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Northern Star sends in the drones

WESTERN Australian gold miner Northern Star Resources has teamed with autonomous technology company Emesent and the CSIRO on a project to streamline processing for underground mine data, as part of the race to convert digital roadmaps into reality and build intelligent digital mines.

 Hovermap underground

Hovermap underground

Under the scope of the Cooperative Research Centre project Emesent's Hovermap smart mobile scanning unit has been mounted on a drone for the autonomous underground mapping of Northern Star's WA gold mines....

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