PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM (5 plenaries + 72 presentations + 4 Posters as of June 29, 2017)

Represented Countries (11): Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Norway, Spain, South Africa, UK, USA

Inauguration Ceremony. Wednesday, August 23

Opening Address Foundations and Challenges for Mining Development in Chile Diego Hernández, President of Sonami, Chile

Confirmed Plenary Speakers (5)

Industrial Strength Mine Operational Simulation-Optimization Hooman Askari-Nasab, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Geometallurgical Models Review for Throughput and Copper Recovery in Los Pelambres Mine Héctor Lazo, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile

Managing Major Production Incidents: Calibrating the Model to Copper Data Margaret Armstrong, FGV, UFRGS, Brazil; Paristech, France

Geo-Information and the Long Term Mine Planning in Codelco José Pesce, Vice President of Mineral Resources Management and Development, Codelco, Chile

Exploiting the Uncertainty on Mine Plans: Stochastic Models for Open Pit Mine Scheduling Eduardo Moreno, Deplamin Project, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

Discussion Panel Friday, August 25

Risk and Uncertainty in Mine Plans

Mineralogy and Geometallurgy (5)

(A30) Multivariate Geometallurgical Modeling in Potassium Alterations for Sulfide Minerals Mauricio Garrido, Fabián Soto, Department of Mining Engineering and AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and Brian Townley, Dept. of Geology, Universidad de Chile

(A59) Use of Geometallurgical Variables in the Economic Evaluation of El Peñón Au and Ag deposit Reserves, Chile Javier Órdenes Alegría, Minera Meridian, Yamana Gold, Chile

(A69) Mineralogical Association of the Gold-Silver-Lead ores from El Toqui deposit, Aysén, Chile Héctor Suazo, Mauricio Belmar, Centro de Mineralogía Avanzada, SGS Minerals, Chile; and Olga Veloso, Laguna Gold, Chile.

(A91) Development of a Geometallurgical Model for the Oxides of Manto Verde, Chile Ximena Madariaga, Mantos Copper, Chile; Javier Pizarro, Romke Kuyvenhoven, Empírica Consultores, Chile; and Orlando Rojas, Geoestima, Chile

(A98) Hyperspectral Identification of Clay Minerals: Implications for Improved Geometallurgical Programs and Mine Recovery Samantha Scher, Corescan, Chile; Brigette Martini, Corescan, Chile; and Ronell Carey, Corescan, USA

Geotechnics and Geomechanics (7)

(A22) Integrating Geo-Mechanical and Slope Properties for Effective and Optimum Mine Planning Mario Morales, Krishna Panthi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; and Konstantinos Botsialas, Titania, Norway

(A31) Simulation of Preparation Time of a TBM in the Underground Mining Development Considering Rock Mass Variability Mauricio Garrido and Christian Silva, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A35) Modeling the Uncertainty in the Intensity of Geological Discontinuities in El Teniente Mine, Chile Amin Hekmatnejad, Xavier Emery and Javier Vallejos, Department of Mining Engineering and AMTC-Universidad de Chile; Andrés Brzovic and Paulina Schachter, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A62) Geotechnical Faults Characterization and Shear Strenght Estimation at High Stress Mining José Seguel, Andrés Brzovic and D. Sepulveda, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A64) Integrated Photogrammetric Data Analysis and Discrete Fracture Network Modeling to Determine Rock Structure Around Excavation at the El Teniente Mine Ítalo León and Andrés Brzovic, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A99) Reducing Uncertainty in Structural Models Using Blast Hole Sample Arsenic Data Base: Los Bronces Mine, Chile Daniel Carrizo, AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and Carlos Barros, Los Bronces Operation, Anglo American, Chile

(A100) How to Improve the Structural Models in Mining?: Los Bronces Mine, Central Andes, Chile, as a Study Case Daniel Carrizo, AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and Carlos Barros, Los Bronces Operation, Anglo American, Chile

Geological Modeling (5)

(A10) Geologic Modeling of Complex Orebodies: Combining Deterministic and Probabilistic Models Mario Rossi, GeoSystems International, USA; Timothy Strong, Kangari Consuling, UK; and Peter Brown, PB Geological Consultants, UK

(A41) Hierarchical Sequence of 3D Event Surfaces: The Centinela District Integrated Geological Model Ramón Aguirre, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

(A48) Next Generation of Rapid Implicit Geological Modeling Gustavo Pilger, David Place, Jan Noessner and Anthony Jacobs; GEOVIA R&D, Dassault Systèmes, Australia

(A86) Express Modelling of Geology, The Road Without a Map Claudia Monreal and Dafne Herreros, Core Mining Studies, Chile

(A88) Advanced Magnetotellurics Modelling (AMM) for the Geoelectrical Characterization in Mining Deposits Andrés Acosta, GEO&AMB Consultores, Chile

Estimation of Mineral Resources and Reserves (5)

(A32) Rapid Multivariate Resource Assessment Fabián Soto, Mauricio Garrido, Gonzalo Díaz and Cristóbal Silva, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A63) The Impact of Geometric Variation on the Resource Estimation Quality Using an Unfolding Methodology Andrés Vicencio, Marcia Ojeda, Daniel Baeza and Felipe Navarro, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A72) Resource Categorization in Narrow Vein Deposits, How to Balance the Estimation and the Uncertainty in the Presence of Sparse Data Cristian Pérez and Marcos Valencia, Minera Meridian, Yamana Gold

(A80) Inferred Resources New Requirements of the Regulation and the Use of the Stope Optimizer Mauricio Muñoz, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile; and Marcos Valencia, Yamana Gold, Chile

(A16) Modeling Geological Uncertainty in an Iron Ore Deposit for Long-Term Planning Belén Marchant and Xavier Emery, AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and Marcos Goycoolea, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

Sampling and Geostatistics (5)

(A08) Modelando Dominios de Mineralización con Superficies de Isoley: el Valor de las Hipótesis Geológicas Ramón Aguirre, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

(A14) Application of the Gibbs Sampler to the Conditional Simulation of Geological Domains Alan Troncoso, Xavier Emery, Alejandro Cáceres and Daisy Arroyo, Department of f Mining Engineering and AMTC- Universidad de Chile

(A28) How Coherent Are Geological Logs with Geochemical Assays or Metallurgical Tests? Amir Adeli and Xavier Emery, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A46) GPGPU-Based Parallel Variogram Calculation and Automatic Model Fitting David Valenzuela and Daniel Pola; GeoInnova Consultores, Chile; Alejandro Cáceres, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A90) Calculating the Value of a Drilling Campaign Claudio Bisso and Felipe Ibarra, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile

Geology for Mine Production (5)

(A17) Evaluation of New Ore Body for Future Exploitation at Nº 5 Shaft of Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine, South Africa Ntiyiso Ally Mahlaule and Francis Amponsah-Dacosta, University of Venda, South Africa

(A57) The Ore Fitting Curve Function for Ore Destination Sebastian Ramirez, Marco Velasquez and Cristian Perez, Yamana Gold, Chile

(A60) Potential Mudrushes Risk at El Teniente Mine Roberto González and Andrés Brzovic, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A67) Characterization of the Geological Structures that Control Over Break During Overstressed Tunnel Excavation at the El Teniente Mine Emiliano Vega, Universidad de Concepción; Italo Leon and Andres Brzovic, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A78) Fragmentation and Secondary Reduction at Esmeralda mine, El Teniente, Chile Marcelo Ramírez and Manuel Salazar, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Models and Technologies for Mine Planning (7)

((A02) Semi-Automatic Generation of Ramps in Open Pit Mining by Means of a Mathematical Program Cristopher Díaz, DELPHOS, Universidad de Chile

(A09) Unmanned Air Vehicles in Earth Science Geraldo Pinto, GEM Systems, Canada

(A44) Evaluation of Grade Engineering® Using the Enterprise Optimisation Framework Michael Scott, CRC ORE, Australia; Nick Redwood, Whittle Consulting, Australia

(A66) Management for the Improvement of Slope Performance in the Ministro Hales Division of Codelco Chile Jorge Tapia and Eric López, Ministro Hales Division, Codelco, Chile

(A71) Planning Tools Used to Generate Medium-Term Scenarios Francisco Salgado and Sebastian Balart, Los Pelambres Mine, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

(A85) Scanner Laser Technology Applied to the Dam Monitoring Patricio Moreal, Core Mining Studies; and Marcelo Arancibia, Maptek, Chile

(A101) BCRISK®: Software for Risk Assessment in Mining Francisco Armijo, BCTEC Ingeniería y Tecnología, Chile; Raúl Castro and Diego Garcés, Universidad de Chile

Production Planning and Scheduling (4)

(A05) The Effect of Information on the Short-Term Scheduling in an Open Pit Mine Gonzalo Nelis and Nelson Morales, DELPHOS, Universidad de Chile

(A21) Standardization of the Creation of the Pre-Mix Model, El Teniente Mine Claudio Soto, Universidad de Chile; Javier Cornejo, Christian Caviedes, Ernesto Arancibia, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A25) Productive System Simulation of Diablo Regimiento Mine, El Teniente Felix Valenzuela and Nelson Morales, DELPHOS Laboratory and AMTC-Universidad de Chile; Javier Cornejo, Felipe Hidalgo and Christian Caviedes, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A29) Optimization of Planning and Scheduling of Ore Body With Open Pit Extraction Considering Homogeneity in Clays as a Geometallurgical Variable Mauricio Garrido and Felipe Navarro, AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and Exequiel Sepúlveda, The University of Adelaide, Australia; and Universidad de Talca, Chile

(A94) Revisiting Lane’s Model: an Optimization Approach Bernardo Pagnoncelli, Patricio Lamas, Marcos Goycoolea and Adriana Piazza, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Strategic Mine Planning (5)

(A38) Optimization of the Strategic Planning of the Mining of a Polymetallic Deposit Giovanni Franco, Gloria Jaramillo and John Branch, Mine Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

(A53) Operational Sequencing Efficiency as a Function of the Strategic Mine Planning Nilcelio Santos and Renato Mastrella, Iron Ore Reserves and Long Term Mining Planning, Vale, Brasil; Carlos Arroyo and Alizeibeck Nader, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Pedro Campos, Delphos, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A73) How to Incorporate the Operational Reality into the Strategic Planning Process Incorporating the Load and Haul System Simulation Carolina Aguilar, RPMGLOBAL consultant, Chile

(A84) Use of Genetic Algorithms in Strategic and Tactical Open Pit Mine Planning Marcelo Arancibia and Fabián Toro, Maptek South America, Chile

(A93) Strategic Open Pit Mine Planning: Integer Programming Models and Solving Methods Orlando Rivera Letelier, Marcos Goycoolea and Eduardo Moreno, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

Underground Mine Planning (6)

(A07) Optimization of Mining Planning in Block / Panel Caving Mines Including Development Activities Javier Vásquez, DELPHOS, Universidad de Chile; Nelson Morales, DELPHOS/DIMIN/AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and Javier Cornejo, DIMIN, Universidad de Chile

(A20) Main Fans Development Commissioning Sequence Design for the Chuquicamata Underground Mine Project Roberto Álvarez, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile; and Enrique Acuña, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

(A24) Analyses of the Post-Optimization Modifications of the Operational Extraction Parameters for an Underground Mine Francisco Bilbao and Mauricio Telias, Codelco Tech, Chile

(A26) Optimization of Extraction Sequence in a Bench and Fill Mine Considering the Impact of Exposure Rate on Dilution: A Case Study Valentina Rojas, Nelson Morales, Javier Pérez and Javier Vallejos, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A58) Geotechnical Guidelines for Mine Planning in Sublevel Stoping Method Javier Vallejos, Roberto Miranda, and Jean Louis Azorin, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A95) Underground Mine Planning by Solving Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problems Alessandro Hill and Marcos Goycoolea, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Open Pit Mine Planning and Transition to Underground Mining (4)

(A04) Long-Term Production Scheduling in an Open-Pit to Panel Caving Transition Context Manuel Rodríguez and Nelson Morales, DELPHOS/AMTC, Universidad de Chile; Phu Vuong and Eleonora Widzyk- Capehart, AMTC, Universidad de Chile

(A33) Design of Extraction Phases in Open Pit Mines Using a Genetic Algorithm María José Suárez, Nelson Morales and Felipe Navarro, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A65) Optimizing the Design of Mining Phases Considering Plant Operational Parameters and Mine Geometry Diego Muñoz, Miguel González and José Gajardo, Los Pelambres Mine, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

(A76) Mine Sequence Optimization at Codelco’s Open Pit Mines Juan Camus and Mauricio Brücher, InnovaMine, Chile; Francisco Fernández, Codelco, Chile; and Raúl Cancino, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile

Optimization of Equipment Fleet and Mine Operations (4)

(A12) Modeling Applied to Fleet Sizing in a Bauxite Mine in Brazil Márcio Camargo and Thammiris El Hajj, Science and Technology Institute, University of Alfenas, Brazil

(A55) Analysis of New Truck Fleet and Improvements in the Load Times Supported by Simulation Maikol Vega, Modular Mining System, Chile

(A77) Confined Blasting to Improve Fragmentation, a Geological Assessment of a Trial at the El Teniente Mine. Diego Díaz, Jack Cubillos, Roberto González and Andrés Brzovic, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(A87) Reduction of Operational Losses by Controlling Hole to Hole Execution of Drill Patterns Manuel Alanis, Maptek, Chile

Risk and Uncertainty in Mine Plans (9)

(A19) Risk Identification in Geological Modeling: An Example of Discrepancies and Measures Adopted Santiago Gónzalez, Toro Mining Consultants, Spain

(A34) Incorporating Price Uncertainty Into Strategic Planning Decisions Fabian Miranda, Cristian Poblete and Maria Angelica Gonzalez, Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA, Chile

(A37) Multivariable Analysis in the Determination of Economic Block Caving Envelopes Esteban Maldonado, Daniel Villa and Christina Ludwicki, Center of Excellence Americas, Dassault Systèmes, Chile

(A56) Simplan A Mineplanning Tool to Facilitate Planning Under Uncertainty Through the Use of Machine Learning Algorithms Enrique Rubio and Joaquín Jiménez, REDCO Mining Consultants, Chile

(A74) Real Options to Value Mining Liabilities Tomás Añazco, Universidad Andrés Belloa; and Marcos Valencia, Yamana Gold, Chile

(A75) Robust Mine Planning under Geological and Ore Grades Uncertainty Nelson Ruminó, Codelco; Alejandro Cáceres, Geoinnova Consultores; and Raúl Cancino, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile

(A79) Mine Scheduling Considering Hydrologic Scenarios Andrés Parra, Felipe Saavedra, Nelson Morales and James McPhee, AMTC-Universidad de Chile

(A96) Mine Plans Uncertainty Considering Variability of the Key Assumptions for the Planning Process Jaime Gonzalez, Marco Velasquez, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile; Enrique Rubio and Joaquín Jimenez, REDCO Mining Consultants, Chile

(A102) Building a Manufacturing Mindset Culture Through Mine Compliance Juan Pablo Llanos, Felipe Kremer, Pedro González-Carbonell, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Poster Session (4)

(A82) Ore Evaluation and Classification by Linear Regression Models Andrés Baeza, Jacquelinne Medina, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; and Roberto Fustos, AMTC-Universidad de Chile; and CSIRO Chile

(A81) Geological Domaining Using Data Mining Techniques Catalina Canales, Natalia Obregon, Universidad de Concepción; and Roberto Fustos, CSIRO Chile International Center of Excellence in Mining and Mineral Processing.

(A03) Integrated Simulation and Optimization Model of Haulage System in Open-Pit Mining Felipe Orellana, DELPHOS, Universidad de Chile and Nelson Morales, DELPHOS/AMTC, Universidad de Chile

(A51) Geological, Geo-mining and Metallurgical Characterization, Planning and Design of Mining Model of La Perla Mine, Pre-Profile

Diego Aburto, Martin Aravena, Alfredo Reyes, Francisco Aguirre, Camilo Santana, Nicole Flores, Lucas Ruminot, Gonzalo López, Daniela Cabezas, Martin Ramos, Gabriela Mundaca, Jean Gressier, Pierre Descote, Daniel Egaña, Yanina Ferreira, Sergio Rivera, and Juan Zepeda, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile

PRESENTATIONS DISTRITUTION

Mining companies (25) Antofagasta Minerals, Chile (2) Chuquicamata Division Codelco, Chile Chuquicamata Underground Project, Codelco, Chile (1) Codelco TECh, Chile (1) Codelco, Chile (1) El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile (5) Laguna Gold, Chile Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile (2) Los Pelambres Mine, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile (5) Mantos Copper, Chile Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile Minera Escondida, BHP (Chile) (1) Ministro Hales Division, Codelco, Chile (1) Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile (1) Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile (1) Titania Mine, Norway Vale, Brazil Yamana Gold, Chile (2) Yamana Gold, Minera Meridian, Chile (2)

Engineering and consulting companies (13) BCTEC Ingeniería y Tecnología, Chile (1) CORE Mining Studies, Chile (2) CRC ORE, Australia (1) DERK, Chile (1) Empiririca Consultores, Chile (1) Geo&Amb Consultores, Chile (1) GeoInnova Consultores (1) GeoSystems International, Canada (1) InnovaMine, Chile (1) Kangari Consulting, UK PB Geological Consultants (UK) PRMGLOBAL Consultant, Chile (1)

Prototype Engineering, USA REDCO Mining Consultants, Chile (1) Toro Mining Consultants, Spain (1) Whittle Consulting, Australia Supplier companies (9) Centro de Mineralogía Avanzada, SGS Minerals, Chile (1) Corescan, Chile (1) Corescan, USA Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA, Australia (1) Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA, Canada Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA, Chile (2) GEM Systems, Canada (1) Maptek, Chile (2) Modular Mining System, Chile (1) Promindsa, Spain

Universities and research centers (31) AMTC-Universidad de Chile (10) CSIRO Chile International Center of Excellence in Mining and Mineral Processing, Chile (1) DELPHOS Laboratory and AMTC-Universidad de Chile (4) Department of Environmental Engineering, Universidad de Vigo, Spain Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile (2) Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile Department of Mettalurgy, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2) Department of Mining Engineering, the University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1) Department of Mining, Universidad de Talca, Chile Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia (1) Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland (1) Mining Department, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile (1) Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (1) School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (1) Science and Technology Institute, University of Alfenas, Brazil (1) The University of Adelaide, Australia Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile (3) Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile (1) Universidad de Concepción, Chile (1) Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile University of Venda, South Africa (1)