mine planning

Why your mine plan’s lying to you - and what Rondon and Assibey-Bonsu say to do about it before it costs you millions in misclassified waste and phantom tonnes

At the AusIMM 2025 Mineral Resource Estimation Conference, Dr Oscar Rondon, principal geostatistician at Datamine, tackled a question that has dogged mining professionals for decades: Is estimating recoverable resources still hopeless? The talk revisited a decades-old challenge in resource estimation, combining Rondon’s clear communication with Assibey-Bonsu’s extensive experience in the mining industry.

Underground grit meets goldfield ambition as Brightstar powers ahead with drills turning, mills reviving and a 200,000 ounce dream taking shape in WA

A gold developer in Western Australia is pushing ahead with a technically robust, multi-hub production strategy, leveraging its in-house underground mining capability, modular infrastructure design, and aggressive drilling to transform a fragmented portfolio into a scalable mid-tier platform.

Leeuwin digs in at Marda with shallow hits, gold upside and a no-nonsense plan to turn pits, veins and BIFs into serious investor attention

Leeuwin Metals has hit the ground running at its newly acquired Marda Gold Project in Western Australia, unveiling a high-impact exploration strategy during its recent presentation at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025.

Kriging is cheating, the best estimate is a myth, and it's time resource modellers embraced uncertainty to do it right—and ethically

In a rousing keynote at AusIMM’s 2025 Mineral Resource Estimation Conference, Dr Clayton Deutsch—director and professor at the School of Mining Engineering, University of Alberta—challenged the audience to confront a fundamental flaw in how mineral resource estimators approach their craft.

Safety by design: Why the smartest mines start with risk at the centre

At the 2025 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide, one of the most compelling conversations wasn’t about new technologies or production targets—it was about rethinking how safety is integrated into mine design from the ground up.