Webinar: Final Product Grouping in Multimetal & Rare Earth Pit Optimization

What changes when five metals are reduced to one equivalent grade? In this webinar, we compare two pit optimization runs on the same demonstration deposit: one using copper equivalent, the other valuing five products separately. The final pit outlines are almost identical, yet the starter pits, waste tonnages, and exposure to individual metal prices tell different stories. We explore why this happens and walk through the full workflow in K-MINE, from block valuation to pit shell comparison.

Agenda

1. Rare earths: where the value sits - Why a small share of the metal basket can generate most of the revenue.
2. One equivalent grade, five metals - What gets built into CuEq and what disappears when it becomes the only economic variable.
3. What if copper falls 30%? - Why the two models give different answers to the same risk question.
4. Inside K-MINE - Setting up products, recoveries, and costs, then running pit optimization and sensitivity analysis.
5. Almost the same pit, different planning implications - Comparing starter pits, stripping requirements, and revenue across the deposit.