Resue mining with eDevTM

Electronics Detonators at
Stawell Gold Mines
Boni Degay
SE UG TS

Stawell Gold Mines

150 km West of Melbourne
Old mine (1853)
800K tonnes annual ore output
100,000 ounces Au PA
2grams Au/tn cut-off grade
Sub level uphole retreat technique
Extraction drives (4.5m x 5m) at the base of the ore body
Ore and waste combination splits are encountered

Resue mining
In use in South Africa for narrow vein
Two firings with waste fired initially
Drilling and firing the ore region independently
Firing with millisecond detonator
Two pass firing for Stawell
Development cycle shall slow down
Firing times were end of shifts
Contradicts safety regs of no working under unsupported
ground
Single pass and able to efficiently segregate ore and waste
MS and LP combo, short length i-kon/UTs or Daveys
eDev demonstration (10 shots at LP pricing)

Typical Stawell extraction drives

With LP delays on
a Vertical split

Typical outcome with LP

Long section, short throw and high

Typical result with LP firings

Cross section

eDev demo timing (3rd shot)

eDev demo result

Long section, low and long

Grades as per grab samples by geologist

eDev demo result

Cross section

eDev demo

Longsection

of the face
with waste

eDev demo

Long section

eDev demo

Cross section

eDev demo

Diagonal split

eDev demo

Long section

eDev demo

Top view

Cross sections

Resue mining technique

Locating the burn at the waste region
Minimal alteration of the miners pattern
No stemming or additional materials introduced
Equal loading and charging times
Firing pattern key
Spiralling method
Slow, fast, pause, very slow
Templates generated
Emulsion rounds (hypercharge driveTM)
ANFO rounds (faster firing)
All possible ore and waste split combination

Resue mining results & outcomes

Effective segregation of ore and waste in single firing
Over 40% increase in head grade at the headings
4% increase at the mill from 3.98grams Au/tn to 4.16 grams Au/tn
>$4M additional revenue for the mine
Increased advance rates
eDev faces pulling to the toes or >200mm
Improved perimeter profile
Half barrels??
24000 tonnes less waste to haul to the surface
Increased milling capacity

Resue mining results & outcomes

Case study approved after the 3rd demo shot
Additional eDev ordered after 7th demo shot
Paper agreed with Stawell to be presented at the UG conference in
Canberra before the demo quantity would even be consumed
Leverage eDev success to try and regain Stawell back to i-kon (Daveys in
use for production shots)
Beaconsfield Gold are interested (UT user)
Henty Gold (UT user), Fosterville Gold are on the pipeline
MIRs: Daveytronics will have an equivalent eDev next year?
Having partnership with Jonex to enable supply of broader UG product range

Questions???