Significant increase in ore recovery adds $260,000 of value—in one blast
Significant increase in ore recovery adds $260,000 of value—in one blast
1 PagesBlast Movement Technologies 2 / 67 Bluestone Circuit Seventeen Mile Rocks Queensland, 4073 office@bmt.com.au AUSTRALIA www.bmt.com.au 09/2017 Commodity Ore Grades Geology Powder Factor Location Silver High Structured 0.9 Kg/m 3 Latin America This operation is one of the top producing open-pit silver mines in the world. ? Deposits are structurally-controlled in low to medium sulphide veins ? Drills and blasts 7.5 m benches, mined in a single pass ? Contains high grade (60 g/t) silver mineralisation with gold as a by-product Selective mining in a structurally-controlled deposit generated reconciliation issues when ore polygons move outside their original boundaries BMM System accurately translated post-blast dig lines ? Ore loss: unaccounted blast mov
