Blast Movement Technologies 2 / 67 Bluestone Circuit Seventeen Mile Rocks Queensland, 4073 office@bmt.com.au AUSTRALIA www.bmt.com.au 02/2018 Nickel mine generates $640,000 additional value in one blast Commodity Ore Grade Geology Powder Factor Location Nickel 0.6% Ni * Disseminated 0.7 kg/m 3 Australia This mine is one of the world’s largest, low-grade Nickel open-pit operations. • The mine resource is a sulphide deposit in ultramafic rocks • Blasts are fired in 12-metre benches and mined in a single pass • Grade control uses RC drill assays Challenges Solution Talc contamination reduced Ni recovery; Lower than expected mill grades BMM System accurately translated post-blast dig lines • Talc ore, not accurately classified and stockpile

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