OPEN PIT METALS

RungePincockMinarcos (RPM) Open Pit Metals XPAC Solution (OPMS) is a comprehensive, end-to-end
mine scheduling solution that delivers an evolution in open pit scheduling. Incorporating 45 years of
domain experience in an off the shelf, configurable solution, RPM has changed the scheduling paradigm
forever with a script-free environment that puts the power back into the hands of mine planners.
Ideal for budgeting and medium or long term scheduling, OPMS features a simple user interface with
the scheduling power of RPMs XPAC engine at its core.
OPMS tackles the complex challenges involved in mine scheduling by integrating each task
from geology to haulage planning and reporting. The result is a seamless, script-free
solution which is easy to use and quick to master.
With OPMS, you will spend less time managing data and more time using it to deliver
value to your operation.

A New Approach To The User Interface

100% script free
Open Pit Metals XPAC Solution is a truly script-free scheduling environment, ensuring users can
focus on delivering mining solutions, not data ones. With no need to learn a scripting language, users
can configure the solution to match their mine and deliver results faster than ever before. New users can quickly pick
up where a previous user left off without having to wade through lines of script.

Process driven
OPMS incorporates a streamlined process driven interface that is a product of RPMs 45 years of mining intelligence.
The interface guides users through a standardised set of tasks that quickly generate production forecasts.
Each step is fully configurable. Users have the flexibility and control to configure the software to reflect their
mines unique characteristics, allowing accurate and reliable schedules while ensuring robustness and
predictability are preserved.

Total data integration

OPMS removes the need for users to spend countless hours massaging data into formats that can be used to
schedule. Data is entered once in its native application and simply opened, modified and used in OPMS. This makes
it simple for users to utilise the information from the applications they use today to generate their schedules including
automatically adjusting to changes in the underlying geological model.

Industry proven scheduling engine

Whilst the user interface might be simple to use and learn, the underlying scheduling engine is
uncompromised in sophistication. Powered by the industry-proven XPAC scheduling engine,
OPMS can be tailored for complex mining environments and deliver robust practical
schedules which add real value to your mine.
This combination of a script-free and standardised process
driven interface, complete data integration, the industrys
leading scheduling engine and RPMs inbuilt mining
intelligence means OPMS can be implemented in days
rather than weeks, with minimal user training required to
deliver real outcomes.

XPAC Scheduling Core Base

The industry leading scheduling engine is at the heart of OPMS. From small
assets to complex operations, RPM solutions are proven to deliver solid
planning outcomes for all types of mining and commodities The scheduling
core isnt just robust, it comes with 45 years of industry experience and
advanced mining rules built in. Its experience that only RPM can provide
that makes OPMS the engineers choice when it comes to scheduling. The
scheduling core not only delivers results, but practical, executable outcomes
that can be trusted and relied upon.

Simple To Use, Process Driven Interface

This Scheduling core underpins the simple, user friendly process driven
interface that makes learning and mastering the application easy. The
intelligent interface guides users through the planning process, step by step
with the solution displaying exactly what is required at each step without the
need for other applications. This delivers a standardised, repeatable process
for mine planning right across the business. Each step in the process is also
supported by comprehensive technical documentation to assist the planner
understand not only the solution, but the mine engineering theory behind it.
The intelligent interface also means that implementation times are reduced
by over 75% without comprising the practical schedule results the industry
expects from an RPM solution. Users can quickly utilise the scheduling power
without having to rely on a script based, manual input environment meaning
they can spend more time using the one solution to generate and analyse
outcomes rather than trying to customise it before they get a result.
This best of both worlds approach gives the power back to planners
to maximise the value they add to the operations.

Reporting And Communication

OPMS comes standard with a powerful suite of reporting and
analytical tools to allow users to quickly and easily analysis,
compare and communicate schedule outcomes.
With OPMS you can quickly and easily create:
User dashboards to visualise key results and parameters.
Database plots which give an accurate representation of
the deposit at any point in the schedule and can be colour
coded by quality, quantity or any other attribute.
Period progress and mine status plots showing the
progression of the schedule over time.
3D Animations to accurately visualise how the mine develops
over time and thereby validating the schedule.
Schedule Stage Plans that can be exported as triangulated
and gridded surfaces at any point in the animation cycle as
well as being used by other applications.

Integrated Solution
OPMS integrates a number of applications into a seamless solution that streamlines the entire mine scheduling process,
from geology to final report.

Block model and mine design data is sourced directly from the general mining package to automatically generate
scheduling data with the appropriate resolution.
Integrate the mines haul network to allow the solution to consider the haulage implications for every material
movement whether evaluating alternative haul routes, selecting the most appropriate dump or preventing a
schedule from exceeding the available trucking resources.
Easily obtain and introduce a guidance schedule from the longer-term planning team and the start point from the
short term planners. OPMS is integrated across the planning horizons, as well as with supporting applications.
Dynamic synchronisation of data and user inputs are captured throughout streamlined interface, pre-populating
fields as you go.

The fully integrated process promotes standardisation across teams, departments and sites, giving auditable and
repeatable results for better project governance.
High quality 3D visualisation of the scheduling model is an integral part of each step in the process, giving a powerful way
to visualise and validate the data as you go. See what types of material have been placed in each dump, the haul route
chosen for each block or animations of pit development, dump construction and stockpile inventory changes.

Seamless Integration With Geology

OPMS allows for quick and easy integration of the latest geological data into the scheduling model. The solution uses the
mines block models and pit/pushback designs then automatically generates appropriately sized scheduling blocks.
Users have the freedom to:
Classify the deposit into as many materials as needed, whilst avoiding dilution and grade smearing.
Validate all the data in the block model before it is used for scheduling.
Specify block sizes appropriate for the equipment being used and the level of detail needed.
Use different sized blocks in different parts of the mine.
Generate detailed 3D solids for every scheduling block, ensuring design accuracy is maintained through
to scheduling.
Dissect dump designs into lifts and blocks of any size to better model dump construction, with full support
for selective placement of materials in specific fill zones.

With OPMSs geology integration, keeping schedules up to date with the latest geological information is easy and efficient.

Haulage Integration
Trucking represents one of the largest costs in open pit mining, OPMS takes its integration into the scheduling process
to an entirely new level. It determines the destination for every block that is mined, ensuring haulage is at the core of the
schedule, not an afterthought. Schedules generated are therefore achievable with the resources available.
Though the integration of haul route planning and the schedule, OPMS can:
Optimise the selection of destinations automatically.
Report truck requirements and the fuel needed for any possible scenario.
Validate routes out of the pit for every block as mining progresses.
Ensure the schedule does not exceed the truck hours available for each period.
Utilise back-dumping opportunities more effectively.

Integration With SAP

RPM understands that an integrated planning environment doesnt just stop at
operations. As more and more companies focus on end-to-end productivity across
their enterprise, its important that planning systems work directly with Enterprise
Resource Planning systems to enable a single source of the truth. OPMS links directly
with SAP to provide the planning information required to generate production planning
orders used across the enterprise.

Material Flow Interface

OPMS has taken its script free approach one step further
by allowing users to establish the flow of materials across
their entire operation in a simple, graphical interface.
Unlike other material flow interfaces, users are not just
associating pits with dumps and crushers. In OPMS, the
flow chart establishes the underlying constraints and mining
rules that govern each type of material being mined.
And it extends beyond dumps, stockpiles and crushers
into processing facilities.
Whether its a screening plant that splits ore into streams,
a beneficiation plant that concentrates ore or a float plant
used to condition high contaminant ore types, the Material
Flow Interface makes these processing facilities easy to
define as well as the impact they have mined material as it
transitions to final product.
Welcome to elegant scheduling simplicity designed to
allow planners to spend more time planning, and less on
application customisations. The user friendly interface also
drives OPMS advanced scheduling optimisation.

Advanced Scheduling Optimisation

OPMS automatically manages the selection of mining blocks and the most appropriate
waste dumping locations, while ensuring all rules and constraints are honoured. The
solutions Advanced Scheduling Optimisation functionality uses linear and mixed
integer programming techniques to identify the most appropriate way to process and
stockpile mined material.
Whether you aim to maximise revenue or satisfy strict product and impurity
specifications, RPMs Advanced Scheduling Optimisation technologies will ensure the
most appropriate, yet optimal scheduling outcomes. This powerful optimisation ability
is driven by the material flow interface, with no need to learn complex scripting to
maximise the optimisation benefits.

About XPAC Solutions

RPM developed XPAC Solutions to open traditionally complicated mine planning software to a larger and wider audience of mine planners
without compromising on power and flexibility. Each XPAC Solution focuses on a specific business-critical mine planning function.
Our XPAC Solutions guide users through best practice mine planning by following in-built intelligence developed over four decades of
expertise and are purpose built to suit specific commodity and mining method combinations.
XPAC Solutions provide users with a smaller learning curve allowing for rapid upskilling of planning personnel while continuing to deliver
dependable, consistent mine plans. They reduce your projects reliance on niche technical skills, reduce the risks of human capital shortfall
and free up your senior planners from learning software.

Software Support
RPMs international network gives our customers multiple support options across multiple time zones. Our skilled professionals provide
both technical software support and extended implementation support, covering any model or customisation.
Access RPMs comprehensive support service by telephone or email, or get online and talk with our experts on the RPM Forums. No
matter where you are globally, no matter how remote, we can help.

About RungePincockMinarco
RPM is the worlds largest publicly traded independent group of mining technical experts, with history stretching back to 1968. We have
local expertise in all mining regions and are experienced across all commodities and mining methods.
Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 27 May 2008 (ASX: RUL), RPM is a global leader in the provision of advisory consulting,
technology and professional development solutions to the mining industry. We have global expertise achieved through our work in over
118 countries and our approach to the business of mining is strongly grounded in economic principles.
We operate offices in 18 locations across 12 countries.

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