Tools and Templates

Turn 20 nested pit shells into 3–4 mineable, profitable pushbacks — in minutes, not hours.

The Pushback Picker Template is a practical Excel-based tool designed for mine planners and engineers who want to bridge the gap between optimisation outputs and real staging decisions. Simply paste your Revenue Factor (RF) shell summary (ore, waste, value, strip) into the input sheet, and the template instantly generates:

• 📊 Value vs RF and Strip vs RF curves

• 📉 Efficiency plot (ΔValue/ΔStrip) to highlight knees

• 🎯 Auto-identified candidate pushbacks (3–4 stages)

• 📑 A clean stage one-pager you can drop straight into a planning pack

With built-in controls for economics, buffers, and ramp checks, the template keeps your analysis consistent and review-ready.

👉🏽 Perfect for:

• Junior planners learning to read shells

• Mid-level engineers preparing stage reviews

• Senior planners needing a quick, defendable “what-if”

Stop guessing which shells to mine — let the Pushback Picker show you the knees and shape a plan you can trust.