Digital Platform for Mining - Drilling and Blasting

1. Integrated and Digitized drill and blast
The future to optimize drill and blast and impact downstream activities
 Standard or No drill and blast
design, minimal utilization of
geology data in drill and blast.
 Limited use of information from
drilling into blast design
 Information collected in paper/
excel does not allow proper
analysis cross site / centrally
Current Future
 Drill and blast tailored to geology &
expected blast outcome
 Information collected , analyzed and
used downstream & in future blasts
 Data analysis and integration with
drill and blast design (pattern,
loading and initiation)
Potential Value
 10% - 15% reduction in drilling
costs
 10% - 20% reduction in explosive
costs
 5% - 10% due to asset productivity
 Improved safety
 Overall productivity improvement
of 5% to 10% in mining operation
Industry Implications
 Automated data collection
 Increased demand on data
analytics and design
 Focus on decision support as
opposed to execution focus
 Different Expectation of
mining engineers
Opportunity Benefits Enablers Values
 Improved drill and blast design through
the use of geological information & past
data
 Fulfilling business objectives through
machine learning.
 IOT sensors for data collection to save
time and minimize human error.
 Safer Drill and Blast Operations
 Care for safety circle, reduced
vibrations during blasting
 Design aligned to geology & exp. outcome
 Tailored drill & blast design
 Automated most optimized design
 Align activities to business objectives
 Saves time & effort in QA/QC, re-drilling etc.
 Errors are minimized with confidence.
 Ensures safety with productivity
 Reduced costs of downstream operations
 Historical drill and blast database
 Analytics on the existing data.
 Analytics on past data in drill and blast
 AI and Data analytics
 Real time information in the field
 Different skill set of mining engineers
 Optimized Design
 Planning days ahead, rather than Just In
Time.
 Reduction in number of holes.
 Less explosives consumed.
 Lower drilling & blasting costs
 Reduced cost & improved safety
 Reduction in human error
 Increased productivity
 Improved asset productivity.
 Fragmentation optimization

2. Fewer holes drilled – aligning the quality and
number of drill holes for blast optimization
could result in a 10% - 15% decrease in drilling
costs
Less explosives – tailoring and optimizing blast
design to material type could reduce explosive
costs by 10% - 20%
Reduced dilution – improved blast efficiency has
the potential to reduce dilution by 10% - 15%
Improved asset productivity – improvements
from automation could deliver improvement in
productivity from 5% - 10% and improved
downstream processing productivity / recovery
Improved safety – increasing levels of
automation and remote operations will further
reduce exposure of employees to hazardous
environments
Workforce number
 Real Time availability of information in the field making
multiple visits redundant.
Workforce capability
 The key skills focus of drill and blast will shift from
technical execution to decision support focus
 The workforce will be upskilled and more
productive, operating multiple drills remotely
 New roles will be created in systems engineering,
communications and data analysis
Location of workforce
 The increased focus on data analytics and model
design means much of this work can be conducted
remotely either internally through an IROC
arrangement, a global hub or though a third party
partner

3. What does MineExcellence Do?
• Make High Quality Drilling and
Blasting Intelligence and Optimization
platform.
• Integrated platform for drilling &
blasting.
• Available Anytime Anywhere via SaaS
& Mobility Software.

4. MineExcellence
Blasting Platform
MineExcellence Blasting
Platform is a cloud and mobile
based platform to design,
predict , simulate , store,
manage, report, analyze and
retrieve blast related
information.
Following modules comes
under Blasting Platform –
• Blast Designer
• Blast Information
Management System
• Smart Blasting App
• Predictors
• Management Portal

5. Mobility Platform

6. Key Product Differentiation (Blasting Platform)
Cloud(SaaS) Based Covers complete blasting
lifecycle
Mobile
Solution
Analytics and Reporting
Multitenancy
Geo-Location, Maps &
Drones
Optimization
Algorithms
Management Portal
Multilingual
Open Architecture

7. MineExcellence
Drilling Platform
MineExcellence Drilling Platform
is a cloud and mobile based
platform to store, manage,
document and retrieve drill
related information.
Optimize your drilling operations
by easy to use technology – It
helps increase visibility and
efficiency of all aspects of your
drilling operations.
Following modules comes under
Blasting Platform –
• Drill Information Management
System – Basic and
Enterprise
• Smart Drilling App
ACCURATE INFORMATION
ADVANCED RECORDING CAPABILITY
EASY TO USE INFORMATION AND
DOCUMENT ACCESS
Accurate location (GPS) capability.
Ability to easily record / update with photos / videos / pin-
drops.
(This user-verified capability builds accuracy and reliability (for
‘as built’ records / variations / other documentation)
Accurate, reliable and up-to-date subsurface utility maps. All
utilities colour-coded, easily identifiable and recognisable in
relation to surface items.
Identifies utilities in accordance with AS 5488-2013:
Electricity | Gas | Water | Sewerage | Communications
Available to workers in an easy to learn and use format on
site.
Other site documentation accessible in same app.
Documents that are easy and simple to access and
understand are the ones that get used.

8. Key Product Differentiation (Drilling Platform)
Web and mobile based Separate Platform for
Exploration Drilling
Finance
Management
Import design from
other software
Integration with
blasting platform
Custom Reports & Analytics Transparency Autonomous Drill
Logs

9. CUSTOM FORMS
Custom drilling and blasting data collection forms | safety
checklists | inspection checklists | Hazard forms and lot more.
VARIANCE ANALYSIS & QA/QC
Analyze the variance from designed to actual drill and blast
design, output and the cause of variance | QA/QC and analyze if
holes needs redrilling / backdrilling | Safety warnings if safety
criteria not met after drilling so that blast parameters can be
controlled to ensure safety.
ADVANCED REPORTING CAPABILITY
Auto generation of drilling and blast reports; performance
measurement reports | Data collection report | Explosive report |
Inventory Management Report etc.
DATA ANALYSIS
Advanced analytics related to mine or operation performance,
explosive consumed, burden, spacing , powder factor etc. |
Advanced analytics related to cost, downtime, maintenance, by
operation, rig, client, etc.
OTHERS
Transparency | Multiple sites can be managed centrally | No need
to fill repetitive information again – it can simply be copied |
KEY
FUNCTIONALITIES
& BENEFITS
DIGITIZED PROCESSES
Design | Data Collection | Report Generation
|Employee Management & Payroll | Asset
Management| Insurance & Finance Management |
Cost Analysis | Trend Analysis | Bench Marking |
Management from central location.
INTEGRATION WITH OTHER
SYSTEMS
System is flexible enough to be integrated with other
systems like ERP | CRM | HR & Payroll | Invoicing |
Other Blast Designer | Other drilling software |
Machines via IOT | Image & Video Analyzer | Drones |
Big Data etc.

10. Blast Designer and Integrated Data
Collection Platform

11. BlastInformationManagementSystem(BIMS)
In order to overcome all the drawbacks of undigitized data collection, MineExcellence came up with BIMS.
Blast Information Management System (BIMS) provides information to meet the strategic and operational needs for
planning, controlling and decision making for optimizing mining operations.
Some of the key features of BIMS incudes –
• Logical storage of blast data
• Import and export charging sheet
• Generates Blast Plan
• Generates customized reports
• Advanced searching of blasts
• Data Analytics
• Sync with blast designer and mobile app.
• Integration with Google map and Digital
Maps
These features are explained in detail in the following slides

12. BlastDataCollection
Blast data like parameters, charging sheet, manpower, flyrock, fragmentation, vibrations, images, videos, blast plan –
everything related to a blast can be saved and easily retrieved on the same system.

13. BlastDesigner(BLADES)
BLADES allow easy design of blasts & calculates blast parameters. Also, Simulation and
Analysis of complete blast design based on patterns and delays used.
Easy Blast Design Pre-Blast Safety
Alerts
Cost Analysis
Time Window
and Firing
Sequence
Contouring
Capability
Customized
Reporting
3D Design
Key Features & Business Benefits

14. Predictors
 Fragmentation Predictor : Helps to predict average Fragment size and Explosive Energy
 Blast Clearance Estimator : Predicts safe clearance distances and the critical range of burdens and stemming heights
 Air & Ground Vibration Predictor : Produces decibel contour plans which can be overlain over aerial photographs, maps,
or plans.
 Blast Reinforcement and Simulation : Used to Simulate a complete blast based on patterns and delays used.

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Analytics Platform

16. BlastAnalyticsPlatformandManagementPortal
This portal allows Mine Management to monitor blast records uploaded by different mines of their organization and generate
their graphs and reports to do comparative analysis based on key factors.
 Search: Between dates, by performance of explosives or initiating system, by vibration limits, by fragmentation size, by
location of blasting zone or accident, etc.
 Reports : Blast wise or custom date wise like blast details and results like fragmentation ,overall cost etc., blast vibration
report, explosive and initiator consumption report, daily production report etc, Analytic graphs : Some Examples -
Production vs. operational cost, total explosive consumption vs. powder factor, blast performance, burden & spacing vs.
operational cost.
Historical Analysis Trend Analysis
Cost Analysis Optimization Faster Decision
Making
QA/QC
Key Features & Business Benefits

17. Predictedvs.Actuals
This portal analyses the variation between the predicted values versus the actual
blast parameters obtained from our BIMS and BLADES.
Key Features & Business Benefits
Variance Analysis Verify appropriateness
of Drill and Blast Plans
3D Visualization Cost and Material Analysis
due to variation
Better Planning of future
blasts and budget control

18. Key Product Characteristics
• Making System Easy to Use – they always work.
• Architecture of the future
• Enables automated /semi-automated data collection and analysis.
• Using Data / Information to optimize the mine to mill operation.
• Each mine /site has own system
• It is configurable system so that everything is a drop down in online /mobile based system
• Ability to accurately predict ground vibrations – By adding 1) infrastructure and then 2) predicting and capturing
actuals.
• Potential to work “as a service” ( data analysis, pattern suggestions)
• Not too complicated and a data lead approach.
• Modular Approach – Standalone yet integrated (if required)
• Multilingual / Multiple Currency
• Drone Enabled Platform (You can use drones at key areas but not absolutely required)

19. 1.BLAST DESIGNER
DRILL EQUIPMENT
1 Drilling sheet
from blast
designer is fed
into drilling
equipment
2.DRILL INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
2
Actual drilling
data is fed into
DRIMS
3
Drilling data is
fed into designer
to do
reconciliation of
deviation and
charging design
EXPLOSIVE TRUCKS 3.BLAST INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
4
Charging sheet
from blast
designer is fed
into explosive
trucks
5
Actual blasting
data is fed into
BIMS
Integration with
Explosive trucks &
Drill Rigs
MineExcellence
Modules
Equipments

20. Predictive Analytics
BLAST DESIGN
Automated blast design
as per the geography
and previous blast
records.
COST & SAFETY ANALYSIS
Detailed cost and safety
analysis to choose the most
optimistic blast.
TREND ANALYSIS
Trend Analysis over a period
of time in a single mine or
multiple mines of the same
organization.
AIR/GROUND VIBRATION
PREDICTION
Increasing Accuracy in Ground
Vibration / Air Vibration Prediction
using previous record related to the
specific zone.
EXPLOSIVE ENERGY
DISTRIBUTION
Charging suggestion using
lithological data & Previous record
related to the specific zone.
PREDICTIONS for Better Fragmentation
Suggestion for better blast design
based on past fragmentation
prediction, Back break prediction ,
Predicting optimum burden,
spacing & stemming based on
previous data using AI

21. Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence Features – Design Based on Past
Data

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Other Modules

23. DrillInformationManagementSystem(DRIMS)
DRIMS helps to store, manage, document and retrieve drill related information. It
helps to design drill pattern, generate drill logs and plod reports.
Key Features & Business Benefits
Drill Patterns Drill Logs Daily drill report Daily plod reports
Invoice Generation Payroll Asset Management
Pre-Start Checklist Hazard Assessment Inspection

24. MineExcellenceDronePlatform
MineExcellence provide a web based drone data analysis platform that enables you to get more from your drone
data.
MineExcellence Drone Platform provides 2D/3D visualization with various tools helping in scoping, assessment,
planning, surveying, design and inspection which would be very useful to the mining industry.