London, United Kingdom, 22 September 2020 – Nord Gold SE ("Nordgold" or the "Company"), the internationally diversified gold producer, announces that it has started replatforming its mine planning IT systems to Deswik, the Australian-based mining-focused global technology company. The move follows a successful three-month test period and will see the Company integrating its operating environment from the numerous software applications currently in use.
Deswik provides specialist solutions spanning software, consulting, and training. To date, Nordgold has implemented strategic mine planning, pit design, load and haul simulation, survey modules, and is also considering using Deswik’s drill hole optimizer module.
Nordgold expects to roll out the new software platform in a three-year staged approach. Throughout the test period, the Deswik software has been adopted by the Company’s head office, the Gross and Tabornoe open pit mines in Eastern Siberia, the Suzdal underground mine in Kazakhstan, and the Lefa mine in Guinea. Migration to the Deswik platform is expected to be completed at the Bissa and Bouly mines in Burkina Faso in 2021, with all remaining operations following shortly thereafter.
“At Nordgold we pride ourselves on knowledge sharing and collaboration across the business, despite the differences between our individual operations. The Deswik platform is a perfect fit as it caters for both underground and open pit mines, which was crucial for our diversified business.
We have been particularly encouraged by the software’s ability to circumvent our legacy systems’ constraints, while still supporting older data formats for backwards compatibility.
As the implementation phase has proven, Deswik’s software allows for optimisation of resources to generate guidance reserve shapes, pit design, scheduling of designs, and optimising schedules. Moreover, schedules can be used to generate equipment simulation to investigate the effectiveness of mining fleet and assist in optimising both operating and capital expense allocation. ” Louw SmithNordgold’s Chief Operating Officer
Nordgold is an internationally diversified one-million-ounce gold producer with over 8,000 people operating a portfolio of ten mines (in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Russia and Kazakhstan) and a number of development and exploration projects in West Africa, Eurasia and the Americas. Since its foundation in 2007, Nordgold has established a global reputation as a leading developer of tier one gold mining assets with a proven commitment to community engagement, sustainability, efficiency and operating in an environmentally responsible manner. Since 2013, Nordgold has successfully constructed three gold mines, including two in Burkina Faso (Bouly and Bissa) and most recently, the Gross mine in Russia.
Nordgold
Olga Ulyeva
Head of Media Relations
olga.ulyeva@nordgold.com
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Deswik
Peter Ogden
Tel: +44 20 8049 4530, SUPPORT: +44 1494 216 321
info.london@deswik.com
