THE LEADING MINE SCHEDULING SOLUTION

XPAC
XPAC: Scheduling software that
is truly “life of mine”.
XPAC is a business focused mine scheduling application, designed specifically for reserve modelling,
production forecasting and scenario analysis.

XPAC can help you accelerate the generation of scheduling options, compare multiple scenarios, identify
production bottlenecks, and improve forecasting accuracy.

XPAC is the most sophisticated mine scheduling software available, providing unmatched levels of
resolution and sequencing detail without sacrificing performance.

XPAC gives you faith that the schedules you develop today will have practical application in the real
world and will maximise value, now and into the future.

XPAC: The engineer’s choice.

Mining engineers have been using RungePincockMinarco’s XPAC since 1980 to plan their production.

Follow their lead and use XPAC to identify where to dig, where to dump waste material and what
equipment you will need to meet production targets. Most importantly, you can use XPAC to deliver
knowledge and confidence, where before, there were only limited choices.

XPAC makes it easy to view mine data, from individual reserve blocks through to the whole mine and
produces mine schedules that take into account the unique character and attributes of almost any
mining operation.

XPAC delivers economic efficiencies to your bottom line and is the solution for any mining operation
seeking operational excellence and value.

XPAC Features

■■Integrate with all major geological ■■Support any scheduling horizon at any
modelling packages. granularity with a flexible calendar.

■■ Implement for any mining operation. ■■ Generate and assess multiple scenarios.
■■Investigate, calculate and report using ■■Work with a logical flow of data from raw
highly customisable tools. geology to mining reserves.

■■Rely on the schedules and reports ■■Visualise your data with powerful
produced from rigorously validated 3D animation and integrated
input data. analytical functions.
 “After thirty years, XPAC is still the trusted choice to
deliver accurate results with practical application.”

XPAC Benefits
■■
Schedule your mine with greater predictability ■■Generate schedules that will have credibility
and practicality. at all levels from the board room to the pit.

■■Save time and increase productivity of ■■Increase the flexibility of your forecasting
planning staff. and planning.

■■ Adopt standardised planning processes to ■■ Maximise the value of your mine, now and
deliver consistent corporate results. into the future.

Solve the complex mining problems you encounter every day!

Data Management

XPAC’s completely customisable reserves database suits all mining methods and commodities.

■■ You choose the resolution of your database and model any sized mine.
■■ You choose the hierarchy to summarise and work with data at the levels you want.
■■ You choose the attributes you want to store about each mining block.
The user-defined calendar database accommodates all scheduling horizons: from strategic long-term to
operational short-term.

■■ You choose the length of the schedule and duration of the periods.
■■ You choose the time-based attributes you want to store about targets, products, equipment, and any other
data that varies from period to period.

Work your mine, your way.

Results
Being able to create a visual representation of your mine schedule gives you incredible insight and provides a
powerful way to communicate your plan to others.

XPAC uses advanced 3-D graphics rendering, combined with detailed spatial data, to accurately represent the
complex shapes of your mine.

■■Database plots give you an accurate representation of the deposit at any point in the schedule. Colour
code by quality, quantity or any other attribute.
■■Period progress and mine status plots show you the progression of your schedule over time. Define plot
outputs based on time periods or the mine status at key points.
■■Animations let you see how the mine develops over time.
■■Export Stage Plans as triangulated and gridded surfaces at any point in the animation.

XPAC reporting provides simple yet powerful solutions for analysing your data. XPAC gives you the flexibility to
access a wide variety of reports.

■■ Investigate your model in minute granularity with customisable reporting tools.

■■ Access and interrogate your data at any level with the full flexibility of pivot tables.
■■ Manage issues like weight average fields, resources and activities automatically.
■■ Generate tables, graphs and detailed results for analysis.
■■ Link with enterprise-level reporting to deliver corporate knowledge solutions.
Spend your time analysing schedules, not generating reports.

Specialised modules expand the power of XPAC

XPAC Underground Design

Reserve analysis, mine design and scheduling for underground stratigraphic deposits.

The XPAC Underground module will give you the power and flexibility to handle the unique planning and
scheduling challenges presented by underground coal and potash mining and take advantage of the
opportunities these mines provide.

■■ Built on decades of practical operational and engineering experience.

■■ Dedicated CAD facility to design and fine-tune your mine layout.
■■ Integrated with geology to automatically generate reserves for the design.
■■ Mining dependencies and constraints enhanced for underground realities.
■■ Changes to the design drive automatic changes to the schedule.
■■ Margin ranking and range analysis sets the standard for sequence and NPV optimisation.
The designs you create automatically generate the dependencies needed to create your schedule, define your
mining rules and determine the mining sequence.
XPAC Autoscheduler

The mining industry’s tool of choice for the scheduling challenges mine
engineers face every day.

The Autoscheduler adopts a rules-based approach to scheduling that eliminates the need to
start each new scenario from the beginning.

■■ Easily accommodate major changes to mine design and geological data without significant disruption.
■■ Changes at one point will flow through your model according to the rules you set.
Autoscheduler guides you through a three-step process that will help you determine the best schedule for your
operation and improve your mine economics.

Identify the rules or constraints the mining operation must obey, such as
minimum mining width, access requirements and resource constraints.

Assign targets and objectives for each product, from product

and impurity grades to haul distance and financial imperatives.

Generate the schedule that best meets the scenarios

objectives, while honouring all the rules and constraints.
This XPAC module lets you:

■■ Rapidly assess an infinite number of alternative scheduling scenarios – simply modify the mining rules and
objectives, then generate an updated schedule.
■■Identify the best schedule, rather than just the first valid schedule generated.
■■Capture planning and operational knowledge and transfer it between staff to ensure a consistent approach.
■■Perform dynamic cut-off grade assessment that automatically varies the cut-off grade over time and
optimises the delivery of materials for processing.

Spend less time creating schedules and more time evaluating them.

XPAC Advanced Destination Scheduler

Stop wasting time with manual dump scheduling! Schedule your dumps automatically with
XPAC’s Advanced Destination Scheduler.

Waste mining is a significant cost for any mining operation. Without a destination schedule, you only have
half the picture.

The XPAC Advanced Destination Scheduler provides a complete scheduling system for the efficient placement of
excavated material.

■■ Extend the XPAC rules-based scheduler to include the automated scheduling of dumps.
■■ Consider both when and where you will move mined minerals.
■■ Perform rigorous haul network analysis for every scheduled source block, comparing all possible
destinations to identify the most practical and economical solutions.
■■Incorporate back-dumping opportunities that account for availability and priority.
■■Manage contaminating and non-contaminating materials by controlling where each material is dumped.
■■Determine the final landform to plan rehabilitation and environmental activities.

The Advanced Destination Scheduler delivers surety of dumping solutions and will help you minimise or flatten the
haulage fleet requirements for any schedule.
About XPAC Solutions

RungePincockMinarco developed XPAC Solutions to open traditionally complicated

mine planning software to a larger and wider audience of mine planners without
compromising on power and flexibility. Each XPAC Solution focuses
on a specific business-critical mine planning function.

Our XPAC Solutions guide users through best practice mine

planning by following in-built intelligence developed over four
decades of expertise and are purpose built to suit specific
commodity and mining method combinations.

XPAC Solutions provide users with a smaller learning

curve allowing for rapid upskilling of planning
personnel while continuing to deliver dependable,
consistent mine plans. They reduce your project’s
reliance on niche technical skills, reduce the risks
of human capital shortfall and free up your senior
planners from learning software.

Software Support
RungePincockMinarco’s international network gives our customers multiple support options across multiple time zones. Our skilled
professionals provide both technical software support and extended implementation support, covering any model or customization. Access
RungePincockMinarco’s comprehensive support service by telephone or email, or get online and talk with our experts on the RPM Forums.
No matter where you are globally, no matter how remote, we can help.

Further Information
For further information or a product demonstration, please email sales@rpmglobal.com or visit www.rpmglobal.com.

About RungePincockMinarco
RungePincockMinarco is the world’s largest independent group of mining technical experts, with history stretching back to 1968. We have
local expertise in all mining regions and are experienced across all commodities and mining methods.

Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 27 May 2008 (ASX: RUL), RungePincockMinarco is a global leader in the provision of
advisory consulting, technology and professional development solutions to the mining industry. We have global expertise achieved through
our work in over 118 countries and our approach to the business of mining is strongly grounded in economic principles.

We operate offices in 18 locations across 12 countries on five continents.

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