Drill and Deal

The course / Building a mine model

Module 6 of 15, 14 minute read

Building a mine model

A mine model starts from the mine plan and works down to free cash flow, year by year, until the reserves run out.

Haul trucks and drill rigs on a pale bench of the Chuquicamata pit
Haul trucks and drill rigs on a bench at Chuquicamata, Chile. A mine model starts with tonnes: how much rock these trucks must move for each tonne of ore.Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0

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