Mining and beneficiation can be described as sequential processes of separation of valuable minerals from waste. There is a great deal of interest in how the industry can be more effective - and efficient - with these processes. In particular, many mining companies are looking towards digital technologies to improve precision mining practices; that is, the targeted identification and separation of valuable ore from waste during the mining process. Greater precision will help unlock the value in many complex orebodies that are currently considered Tier 2 or 3 deposits. CITATION: Knights, P, Kizil, M and Nehring, M, 2018. Selection of precision surface mining methods for complex metalliferous orebodies, in Proceedings Complex Orebodies Conference 2018, pp 31-34 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).