Case Study: Chalice Mining streamlines drill program management with CorePlan

Chalice Mining Strikes Gold Revolutionising Drill Program Management with CorePlan

Chalice Mining, one of Australia's most exciting exploration companies, faced a significant operational challenge following a major discovery at its Julimar Project. Its rapid expansion to multiple drill rigs and contractors created a complex and inefficient workflow. The geology team was bogged down manually entering and reconciling plod data from various formats into spreadsheets, which was time-consuming, prone to error, and hindered their ability to track progress and costs effectively. This manual process was preventing them from focusing on their core geological work.

CorePlan provided a unified software solution to automate and centralize Chalice's drill program management. The platform's plod importer consolidated data from different contractor formats, instantly reconciling it against contracts and the drill plan. This gave the team real-time visibility into their budget and schedule. The solution saved the geology team an estimated 8 to 10 hours of site time every week and reduced the invoice approval process from a day per month to just an hour, allowing them to refocus on discovery and geology.

Chalice Mining

Matt Demmer

Lead Geologist