Mining Project Resource Plan
This is a practical guide to building a resource plan for a mining project project — the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated, adapted to the realities of developing a mine or mineral extraction operation.
What a Resource Plan is
A resource plan is the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Resource Planning. On a mining project project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Mining Project project
Mining Project projects live or die on developing a mine or mineral extraction operation. A well-built resource plan gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how mining project projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Roles and skills needed
- Allocation over time
- Capacity vs demand
- Resource calendar
Mining Project-specific considerations
Tailor the resource plan to the risks that most often derail mining project projects:
- Environmental and community risk
- Geological uncertainty
- Remote-site logistics
Example
On a real mining project project, the resource plan would be shaped by developing a mine or mineral extraction operation. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — environmental and community risk, geological uncertainty, remote-site logistics — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.