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Module · Twin Model

From plant to TSF, one connected mine system.

See how tailings, water and infrastructure evolve together. Manage the TSF as an integral part of mine planning and operations throughout the life of mine.

Twin Model in Twin Mining TMS: the mine site in 3D over satellite imagery with the open pit, plant, dumps, tailings pipeline, reclaim water system, dam and TSF impoundment; the layers panel, TSF capacity and the 2026–2034 life-of-mine timeline

Module tour

More than nine modules to manage the facility end to end.

01 Knowledge Base

"It's in the design report" is not an answer. "Page 47, revision C" is.

See the Knowledge Base module
Ask in plain language: Ask the way you would ask a colleague. The answer cites the document and the page it comes from.
Repository with revisions: Code, type and revision for every document: A, B, C while under review; 0 once signed.
Document graph: Which document depends on which, and which one feeds, validates or supersedes it.
Demonstration environment

02 Operations

Your tailings transport, pumps, discharge and drainage generate data every day. Yet your operating strategy and water balance may be updated only monthly or even annually.

See the Operations module
Operational monitoring: Track flow, pressure, density and pump status from the plant to each discharge point. Spot deviations as they emerge.
Water balance: Track water inputs, losses, storage and recovery. Compare actual flows with targets and forecast pond volume and water availability.
Operations overview: Bring transport, pumps, distribution, discharge, drainage and water balance together in the view each team needs.
Demonstration environment

03 Physical Stability

The engineer thinks about the dam in section. Monitoring software shows it in plan.

See the Physical Stability module
Continuous Monitoring & TARPs: Track instrument readings against TARP thresholds in real time. Use AI to relate changes in readings to operations and environmental conditions, and trigger alerts when action is needed.
The dam in section: Explore cross sections and geotechnical units, with instruments shown at their installed locations. Use monitoring data to estimate the phreatic surface.
Risk by failure mode: FMEA and risk trends by mechanism, with ALARP screening inside the product.
Stability Overview: Customize your view of alerts and controls by failure mechanism, and estimate residual risk using fault trees.
Demonstration environment

04 GISTM

Your GISTM self-assessment is green. When did anyone last open the document that supports it?

See the GISTM module
Conformance overview: Explore progress by principle and requirement, with clear ownership and outstanding actions.
Assessment versus evidence: Compare each stated assessment with the documents, revisions and dates that support it.
Requirements and traceability: Move from any requirement to its evidence, decisions and actions in one connected view.
Demonstration environment

05 Management of Change

We know who signed. We don't know what they had in front of them when they signed. That is the problem.

See the Change Management module
Records board: Every change in its state, from draft to close. Moving a card approves nothing: the record advances from its own page, with its signatures.
Six-step request: Identification, change, scope, review and approval, impact and schedule. It starts as a draft and nothing applies until the signature chain authorises it.
History integrity: Every decision is sealed when it is recorded. The check detects whether a record was modified, deleted or reordered.
Demonstration environment

06 Agents

It's three in the morning and the ground just shook. Where is the TARP?

See the Agents module
The TARP after an earthquake: Pick the event and the TARP level; the agent prepares the protocol's actions, approvals and communication chain. In the demo, on a simulated earthquake.
They propose, they don't decide: Recommendations arrive with their rationale. Turning them into a task is a person's decision.
The data analyst: Ask about the sensors in plain language and it builds the chart with the source in view. Every run is logged with agent, model and version.
Demonstration environment

07 Twin Model

Fleet in one system, works in the contractor's drawings, facility in another. Where do you see them together?

See the Twin Model module
Discharge & filling scenarios: Plan discharge sequences and simulate how tailings, the pond and available storage may evolve over time.
Embankment construction tracking: Follow each construction stage in 3D. Compare surveyed geometry with the design and inspect changes in cross section.
Mine-to-TSF operational view: See the status of the mine, tailings transport, discharge and TSF in one connected model. Verify how the system is operating today.
Demonstration environment

Why it is different

Data, documents and decisions, connected. With intelligence that shows where every answer comes from.

Five capabilities working together on the same facility data, from sensor to signature.

  1. 01

    The whole facility, one data model

    Instrumentation, operations, water balance, risk, compliance and technical documents all sit on the same data. What changes in one module shows up in the others, with no spreadsheets to export and no systems to reconcile.

  2. 02

    AI that works with your documents

    Agents read the technical documentation and the data series, answer citing document and page, and prepare the protocol response to an event. They propose; the decision and the signature belong to a person.

  3. 03

    From sensor to protocol

    Every instrument with its TARP bands, the response defined for each level and the document behind it, on the same screen. Data sources connect by configuration, and changing a threshold opens a formal record.

  4. 04

    A digital twin of the facility and the site

    Twin Model brings the terrain, the dam, the pond, the roads, the pipelines and the construction fleet together in 3D. Compare construction progress, QA/QC, test discharge strategies and forecast storage and water recovery.

  5. 05

    Compliance with evidence

    Connect GISTM principles and requirements to risks, controls, decisions and accountable owners. Keep actions and supporting evidence organized, current and ready for review across the life of the facility.

How it works

One model of the facility. Every module on top of it.

Data comes in once and every module works on the same model: what changes in one shows up in the others, the AI reads all of it and every decision is recorded.

In

  • Instrumentation
  • Plant operations
  • Topography and surveys
  • Fleet and earthworks
  • Documents and standards

Connected by configuration; each integration is a piece of work.

The facility model

One dataset, one truth

  • Dam and basin
  • Pond and beaches
  • Instruments and thresholds
  • Documents and revisions
  • Decisions and signatures

Across the platform

  • AI agents They read data and documents across every module and propose citing the source. A person decides.
  • Traceability Who decided what, when and with which information in view, in any module.
  • From the browser In the office or in the field, in Spanish or English, with nothing to install.

On video

See it working.

Five walkthroughs of the platform, in the demonstration environment, no sign-up.

The site and the dam, in 2D and 3D

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Frequently asked questions

What people usually ask before a demonstration

Short answers about the platform, its modules and how it is implemented.

What is a TMS (Tailings Management System)?

A TMS (Tailings Management System) is the system where a tailings storage facility's knowledge and decisions live: it consolidates operational and instrumentation data, structures the workflows an operator is required to execute — management of change, compliance self-assessment, inspections, corrective actions — and preserves auditable evidence of all of it.

It differs from a monitoring platform in scope: monitoring shows the reading; a TMS connects that reading to its threshold, the response defined for that threshold, and the document backing it, while recording who decided what and when.

Twin Mining TMS is a platform in this category, built for tailings storage facilities in copper and metal mining.

What is the GISTM and what does it require from tailings operators?

The GISTM (Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management) is the global tailings standard published in 2020 following the Brumadinho collapse. It is structured into 6 topics, 15 principles, and 77 requirements, and major mining operators publicly committed to conform to it.

Among other things it requires an interdisciplinary knowledge base for the facility, a designated and empowered Engineer of Record (EoR), a Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer (RTFE), an Independent Tailings Review Board (ITRB), and traceable evidence that each requirement was assessed and by whom.

Conformance is declared by the operator and verified by an independent reviewer: no software can certify it. What Twin Mining TMS does is organize the evidence that supports that conformance in front of the external reviewer, requirement by requirement.

What is a TARP in tailings facility management?

TARP stands for Trigger Action Response Plan. It is the set of threshold bands for an instrument — green, amber, red — together with the response defined for each: which actions are mandatory, who must approve them, and who must be notified.

Explained to someone outside the sector: it is a sensor's traffic light, plus what has to happen when it changes colour.

In Twin Mining TMS the threshold, the response, and the document backing it live on the same screen, and changing a threshold goes through a formal management-of-change record. That last link is what separates a TMS from a monitoring system.

Does Twin Mining TMS predict tailings dam failures or collapses?

No, and it is worth saying plainly: the platform contains no model that predicts the failure of a tailings storage facility. Any vendor claiming otherwise is making a promise an Engineer of Record will take apart in the first technical meeting.

What Twin Mining TMS does do is shorten the time between a reading changing and someone looking at it: thresholds a specialist defined, time series with their bands, anomaly detection over the historical record, and agents that read the facility's documentation and propose with the source cited.

Deciding what a deviation means and what to do about it remains with the accountable people: the RTFE, the EoR, and the site organization.

Does Twin Mining's artificial intelligence make decisions on its own?

No. Agents propose and cite; people decide. This is not a stated policy: it is in the data model. An agent suggestion enters a state that blocks until a person confirms it, and that confirmation is a second event with its own author and timestamp.

An agent never takes part in evaluating state transitions, and every verdict is signed with the model and prompt version that produced it, so an external reviewer can reconstruct where it came from.

Nothing is inferred from nothing either: every edge of the impact graph corresponds to a real relationship in the data model and declares whether it is stated or derived. Deterministic computation first, model narration second — inverting that order would let the model invent the pattern with no way to check it.

Which roles is Twin Mining TMS designed for?

For the roles accountable for a tailings storage facility, each with a different entry point into the platform: the RTFE (Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer), the EoR or Engineer of Record, the corporate compliance lead, the Dam Owner or Accountable Executive answering to the board, the geotechnical engineer, the site or shift supervisor, and the independent reviewer or auditor.

The platform speaks the language of the trade — TARP, freeboard, ITRB, ALARP, FMEA, EMAC, Chilean DS 248 — because that is the difference between an Engineer of Record believing we understand their work in the first thirty seconds and not.

Can Twin Mining Tailings replace my current monitoring or management systems?

Twin Mining Tailings can integrate with existing systems or partially/fully replace current monitoring and management tools, depending on each operation's architecture and technical decisions.

In many organizations, overlapping tools create friction, rework, and fragmented information. The TMS can consolidate those functions into a single governance point for the facility.

If current systems are kept, the platform works as an orchestration layer integrating instrumentation, specialized platforms, and corporate systems. If there is functional redundancy, it can replace systems and simplify the technology stack.

In both scenarios, the goal is the same: reduce friction, remove silos, and provide one coherent, actionable view of the facility.

How are data integrated from instrumentation, sensors, and other systems?

Twin Mining Tailings uses an API-first architecture that enables secure, bidirectional integrations across geotechnical/geochemical instrumentation, IoT sensors, satellite monitoring (InSAR, optical), and corporate systems.

The platform does more than consolidate data: it validates, normalizes, and contextualizes them in the facility Digital Twin to improve analysis reliability and reduce operational noise.

Integrations can be implemented incrementally, avoiding high-impact or disruptive projects.

How are the models, Digital Twin, and AI validated?

Twin Mining Tailings models are not black boxes. The Digital Twin is built on tailings engineering principles, design information, real operational conditions, and historical data, and it continuously evolves with new measurements and inspections.

AI is used for anomaly detection, trend analysis, reading the facility's documentation, and decision support, always grounded in the facility's physical and technical context and always subject to human confirmation.

Models are calibrated and supervised by specialized tailings engineers to ensure interpretability, traceability, and technical trust.

Is the platform scalable for multiple facilities and global operations?

Yes. Twin Mining Tailings scales from a single facility to multi-site, multi-country portfolios while maintaining technical consistency and local flexibility.

It supports corporate-level standardization of criteria, models, and workflows, while still adapting to each facility's specific conditions.

What role does Twin Mining's engineering team play?

Twin Mining Tailings is not only software. It is complemented by specialized tailings engineers who support implementation, configuration, and system evolution.

This team ensures models reflect real facility behavior, TARP thresholds and critical controls are technically sound, and the platform evolves with operational and design changes.

How is Twin Mining Tailings different from a traditional monitoring platform?

Traditional platforms mostly focus on data visualization. Twin Mining Tailings is a Tailings Management System (TMS) that unifies monitoring, operations, risk, and governance.

It does not just display information: it structures day-to-day management, links events/decisions/actions, and turns scattered data into active, traceable technical management.

One question orders the whole product design: could an external auditor reconstruct who decided what, when, with which information in view, and under what authority? A monitoring system answers the first half; a TMS answers the whole question.

Does Twin Mining Tailings support Chilean regulation and SERNAGEOMIN programs?

Twin Mining Tailings is designed to support compliance with Chilean tailings programs and SERNAGEOMIN requirements, including the M1/M2 modules and Chilean DS 248, aligned with national and international technical guidance.

M1 - Inspection and operation: enables structured, traceable daily inspections with evidence, ownership, and immediate availability for audits or regulatory review.

M2 - Monitoring and control: integrates required monitoring data with continuity, validation, and trend analysis to detect deviations and act on time.

EMAC - Chemical stability and environmental management: supports water quality/balance, geochemical processes, environmental monitoring, and trend analysis with end-to-end traceability.

Regulatory compliance is declared and answered for by the operator; what the platform contributes is that the evidence is organized and available when the regulator asks, without adding operational overhead.

Is Twin Mining Tailings aligned with international standards such as GISTM?

Yes. The platform is aligned with the principles of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) and helps operationalize the self-assessment of its 77 requirements.

It structures processes, controls, evidence, and workflows to assess adherence to all 15 principles with traceability and audit-ready records, and makes visible the gap between what can already be defended and what cannot yet.

No software certifies or guarantees GISTM conformance: the operator declares it and an independent reviewer verifies it. What the platform organizes is the evidence that declaration is defended with.

Is Twin Mining Tailings modular or a closed solution?

Twin Mining Tailings is a modular TMS platform designed to adapt to each operation's technical and organizational reality.

Modules can be deployed independently or progressively, enabling incremental adoption and value-based prioritization.

All modules share a Digital Twin core, preserving technical coherence and traceability as new capabilities are added.

This design reduces implementation friction, avoids heavy upfront projects, and supports scaling from specific use cases to full facility governance.

In which languages and regions is Twin Mining TMS available?

The platform is bilingual Spanish/English across its entire surface, including reports and the field application. The domain layer returns translation keys and never prose, so adding a language does not require rewriting logic.

Twin Mining is based in Chile — the world's largest copper producer and one of the most demanding tailings-regulation jurisdictions — and the platform is designed to operate across multi-site, multi-country metal mining portfolios.

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