Services

Geological Consulting Services
We provide the following Geological consulting services:

• Diamond core or percussion logging
• Drill supervision
• Environmental impact assessments and environmental management program reports
• Geological modelling using Datamine and Surpac software for resource and reserve estimation
• Geotechnical core logging
• Geotechnical design and modelling
• High-wall design and geotechnical evaluation for slope stability
• Input and recommendations into improving grade control standards
• Inspection of underground and opencast mining activities
• Joint mapping and rock mass assessments
• Liaison with Mine management and other disciplines such as surveyors, rock engineers and mine engineers
• On-site training of Datamine solutions
• Opencast sampling
• Project management
• Soil profiling and sampling
• Surface and underground geological mapping
• Updating geological plans

“We manage our projects and project resources within a well developed project charter framework.”

Mining Consulting Services
Furthermore, Lefatshe Solutions also provides the following Mine consulting services:

• Equipment analysis and/or simulations
• Mine design and scheduling (underground and opencast), using Mine 2-4D software
• Mineral Resource Management (MRM)
• Open Pit and underground optimisation, design and scheduling
• Operational process modelling
• Production analysis and optimisation
• Production analysis and optimisation
• Underground trade-off studies, pre-feasibility studies, as well as feasibility studies

Project Management
The timely delivery of the solutions required for optimizing, designing, scheduling and determining the feasibility of mineral exploitation projects are vital. We manage our projects and project resources within a well developed project charter framework.

Open Pit (Optimization, Designing & Scheduling)

• Open Pit Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies
• Open Pit Mine Optimization
• Open Pit resource to reserve
• Open Pit Mine Design & Scheduling

Underground (Optimization, Designing & Scheduling)

• Underground Resource Optimization
• Underground Resource to reserve
• Underground Mine Design & Scheduling
• Underground trade off studies
• Underground pre-feasibility and feasibility studies

Production Analysis and Optimization

Equipment analysis/simulations

Geotechnical Design & Modelling

• 3 - Dimensional Geotechnical modelling
• Operational Process and Mineral Resource Management process modelling using IDEF0 Techniques to improve business management.

Mineral Resource Management (MRM)
The Management of MRM projects, delivery of technical expertise for specific MRM applications, and the assistance in technical systems implementation together with the required skills development.

Operational Process Modelling

Environmental Management

Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Management Program Reports.

• Inspection of the underground and opencast mining activities
• Surface and underground geological mapping
• Input and recommendations into improving grade control standards
• Opencast sampling
• Updating geological plans.
• Diamond Core or percussion logging
• Geotechnical Core Logging
• Soil profiling and sampling
• Highwall design and geotechnical evaluation for slope stability
• On-site training of Datamine Solutions
• Joint Mapping & Rock Mass Assessments
• Drill supervision
• Geological Modelling using Datamine and Surpac software for Resource and Reserve Estimation
• Mine design (underground and opencast) and Scheduling using Mine2-4D Software