About Us
Whillans Mine Studies has experience with over 50 mining projects and operations in different parts of the world and has subcontracted to most of the major engineering firms who work in mining. While offering the same level of expertise and strategic ability of larger companies, we also offer greater responsiveness and cost effectiveness because of minimal overheads.
WMS has built strategic partnerships with Qualified Professionals in different disciplines within mine engineering including specialists in a variety of mining methods, rock mechanics, ventilation, metallurgy and process engineering, geology, resource evaluation, environment and reclamation, shaft sinking and shaft maintenance and procurement of mining personnel and machinery.
We like to maintain strong relationships with our clients and assist with operational issues as required. All of the associates of Whillans Mine Studies enjoy field work and will seek to delegate work to site personnel wherever possible. We have also discovered that involving key site personnel in our plans for optimization or expansion have lead to more successful implementation of those plans. In summary, we offer a cost effective alternative for operations in periodic need of skilled personnel.
The nature of our work has included:
- 43-101 reports : Scoping and Pre-Feasibility studies
- Mining and Process trade off studies
- Operational audits and risk assessments
- Assistance in establishing key performance indicators
- Operational troubleshooting
- Due diligence studies
- Organizational effectiveness assessments
- Resource Evaluation
- Mentoring and assistance with decision making
- Training of site personnel in developing operating standards and procedures and efficient use of software
- Procurement of site personnel and equipment.
