• The identification of the pit boundary will enable the mine planner to

determine the profitability or otherwise of the mine. Open Pit desigh

is usually carried out using blocks. The pit is divider into blocks. Plus
Vvalue indicates ore while negative value indicate waste. The block
model is created using blosk coordinatesm the block sie and the
number od the blocks.

• A problem of central concern to the mining industry is to determine

the most profitable material which can e feasibly removed froma na
open pit mine.

• Long term mine planning is a dynamic process and it is importante to

ensure a high rate of production during the initial stages.
• Pit design relies:
• Na orebody model in which the deposit is discretized into a grid of blocks,
each or which consists of a volime of material and the corresponding mineral
properties
• The value of each block, whick is determined by coomparison Market prices
for ore with extraction and processing costs
• A geometric model of the deposit

Remembering that each part has a uncertainty upon them. Managing risk in the
possible economic value at the time of extraction.

Then, the ultimate pit limits is the pit with the highest profit value.
Block model are used to design the optimim pit limits.

• Newmand et al. 2010