TECHNOLOGY

Drill optimiser cuts Cracow dilution

A TRIAL of Minnovare’s Production Optimiser technology at Evolution Mining’s Cracow gold mine in Queensland has recorded 62% less average dilution than stopes drilled using the existing technology and process.

Minnovare's Production Optimiser on a rig at Cracow.

Minnovare's Production Optimiser on a rig at Cracow.

The Production Optimiser led to 11.7% overall dilution as compared to the old ways that had 29.8% overall dilution. If an equivalent reduction in dilution had been applied to Cracow's full 2016-17 financial...

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