Optimum Geotechnics Pty Ltd

Optimum Geotechnics is an Australian geotechnical engineering consultancy focused on underground mining and strata control. Founded by Jason Emery, the company combines extensive underground mining experience with advanced analytical capabilities to provide practical, evidence-based solutions. Its work is designed to improve geotechnical understanding, manage risk and support operational performance across the Bowen Basin and beyond.

The company partners with mining clients through a collaborative, transparent and responsive approach, tailoring specialist support to each site’s conditions. Its services include ground control studies, on-site operational coverage and geotechnical management, strata hazard management, ground control management plans, statutory reporting, and numerical modelling with advanced ground-support design. Optimum Geotechnics also applies AI-augmented analysis to support consistent engineering decisions.

Its product offering includes DeXMI, described as explainable AI for mining engineering, intended to make analytical reasoning more accessible and decisions safer and faster. By combining engineering fundamentals, operational experience and technology, Optimum Geotechnics aims to deliver ground control solutions that work in practice, not just on paper.