See what the ground is worth.
Public deposits shared by the community. Open one to read its economics, or fork a copy into your own workspace.
- 1Input
- 2Deposit
- 3Topography
- 4Economics
- 5Solve
How is this deposit defined?
Pick one path. Lodes and drill data are stored separately; the pit is solved from the method you choose.
Ore lodes
Topography
What the ground above the deposit looks like. The pit walls daylight at this surface, so it sets where the pit rim ends up.
Economics & model settings
Metal prices and recovery drive value, the biggest levers on NPV. Each metal carries its own price, recovery, payability and cut-off, in the units that metal is quoted in. The mining method sets how the deposit is extracted and solved.
Mining method
Solve the optimal pit
⚡ Solves in your browser, so your data never leaves your device. Large models can take a while on slower computers.
The solved pit is drawn beside this panel. When it looks right, Save simulation in the top bar to store it as a scenario.
Results