that are right for your needs. You can extend Whittle by adding new modules as your needs grow.

Customers

Whittle Customer Quote "Whittle helped us extend our bench across the orebody and come up with new cash flows. We have increased our ore reserves by more than 1.2 million tonnes in six months, and we expect extra years of production from the Youga mine."
- Samuel Takyi, Senior Mine Planning Engineer, Etruscan Resources Inc.