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Mine Planning
Mine planning consultants for open pit and underground operations — short, medium and long-term plans, production schedules and budgets that your operation can actually deliver.
Plans you can mine to
Mine planning consultants, open pit and underground
Good mine planning is the difference between a design that looks right and an operation that delivers. Go Engineering provides mine planning consultants to open pit and underground mines across Western Australia — building and reviewing the short-term, medium-term and life-of-mine plans that connect geology, design and schedule to the budget your operation is measured against.
Underground mine planning is where we are strongest: our engineers have run planning on site — stope sequencing, development scheduling, ventilation and services — and bring that operational reality into every plan we produce or review.
A plan is only as good as its weakest assumption. We build plans the operation can hit — and reconcile them honestly when it does not.
Scope
What our mine planning service covers
Underground mine planning
Stope design and sequencing, development scheduling, ventilation and services planning for underground operations.
Open pit planning
Stage and dump sequencing, drill & blast integration, equipment scheduling and short-range execution plans.
Short & medium-term plans
Weekly, monthly and quarterly plans that keep production, development and capital work aligned.
Budget & LoM alignment
Annual budget plans built from — and reconciled against — the life-of-mine schedule.
Reconciliation & compliance
Plan-versus-actual reconciliation that finds where and why an operation drifts off plan.
Planning reviews
Independent reviews of planning processes, tools and outputs — a fresh set of experienced eyes.
When to engage us
Common mine planning situations
- An operation consistently missing plan and needing an independent view of why
- A new underground mine building its first planning cycle and standards
- Annual budget season — a budget plan that stands up to scrutiny
- Bridging a planning gap while you recruit — see our Planning Coverage service
- Aligning short-term plans with a new life-of-mine schedule or study outcome
FAQ
Mine planning, answered
What does a mine planning consultant do?
A mine planning consultant develops and reviews the plans that turn a mine design into achievable production — short-term (weekly and monthly), medium-term (quarterly to two-year) and long-term (life-of-mine) plans, with the schedules, budgets and reconciliation that keep an operation on plan. Go Engineering provides mine planning consultants to open pit and underground operations across Western Australia.
Do you provide underground mine planning?
Yes — underground mine planning is a core strength. Our engineers have hands-on underground experience across stope design and sequencing, development scheduling, ventilation and services planning, and reconciliation against the life-of-mine plan.
How is mine planning different from life-of-mine scheduling?
Life-of-mine scheduling is the strategic, long-range layer of planning — the whole-of-asset schedule that shapes value. Mine planning is the broader discipline that also covers the medium and short-term plans an operation runs on day to day. We provide both, and they work best when they are aligned.
Can your mine planning engineers work on site?
Yes. Alongside consulting studies and reviews, our Planning Coverage service embeds qualified planning engineers into open pit and underground operations — covering leave, ramp-up or vacancies while keeping your planning cycle on schedule.
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Sources: AusIMM Study Processes Handbook — Monograph 35 (2024) · AusIMM codes & standards
Need a plan your operation can hit?
Talk to our mine planning consultants about your open pit or underground operation.