Whittle Consulting has announced that it has partnered with Dassault Systèmes to promote its release of GEOVIA Whittle™ 4.7 and the contained Advanced Simultaneous Optimisation capability (or SIMO for short). Available as an optional module of GEOVIA Whittle™, Advanced SIMO “takes the mining industry-standard Whittle strategic mine planning software to the next logical level.”

Capitalising on Whittle Consulting’s reputation, experience and thought leadership in the area of Integrated Strategic Planning, along with that of Dassault Systèmes’ 3D EXPERIENCE Mine, “the strong partnership provides solutions such as cross-functional facilitation, sophisticated modelling techniques and optimisation software, to improve customer cash flow and NPV of a customer’s entire mining value chain.” GEOVIA Whittle™’s Advanced SIMO features multi-mine integrated scheduling/cut-off/stockpiling, and expands into processing calibration. This opens new opportunities for collaboration between geology, mining, processing, marketing and finance to develop more effective business plans for mining projects or operations. Whittle Consulting is assisting in the sale and implementation of the Standard and Advanced SIMO Modules – which

have previously been considered advanced/specialised techniques that are now available for mainstream use.

“This is the most significant release of strategic mine planning software in years,” says Gerald Whittle, Whittle Consulting’s CEO. “Whittle Consulting has refined the optimisation engine behind SIMO and perfected its use by applying it to over 100 mining projects and operations over a ten-year period. This is stable, proven technology that generates outstanding results.” Potential users and their management are encouraged to attend the Whittle Consulting two day “Money Mining Seminar” to fully understand the possibilities of SIMO and the techniques that can make the most of its application.