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THE AMAZING VALUE OF TOC

IN OPEN PIT MINING
Name: Siya Ngcangca
Company: Moolmans
Countries: Burkina Faso & Guinea (Conakry)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
• General Open Pit Mining Overview/History
• Challenges in Mining
• Application of TOC in Open Pit mining and Amazing
Value (ZAR)
• Conclusion
• Q&A

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GENERAL OPEN PIT MINING OVERVIEW:

• Open Pit mining is generally the best way to extract shallow

valuable minerals
• We use Heavy mining equipment (Excavators, Loaders, Trucks,
Drill Rigs and Auxiliary equipment) to remove overburden and
extract Minerals.

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CHALLENGES IN MINING:

• Political instability
• Volatility of commodity prices (Currently low)
• Increasing production costs
• Access to energy
• Lack of innovation e.g. Application of TOC in
Mining

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MEASURABLES:

• What was measured:

ü Production performance
ü Productivity
ü Positive financial impact
• What was considered
ü Health and safety
ü Training

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ALPHA:

•Loading trucks from the bench in-pit

Loadin
g

•Hauling inside the pit

In-pit
hauling

•Distance from the pit exit to dump was 3km

•Identify and sterilized in-pit dumping area and was approve and ex-pit hauling was eliminated
Constraint Ex-pit •Fuel usage decreased by 19,6% and cost of maintenance reduces due to less trucks used
hauling

•Waste dump
Dumping

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BACKFILLED PIT:

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AMAZING VALUE - VOLUMES AND THROUGHPUT:
FY 3 incl July 2017 Amazing Value in % increase
Month Volumes Hours Throughput Ave. Volumes Ave. Throughput % Volumes % Throughput
Jul-16 636 593 2 332 273
Aug-16 1 034 303 3 293 314
Sep-16 769 783 2 499 308
BEFORE
Oct-16 890 113 4 078 218
TOC
Nov-16 715 073 3 306 216
Dec-16 773 048 3 322 233
Jan-17 883 928 4 297 206 814 692 253
Feb-17 905 538 3 088 293
Mar-17 834 893 3 688 226
AFTER Apr-17 1 324 324 4 215 314
TOC May-17 1 160 427 2 988 388
Jun-17 1 181 591 3 735 316
Jul-17 1 183 543 3 317 357 1 098 386 316 34,8% 25,1%

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AMAZING VALUE (ZAR):

Areas of Add Monthly Add Yearly Operational

Investment
improvement Rev/Savings Rev/Savings cost
Production R4 320 000 R51 840 000 R0 R0
Fuel usage R2 592 000 R31 104 000 R0 R0

• This is a +/-R70m revenue project per month and a R6 912 000

additional revenue (10%) is acceptable.
• NO PAYBACK – As additional Operating expenses or
investment were not required.

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DELTA:

•Trucks position to be loaded

•Before it took 1.1 minutes to position a truck and After 0.7 minute
Constraint Loading •Productivity improved by 11,6%

•Hauling inside the pit

In-pit
hauling

•Exit the pit

Ex-pit
hauling

•This can be at the crusher or waste dump

Dumping

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TRUCK POSITIONING:
BEFORE AFTER

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AMAZING VALUE - VOLUMES AND THROUGHPUT:
July 2017 - Jan 2019 Amazing Value in % increase

Month Volumes Hours Throughput Ave. Volumes Ave. Throughput % Volumes % Throughput
BEFORE Aug-17 203 368 480 424
TOC Sep-17 325 397 794 410 264 383 417
Oct-17 738 426 1 190 621
Nov-17 754 769 1 244 607
Dec-17 647 762 1 096 591
Jan-18 757 108 1 197 633
Feb-18 617 719 1 139 542
Mar-18 582 327 995 585
Apr-18 667 908 1 291 517
AFTER May-18 516 271 1 158 446
TOC Jun-18 694 542 1 218 570
Jul-18 683 073 1 087 628
Aug-18 407 799 808 505
Sep-18 453 477 843 538
Oct-18 563 284 1 096 514
Nov-18 822 944 1 281 643
Dec-18 721 527 1 241 581
Jan-19 746 333 1 219 612 648 454 571 145,3% 37,0%

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AMAZING VALUE (ZAR):

Areas of Add Monthly Add Yearly Operational

Investment
improvement Rev/Savings Rev/Savings cost
Production R1 529 441 R18 353 292 R0 R0

• This is a +/-$1.3m (R18.2m) revenue project per month and a

R1 529 441 additional revenue (8.4%) is acceptable.
• NO PAYBACK – As additional Operating expenses or
investment were not required.

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SOME OF THE CASES:

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CONCLUSION:

u TOC WORKS!!!
u From the practical cases above – it is clear that TOC in Open pit mining has a
positive impact on our projects bottom line.
u There is more to be done in an open pit mining space and I am personally
excited to be part of this strategic and innovative journey of TOC.

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Thank you
Questions and Comments

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