The Gosowong Gold Operation is located on Halmahera Island, about 2,450 kilometres northeast of the national capital, Jakarta. It is an epithermal gold deposit with additional occurrences of silver. The mine uses a combination of both cut-and-fill and long hole open stoping (LHOS) mining methods. Currently, PT. Nusa Halmahera Minerals operates two underground mines within […]
READ MORECase Study: Prism and Prismless Monitoring at Masbate Gold Project
RELIABLE PRISM AND PRISMLESS MONITORING IN AN OPEN-CUT GOLD OPERATION Providing total monitoring flexibility, GroundProbe’s GMS-Dual (Geotech Monitoring Station) can monitor using both prism points – which are paired with physical prisms installed on the pit wall – and virtual points – which are virtual prisms that can be placed digitally on the wall in […]
READ MORECase Study: Targeted Ground Support
GML MONITORS REAR WALL OF SHAFT TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL TARGETED GROUND SUPPORT Underground environments are very dynamic by nature, with the effectiveness of ground support always changing. Through monitoring, areas of high risk can be identified and rehabilitated in a targeted way. At a large, well-known, hard rock mine in Queensland, Australia, visual inspections on […]
READ MORECase Study: Broad-Area Monitoring at Kolomela Mine
BROAD-AREA COVERAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE LARGE OPEN-PIT MINES The Kolomela Mine is located 22km from Postmasburg in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The mine produces direct shipping iron ore and is operated by Anglo American. Kolomela Mine consists of three open-pits: Leeuwfontein, Kapstevel and Klipbankfontein. Kolomela Mine has undergone multiple ramp-ups and is currently […]
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