This book covers surface mine design, open pit design, geological excavation engineering, and advanced open pit mine planning and design. The step-by-step introduction to mine design and planning enables a fast-track approach to the subject. Outstanding user-friendly software guides readers through the planning and design steps, and the drillhole data sets enables them to practice the described principles in diverse mining properties case examples. The large number of illustrative examples and case studies together with the exercises and reference lists at the end of each chapter effectively present requisite theory and application methods.