Deep South – 2015

SCOPE

• Mine development, mine production, production drilling, raise boring and cable bolting
• Narrow vein sub level stoping
• 500 metres of lateral development & 35,000 stope ore tonnes per month
• Supply labour, plant and material to establish greenfield underground site including site establishment, portal development, underground development and production
• The mine will access the ore body from the existing open pit using typical jumbo decline development and recover ore using traditional longhole open stoping methods
• Predominantly the decline and ore drives were mined using twin boom jumbos, with typical dimensions of 5.0mH x 5.0mW ore drives and larger capital development (5.5m W x 5.7m H)

CONTRACT TYPE

• Schedule of Rates

PROJECT STATISTICS

• Project term: 24 months
• Employees: 90

KEY PROJECT OUTCOMES 

• First portal cut fired on 23 October 2015
• Commenced portal works September 2015
• 8.4km of advance
• 82,000 production drill metres
• 350,000t of ore mined
• 1,987,000tkm hauled

KEY PLANT & EQUIPMENT

• 2 x jumbos – Sandvik  DD420-60  and Sandvik  DD421-60C  – TFX10/16
• 1x production drill – Atlas Copco E7C
• 1x charger – Normet Charmec 1610B
• 3x loaders – 3 x Cat R2900G – 1 Teleremote Guidance
• 3x trucks – 2 x Cat AD55B , 1 x Cat AD60
• 3x service – Volvo L120F IT, Volvo L120E IT – Open cab and Volvo L90C IT
• 1x raise bore – Atlas Copco Easer