Project Charter

Project Title – Start & Close of an Open Cast Coal Mine

Project Description – The project aimed at starting an Open Cast Coal Mine in Mozambique (Africa), extracting
transporting Coal to clients & closing the mine at the end of the Mine’s Life

Prepared by – Amit Pandey Date – 11/03/2022

Project Objectives – To acquire a mining lease of an open cast mine in Mozambique

To start, run, & close of the mine by using optimum resources
To reduce the carbon footprint of the mining company Vulcan

Assumptions – R & D has already been done and the project area is finalized
Geological Modelling shows the mineable quantity of 500 Million Tonnes of Coal
Equipment have already been purchased and support facilities are in place
Financial resources have already been processed
All government approvals are already in place

Project Scope – To extract, process, transport, and sell coal to clients. To reclaim the mine and re-vegetate the are

Project Milestones
Mining Lease aquisition – 22/03/2022
Geological resource modelling and Mining model preparation – 22/06/2022
Trial Pit – 22/10/2022
Starting Coal Production (Yearly Target 3 million tonnes) – 22/04/2023
Raising the production capacity to 5 million tonnes per annum – 22/04/2026
Raising the production capacity to 10 million tonnes per annum – 22/04/2028
Raising the production capacity to 15 million tonnes per annum – 22/04/2030
Raising the production capacity to 30 million tonnes per annum – 22/04/2035
Closing the mine after finishing the mineable coal – From 22/04/2048 – 22/04/2060

Roles & Responsibilities

Country Head – Mr Rajendra Tiwari
Project Head – Mr Amit Pandey

Resources
Manpower ratio (Local to expatriate – 10:1)
Financial resources – Continuous funding

Risks
Budget shortage
Environmental issues
Government regulations
Success measurement:
Safety standards
Quality standards
Timely project execution and closure
 Work Breakdown Structure for the start & close of an Open Cast Coal Mine

Open Cast Coal Mining Project

Project acquisition Preparation of Material Handling, Reclaiming &

process Mining Site Processing & Sales Closure of the Mine

R & D for potential Continuous Continuous Refilling the

mining lease Geological Overburden (OB) excavated area from
exploration and Coal Production the materials of
through continuous Dump Area
drilling and blasting

Geological Mining Equipment

modelling from Purchase and
existing data support facilities
construction
Excavating and Re-vegetation in
Loading of blasted Mining Area
material on dump
Mining License Forest clearance trucks and
Acquisition and preparation of transporting OB to
mining site Dump Area and Coal
to Coal Washing
Plant

Top Soil removal

followed by drilling
and blasting
operations

Processing Coal in
Wash plant and
transporting it to port
or other locations by
Roadways and/or
Railways depending
upon the client’s
requirement
n Cast Coal Mine

eclaiming &
losure of the Mine

filling the
cavated area from
e materials of
mp Area

-vegetation in
ning Area
 Activity
Major Activity Activity Description
Name
Mining Licence Aquisition R & D,Mining exploration A
Geological resource modelling and Geological modelling and Mining model preparation
B
Mining model preparation on the basis of existing data
Forest clearance and preparation of mining site,
Trial Pit C
removal of OB and Coal from small area
Preparation of mining site, Mining equipment
Starting Coal Production (Yearly
purchase and support facilities construction as per D
Target 3 million tonnes)
targeted production of 3 million tonnes
Continuous production of 3 million tonnes per
annum, Preparation of mining site, Mining
Raising the production capacity to 5
equipment purchase and support facilities E
million tonnes per annum
construction as per targeted production of 5 million
tonnes per annum
Continuous production of 5 million tonnes per
annum, Preparation of mining site, Mining
Raising the production capacity to 10
equipment purchase and support facilities F
million tonnes per annum
construction as per targeted production of 10 million
tonnes per annum
Continuous production of 10 million tonnes per
annum, Preparation of mining site, Mining
Raising the production capacity to 15
equipment purchase and support facilities G
million tonnes per annum
construction as per targeted production of 15 million
tonnes per annum
Continuous production of 15 million tonnes per
annum, Preparation of mining site, Mining
Raising the production capacity to 30
equipment purchase and support facilities H
million tonnes per annum
construction as per targeted production of 30 million
tonnes per annum
Closing the mine after finishing the
Refilling and Revegetation of excavated area I
mineable coal
* Calculations are in years
**All durations are in years, for A,B,C activities working hrs per day are 8.
While for other activities working hrs per day are 24

DURATION
Optimistic Most Likely Pessimistic
S No. Activity (yrs) (yrs) (yrs) Mean Variance
1 A 2 3 5 3.17 0.25
2 B 0.125 0.25 0.333 0.24 0.00
3 C 0.25 0.333 0.5 0.35 0.00
4 D 3 4 6 4.17 0.25
5 E 2 3 4 3.00 0.11
6 F 2 3 5 3.17 0.25
7 G 2 3 4 3.00 0.11
8 H 3 5 8 5.17 0.69
9 I 13 19 25 19.00 4.00

Activity Predecessor Duration ES EF LS LF

A 3.2 0.0 3.2 0.0 3.2
B 0.2 0.0 0.2 2.9 3.2
C 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.8 3.2
D A,B,C 4.2 3.2 7.3 3.2 7.3
E D 3.0 7.3 10.3 7.3 10.3
F E 3.2 10.3 13.5 10.3 13.5
G F 3.0 13.5 16.5 13.5 16.5
H G 5.2 16.5 21.7 16.5 21.7
I H 19 21.7 40.7 21.7 40.7

CRITICAL PATH DIAGR

B D E

C
 Project Variance= Variance of Activity (A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I)
5.67

Average Compl. 40.7

Variance 5.67
STD 2.380476
Normal Dist. 0.966 Taking x as 45

Float
0.0
2.9
2.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

TICAL PATH DIAGRAM

F G H I