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Purpose. The aim of our work is to study the influence of the failure surface choice on the factor of safety for open-pit Phosphate mine case. Methodology. To estimate the influence of failure surface, our study is focalized on the case of the real slope with complex geometry (Kef-Essnoun Mine), where an important sliding has happened. Firstly, the safety factor (FS) was calculated with Limit Equilibrium...