Projects
Piran Mining is proud to work with its clients all over the globe.
Feasibility Study
Ni Project, Western Australia
Piran Mining was commissioned to undertake a Feasibility Study for an Underground Nickel Project. The focus of the study was primarily within four key areas Hydro-geology, Metallurgy, Geotechnical and Mining Method.
Feasibility Study
Ni Project, Western Australia
Piran Mining was engaged to undertake a Feasibility Study for an Open Pit Nickel Project.
Mining Concept Study
Au Project, Western Australia
Piran Mining was engaged to undertake an underground mining scoping study below the existing open pit of a deposit located in Western Australia. Following a review with the client a new larger proposed final pit design was provided and the underground mining opportunity was re-evaluated against a smaller underground resource.
Mine Ventilation Review
Cu Project, Queensland, Australia.
Piran Mining was engaged to undertake a ventilation review of a copper mine in North Queensland.
Pre Feasibility Study
Ni Project, Western Australia
Piran Mining was engaged to provide a PFS for development on an underground nickel deposit in Western Australia.
Mining Concept Study
Au Project, Western Australia
Piran Mining was engaged to undertake a conceptual underground mine design and schedule for a deposit, approximately 100km south of Laverton in Western Australia. The client intended to extend an existing open pit that was mined until 2004. The study reviewed the potential for an underground operation below the planned pit extension. The mine design focused on the higher grade zones of the deposit which were previously indentified by earlier work undertaken by Piran Mining. A final draft report and detailed mine design was created in Mine 2-4D software as part of this study.
Fatal Flaw Study, for SLC
Zn Project, Queensland, Australia
Desktop Mine Evaluation
Ni Project, Western Australia
Piran Mining was commissioned to conduct a desktop open pit mine evaluation on several deposits. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the deposits could be mined and the product sold economically using conventional open pit mining methods and the clients nickel treatment process.
Main Underground Haulage Level Design & Operating Philosophy Assessment
Au Project, D.R.C
Piran Mining was engaged to clearly present an updated assessment of the main haulage level requirements and justify the preferred haulage system to be installed and operated on the main haulage level.
Evaluation of Tenders for the Development and Production of a Underground Project
D.R.C
Piran Mining was engaged to undertake the underground mining tender process which included; defining the scope of works; creating a Request for Tender document for a five-year mining contract; arranging visits for interested parties to the client's project site; dealing with contractor clarifications and ultimately evaluation of the recieved tenders.​
Mine Engineering Site Technical Support
Au Project, PNG
Piran Mining was engaged to provide technical support to the site. The objective was to provide pragmatic on site support to the mining technical team relating to ventilation, mining method assessment and mine design.
Pre Feasibility Study
Poly-Metallic Project, Manitoba, Canada
Piran Mining was engaged to provide independent advice to client on PFS for development of an open pit poly-metallic deposit.
Redesign of Underground Project
Cu-Au Project, Finland
Piran Mining was engaged to undertake a redesign of a Underground Project. The objective of the re design work was to focus on providing a higher grade (%Cu) ore stream, reduced production output, less waste development and define an alternative lower cost backfill philosophy, i.e. from hydraulic fill to cemented rock fill (CFR)
Preliminary Mining Assessment
Au Project, Mali
Piran Mining was commissioned by the client to undertake a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on a project, located in Mali, West Africa. As part of the preliminary analysis for the PFS an underground mining assessment was conducted. The purpose of undertaking this work was to provide guidance on the appropriate mining method on which the underground operation could be costed and hence designed.
Bulyanhulu
Au Project, Tanzania
Piran Mining was Engaged to undertake a Feasibility Study for the Underground Gold Mine
Poly-Metallic Underground Deposit
South Western Europe
Piran Mining UK was engaged to aid in technical matters.
Work currently in progress.
Mining Method Assessment
Ni Project, Brazil
Piran mining was engaged to undertake an underground mining evaluation of a large low grade project, located in Brazil.
Goldrush
Nevada, U.S.A
Piran Mining UK has completed work including a Feasibility Study and Contract Management work.
Due Dilligence
West Africa
A due diligence was conducted on behalf of an international client on an existing large scale / long life underground Au mine. The due diligence covered all mining and geotechnical aspects. Site visits were conducted to ensure seamless interaction and collaboration with the onsite owners team. This work ultimately identified that a level of contradiction existed within the available technical data. Further work was therefore completed to improve the understanding of these components. The due diligence ultimately identified areas where a different mining approach could be realistically undertaken. As such a new mine plan and schedule was completed for certain areas of the mine and the whole project was recosted and economically assessed.
Shaft Sink Tender & Evaluation
D.R.C
Piran Mining provided remote and onsite support relating to the tendering and evaluation process of a 8m dia. blind shaft sink in the DRC.
This included site visits to various shaft sinking operations in Africa, the detailed assessment of tenders and holding clarification meetings. Piran was also engaged to manage the change management relating to shaft design modifications to enable a more efficient shaft hoist system. The whole process from initial EOI to award was completed in record time compared to other comparable shaft sink contracts.
Fluorspar Project
Newfoundland, Canada
Piran UK was engaged to undertake a due diligence (DD) on a fluorspar (critical mineral) project located in remote Newfoundland. This was conducted in winter during challenging conditions. Due to external demands this had to be completed in a short as time as possible. The project contained both multiple open pit and underground prospects as well as a marine export facility. Open pit mining operations had ceased in early 2022 when the previous owners sought creditor protection. As a result of the DD a successful bid was made by the client.
Piran UK was subsequently retained to provide both onsite and remote technical assistance prior to the operation gaining a new owners team. This included sourcing updated resource models for the priority deposits and managing the mining tender process.
Once operational this project will be the only Fluorspar producer in Canada and N. America.