Mining and Processing - Roscoe Postle Associates Inc.

Scoping Studies, Preliminary Economic Assessments ,Prefeasibility , and Feasibility Studies

RPA offers the services of experienced senior industry professionals with executive level experience in bringing mineral properties into production. Property evaluations of all levels are carried out for clients from all commodity sectors of the mining industry and range from early stage scoping level studies up to and including full feasibility studies. We have a core group of senior people to provide overall management and direction of studies, supported by in-house and associate specialist experts providing the best possible expertise geared to meet the needs of each project.

Mining Engineering and Mine Design

RPA offers the services of experienced mining engineers who have worked in production and engineering roles. We have facilities to produce detailed open pit and underground mine designs. The company also provides onsite mining engineering support including detailed design services, production and equipment scheduling, and operations benchmarking performance reviews.

Our mining engineers utilize industry standard software packages, including:

AutoCAD
Promine
MineCAD
Mine 2-4D and EPS Scheduler
CAE Studio 5dp
Deswik CAD and Scheduler
Whittle
Surpac
Vulcan
XPAC
VentSIM
@RISK
Minescape

Mine Facilities and Infrastructure Analysis

RPA offers access to a wide range of specialist engineering capability for the mining industry, covering the design engineering of project support infrastructure including access roads, bridges, conveyors, air strips, railways, port facilities, power generation and distribution, and dam designs. The group offers specialist expertise and worldwide experience in the following areas:

Roads and railways design and construction
Administration and industrial building design and construction
Water supply and waste effluent treatment
Electrical power generation and reticulation
Port facilities including storage and ship loading facilities
Personnel camps

Metallurgical Assessment and Process Design Review

RPA offers design and assessment of metallurgical investigation programs ranging from the early conceptual stage through testing and flowsheet design. Experience ranges from pilot plant work to heap leach, flotation, hydrometallurgy, and pyrometallurgy processes.

Services provided by RPA and associated companies include deposit mineralogy assessment, sampling program design, metallurgical testing design, process design, equipment selection, plant layout and design, tailings characterization, capital cost estimation, construction scheduling, and operating cost forecasting.

Capital and Operating Cost Estimates and Benchmarking

RPA specialists have many years' experience in building and operating mines. With this expertise, the group can carry out team reviews of operations and provide real-time, current advice on operating costs, methods, procedures, and productivities.