Every pit has a history, which often is still being written.
Designs change. Mining advances. Commodity prices move. The plan you pick up today is a record of every decision made before you got there, and understanding how a pit arrived at its current shape is important in moving forward.
Meet Vanessa Kite, Principal Consultant at Techtonic.
Vanessa is known for building strong client relationships — understanding the objectives, understanding the constraints, and seeing the job through.
Ask her which assumption causes the most pain, and she will tell you: that standard parameters apply everywhere. Ground conditions, geometry and haul profiles vary, sometimes within the same operation.
Good planning keeps future options open. That starts with knowing what came before.
