Drill & Blast Optimisation Course

Course Outcomes

Advanced Drill and Blast Principles

• Timing and sequencing
• Slashing design
• Design a working plan from set parameters
• Critically evaluating extraction method

Stope Design and Optimisation

• Complex stope design
• Mining economics
• Charging risks and considerations

Additional Considerations

• Backfill considerations and complications
• Data and physicals tracking
• Management and reporting

Requirements

• 0 – 4 years’ experience in an underground drill and blast engineering role
• Undergraduate degree in:
  • Science (Mining)
  • Engineering (Mining)
  • or related discipline
• This training course is held in an office space and hi-vis clothing is not required

Course Content

Day 1

Advanced Drill and Blast Principles

• Detailed D&B concepts to problem solving case studies to real mine situations
• Timing and sequencing
• Slashing designs
• Create working designs
• Critically thinking extraction method not just doing the standard/ same repetition.

Day 2

Stope design and optimisation

• Stope design and optimisation
• Mining economic considerations

Day 3

• Charging through broken ground
• Brow management
• Backfill considerations and complications
• Data/physicals tracking, management and reporting

Assessment Method

• Simulated learnings and tutorials
• Group problem solving
• Exercise D&B design
• Case study

1-2 people $3,500.00 per person
3-5 people (from the same mine) $3,400.00 per person

• Fee includes the course, course facilities, course materials, lunch & refreshments.
• Participants’ laptops are required for this training.
• This training course is held in an office space and hi-vis clothing is not required.