The course addresses the following topics:
- Introduction to mine planning
- Cutoff grade optimisation
- Mining method selection
- Production rate
- Flexibility in mine planning
- Metal accounting and reconciliation
- Risk analysis in mine planning
- Geotechnical requirements in mine planning
- Digital technologies in mine planning
- Royalties
- Gold and corporate tax
- Resource nationalism
- Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA)
- Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act (MPRRA)
- Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA)
- The mining charter and scorecard
- National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)
- Environmental and sustainability considerations in mine planning