The relevance of the research. The article is devoted to the problem of improving the technology of developing thin ore bodies as a reserve for increasing the production of metals. Its relevance is due to the growing deficit of rare and valuable metals, most of which are localized in deposits of the type under consideration. The aim of the experiment is to establish the relationship between the geomechanical conditions of the development of ore deposits and the parameters of the treatment works. Methodology. The research is based on a long-term industrial experiment at the Ishim field, carried out using geophysical monitoring methods. Results. The prospects of developing low-power deposits with relatively limited reserves are estimated. The article presents the result of the analysis of methods for controlling rock stresses depending on their properties and describes the mechanism of rock transition from an unbroken state to a broken state. A mathematical model for the phenomenon of self-jamming of structural blocks is formulated and a reference is given to the theory of rock destruction as a consequence of the internal deformation of elementary mineral particles in an anisotropic medium. The article explains the condition of the array preservation from destruction. The advantages of studying the stress of rocks by the values of elastic and residual deformations are described. The typification of methods for managing arrays by the criterion of the preservation of the earth's surface from destruction was made. The results of the use of monitoring methods during the full-scale development of the field are presented. The economic effect of the repayment of voids based on the regulation of stresses is determined. Conclusions. Rock deposits of metal ores have properties the use of which in underground mining can improve technical and economic indicators due to the rational management of natural and induced stresses during monitoring of mining operations using the methods of mining geophysics.