CASE STUDY Mine: Sierra Gorda SCM Owners: KGHM International, Sumitomo Metal Mining & Sumitomo Corporation Location: Antofagasta Region, Chile Production: COPPER 120kton (2018) MOLYBDENUM 15M Lb (2018) OVERVIEW Identifying and predicting the formation of instabilities is essential at Sierra Gorda SCM for boosting safety and operational continuity. During the first half of 2019, the mine was trying to find a way to fine-tune this process because manually selecting structures and visually identifying instabilities was very time consuming. This was also preventing the company from conducting more in-depth stability studies and obtaining timely information. SOLUTION With support from TIMining, Sierra Gorda’s geomechanics team began applying TIMining Tangram software to its processes

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