GEOVIA Whittle

GEOVIA Whittle is a benchmark tool for strategic open-pit mine planning. It evaluates the financial viability of mineral deposits and determines optimal extraction strategies through pit shell generation using Lerchs-Grossmann or Pseudoflow algorithms. Whittle provides end-to-end open-pit optimisation including strategic scheduling, cost and price modelling, blending optimisation, cut-off optimisation, and simultaneous stockpile optimisation.

Whittle is deeply embedded in feasibility study workflows globally and remains the reference standard in the category. Newer tools including MiningMath and Minemax Planner challenge its approach with alternative single-step and MILP-based optimisation methods. Whittle integrates with GEOVIA Surpac and MineSched within the GEOVIA product ecosystem.