Directional Survey and Mapping

Services

DSM provides a range of survey, mapping and mining consulting services through our unique and longstanding associations and partnerships. We are also involved in a wide range of Civil Engineering projects including Earthworks.  This enables the delivery of a comprehensive solution footprint in order to meet our clients’ needs.

DSM’s

Services

Include

  • Mine Survey
  • Land Survey
  • Mine Planning
  • Mine Engineering
  • Geology
  • Hydro Survey
  • Hydrologist

     

  • Rock Engineering

  • Strata Control

  • Sampling

  • GIS Draughting Specialists

  • Gyroscopic raise bore survey

  • Occupational Hygiene survey

  • Draughting

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  • Mine Design & Optimisation
  • Simulation & Trade-off Studies
  • Life of Mine Planning & Scheduling
  • Technical Audits & Improvement Studies
  • Productivity Analysis & Optimisation
  • Developing economic and practical mining solutions specifically for breakeven projects
  • Dynamic Integrated Mine Cost Modelling (DIMCM)
  • Project Management
  • Earthworks and Equipment supply and management
  • Economic evaluations & bench-marking
  • Managing Civil Engineering projects

Our team are highly literate in the following mining and engineering related software

  • Autocad
  • Microstation
  • ISTS
  • Surpac
  • GemCom
  • WinMinOp
  • Pix 4D
  • Modelmaker
  • StopeCad
  • Surpac
  • Studio 5D Planner
  • Mine2-4D (Underground and Open Pit)
  • Production Scheduler (EPS)
  • Datamine Studio
  • NPV Scheduler (NPVS 3 and the new NPVS 4 versions)
  • Whittle – Open pit optimisation software (previous versions and 4X)
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  • Multimine Scheduler
  • Mineable Resource Optimization (MRO)
  • New Mineable Stope/Shape Optimiser (for specialised underground mining projects) MSO
  • Block Cave mine designs/mining solutions (Cave draw scheduling) – through our associates
  • Datamine Scheduler
  • Operational Scheduler-(Mine2-4D/EPS)
  • Datamine Present (Plotting)
  • MineCad
  • Cadsmine
  • Vulcan
  • Talpac/CAT FPC
  • Minsim
  • Map3D
  • Surfer
  • Xpac

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT MINING CONTRACTS & PROJECTS COMPLETED

  • Kalagadi Manganese –Sinking of Main and Vent shaft Check Audit   Surveyor Weisbach, steady brackets, Equipping.
  • Bakubung Shaft –Check and Audit Surveyor Weisbach, steady brackets, Equipping 
  • Williamson Diamond Mine – Tanzania –Scanning, Pit volumetric Calculations 
  • Tanzanite Africa – Tanzania 
  • Ngezi Mine – Zimbabwe Topgrafical Surveys 
  • NASA – Sierra Leone—Establishing satellite beacons ,Topografical Surveyes 
  • Petradiamonds Sierra Leonne –Vertical shafts Sinking Fissure Mines 
  • Voith –Underground precision work for Power Turbines 2 year Project 
  • Eskom.—Power lines ,topographical work 
  • Motae and Pragon Diamonds – Lesotho- Recon of Pit volumes and Pit designs 
  • Marapino – Mozambique.—Pit and Volumetric calculations ,reconciliations 
  • Tarkwa Gold Mine – Ghana. Pit surveys 
  • Skorpion Zinc Mine – Namibia
  • Nchanga Mine – Zambia-Audit Check Surveys  
  • Obuasi Mine – Ghana –Topografical Surveys 
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  • Konkola Copper Mines – Underground Mine design and Scheduling (Also converted the mine to 3D) – Copper Cave mining – Zambia
  • Konkola Copper Mines open pit optimization, design and scheduling
  • Short and long term planning for Harmony Gold – Gold – South Africa
  • Resources and Reserves – Harmony Gold
  • Various High Profile Feasibility studies – Mine planning and technical mining engineering services provided to SRK Consulting – South Africa
  • Pre-Feasibility studies for Polyus Gold – Russia
  • Pre-Feasibility Study – Mayskoye Gold – Russia
  • Mine planning and project optimization – Silver Bear (Russia)
  • Feasibility study Munali Nickel – Zambia
  • Principal Mining Engineering services provided to AMEC Australia
  • Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility studies for Anglo Platinum on various open pit and underground mining projects
  • Der Brochen & Booysendal Pre-Feasibility Studies – (UG2 & Merensky) – (PGE – South Africa)
  • Modikwa Platinum’s Open Pit Pre-Feasibility Study (UG2) – (PGE – South Africa)
  • Modikwa Platinum’s open pit mining commissioning and pit management
  • Etruscan Diamonds Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility studies (for the IDC) – Diamonds – South Africa