Case studies

Real problems,measurable answers.

Short stories from real operations: a number that didn’t add up, a risk nobody could size, and what we did about it.

Vertical section through a block model coloured by copper grade, with drillholes overlaid, in the Annapurna 3D viewer
Consulting + Platform Northern Chile

Copper · Open pit, operating

Finding the source of a reconciliation gap in a large copper open pit

An independent audit of the long-term, short-term and grade-control models traced a mine-to-plant gap to specific modeling decisions.

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Open pit meshes with grade-coloured sample data in the Annapurna 3D viewer
Consulting + Platform United States

Copper porphyry · Open pit, operating

Turning orebody uncertainty into expected dilution

Hierarchical plurigaussian and Gaussian simulations post-processed into dilution numbers that operations can act on.

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Level plan of a block model coloured by category in the Annapurna 3D viewer
Consulting + Platform Chile

Copper-molybdenum porphyry · Large open pit, operating

Putting a number on the risk in a two-year budget plan

Geological, grade and geometallurgical simulation aggregated on the plan solids to show where and when the budget is exposed.

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Consulting Peru

Copper-zinc skarn · Open pit, operating

Designing tonnage and grade traceability from pit to plant

A technical diagnosis and assurance framework so every tonne can be followed from the dig face to the crusher.

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Consulting + Platform Chile

Copper oxide and sulfide · Open pit with ROM stockpiles

Dynamic 3D models for run-of-mine stockpiles

Stockpile block models built from fleet management data and topography, refreshed as material is dumped and reclaimed.

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Platform Chile

Copper oxide and sulfide · Open pit, operating

Faster, back-tested monthly resource models

An Annapurna Challenge: rebuild the mid-term model workflow on the platform and test it against 24 months of blasthole data.

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Consulting Portugal

Copper-zinc · Operating mine

Independent review of long-term models with reference models

A review of the long-term resource model at a producing operation, using a reference model built on the platform as a benchmark.

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Consulting Mexico

Silver-lead-zinc skarn · Underground, study stage

A geometallurgical model for a pre-feasibility study

Recovery, throughput and concentrate quality predicted in 3D from sparse test work, with every parameter labeled by reliability.

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