West African gold mine reduces misclassification and adds US$250,000 in one blast
West African gold mine reduces misclassification and adds US$250,000 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 05/2018 West African gold mine reduces misclassification and adds US$250,000 in one blast Commodity Ore Grade Geology Powder Factor Flitch Location Gold 1.2 g/t * Structured 0.6 kg/m 3 2 Africa This gold mine is one of the top producing open-pit gold operations in Africa. • The ore deposits are structurally controlled conglomerate reefs, which are separated by quartzite waste rocks • Operations are carried out over two pits, currently mined in two and three 3-metre flitches • The site contains high and low grade ores Challenges Solution Visual controls did not prevent post-blast ore type misclassification
