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Demonstrate the process of strategic mine planning and its impact on decision-making during project development through the use of fully coupled discounted cash flow models.
Generate an optimal resource extraction profile and develop a mine plan with cut-off grade optimisation.
Generate mine schedules and compare different alternatives based on sequencing, timing and costs.
Engage effectively as a member of a mine planning team to produce a written report and present the findings to various audiences.
Assessment summary
Continuous assessment: 60%
Final assessment: 40%
This unit contains a hurdle requirement that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.
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