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Orana blasts off at Mt Carbine

The full blast each week will follow a 325-hole and 2.5m x 2.5m pattern for about 60,000t per blast

The blast was a 200-hole pattern for 42,000 tonnes. Mine owner EQ Resources has mobilised two Epiroc blast rigs to the mine in Far North Queensland for the blast hole drill out, which is expected to...

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