Runge Limited, a global mining technology, consulting, advisory and 
professional development giant, is working with University of Alberta to 
develop the miners of tomorrow.

    With Runge Limited providing their leading TALPAC and DRAGSIM software, Dr. 
Tim Joseph directs up to 200 students through the world-class program each year.

    "We aim to prepare our students for the real world of mining," said Dr. 
Joseph, "And because we have real-world tools, we can approach the final year 
with a business-based approach."

    Such an approach has proven results. The University of Alberta's program 
has quadrupled in size over the past five years to become the largest general 
mining course in the world. It hits 100% job-placement regularly.

    "Experienced showed that we needed to change the way we taught mining 
engineering in the final year," said Dr. Joseph. "A reliance on text-book 
learning meant we were losing student attention," he said.

    Runge Limited's software gives universities and teachers the power to gain 
and maintain that interest.

    "Runge Limited is seen by many as the leaders in truck and loader planning, 
dragline planning, mine scheduling and mine costing," said Fraser Rowe, General 
Manager of Canadian Operations.

    "And we're known to supply the software that supports these processes," he 
said.

    "Like their professors, we want to ensure the students are armed and ready 
to tackle their real world jobs," said Mr. Rowe. "But more than that, we want 
to improve the value of mining's global knowledge community."

    Runge Limited works closely with the university to provide students with 
access to real world experience.

    Dr. Joseph himself worked for over 25 years as a mining consultant before 
moving to academia later in life. He understands the need for real world 
knowledge.

    "You can't teach final year mining engineering just from a text book," said 
Dr. Joseph.

    "So we set up an environment that mimics that of actual mining companies; 
we get the students to work on projects they might work on when they graduate, 
with many of the associated pressures," he said.

    "Fraser and his team at Runge Limited Canada have been absolutely 
essential," said Dr. Joseph. "They provide a great balance of real world 
information," he said.

    About Runge Limited:

    Runge Limited is a leader in the provision of technology products, 
consulting services and training courses to the global mining industry, 
delivering solutions and services across a range of commodities.

    With expertise across a range of mining disciplines, Runge's approach to 
the business of mining is strongly grounded in economic principles and 
delivering mine planning solutions that are tightly coupled with technological 
support and training. Runge currently operates 21 offices in 12 countries 
throughout the world. Our team includes Pincock Allen & Holt, 
Minarco-MineConsult, MRM Mining Services Pty Ltd, GeoGAS Pty Ltd and Corelate 
Capital Pty Ltd.

    Media Enquiries:
    David Tealby
    Media and Market Analyst – Global Marketing
    globalmarketing@runge.com.au

    SOURCE: Runge Limited