Conventionally, strategic planning is carried out following the 7 steps defined below: 1. Defining Key Corporate Objectives, Constraints, Key Performance Indicators 2. Open Pit Optimisation 3. Detailed Pit Design 4. Pushback Optimisation and Selection 5. Strategic Scheduling 6. Material Allocation 7. Economic Evaluation and Analysis In this article I will be using a dummy gold-copper deposit in order to go through the strategic planning process. It is important to keep in mind that this is a demo dataset and the parameters used are also based on assumptions. Thabang Maepa