North America: Centerra Gold, BC

SRK developed a production simulation of the mine design for the extraction level of the Kemess Underground block cave mine. The model scope included production LHDs, secondary breaking equipment, rockbreakers and crushers. The simulation was used to predict future material handling performance based on various PC-BC production schedules, perform routing sensitivity analysis, predict quarterly fleet requirements, and quantify the effects of design parameters on traffic interactions and fleet efficiency. The model was also used to test and optimise the location of the crushers.