Determining a preferred mining cut on the Multiple Carbon Leader Reef

The gold distribution within gold bearing reef bands in the Witwatersrand Basin is generally unpredictable in both a lateral and a vertical sense.The effect of taking a full top down mining cut on one such reef or ore body type,the Multiple Carbon Leader Reef (MCLR) proved to be too costly, unsafe and ineffective. Find out what selective mining cut optimization process was used as a way of dealing with the challenge.

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Adil Patel urodzi si i wychowä w górniczym mie cie Krugersdorp, Mogale City, Johannesburg, Republika Po udniowej Afryki. Dorastaj c w górniczych miasteczkach Central Rand Witwatersrand, ju od najm odszych lat pasjonowä si geologi i naukami o Ziemi. Adil rozwijä swoj karier w dziedzinie nauk o Ziemi, pracuj c od 2003 roku w kopalniach z ota West Wits.