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Can Theta Gold Mines revitalize South Africa's oldest gold mines?

Introduction. South Africa is famous for gold, with paleoplacer deposits of the Witwatersrand Basin having produced a large fraction of the world's gold. The country's first gold mines, however, were established 130 years ago in the Sabie-Pilgrims Rest Goldfield and produced gold from an entirely different type of deposit.

How we mine

Our mining methods are very different to most South African deep level underground gold mines. Illustration of mining methods at the current mine and north of wrench . At the depth of mining at South Deep, rock stresses can become extremely high. These stresses are aggravated with the large excavations associated with massive mechanised mining ...

Shrinkage stoping and Vertical Crater Retreat …

Shrinkage stoping Ascending method of mining Advantages and Disadvantages Vertical Crater Retreat stoping Introduction Application Developmental sequence of stopes Production How Cratering Works ...

The Recent Progress China Has Made in Mining Method

The shrinkage method is one of the earliest and most widely used mining methods in China's underground mines, but shrinkage mining is often accompanied by a number of problems and safety hazards. With the continuous improvement of the filling process and filling material preparation and transportation technology, the application of trackless equipment such …

South Africa Mines Map

Map of 524 mines filtered by commodity, disposition, development status, and record type in South Africa.

Moving towards deep underground mineral resources: …

South Africa has some of the world's deepest mines, which serve as classic examples of supported mining methods (see section 4.2). Within South Africa, eight out of the ten deepest mines in the world are located in the Witwatersrand Basin, which is famous for its gold endowment ( Frimmel, 2019, Table 1 ).

Rock Mechanics Investigations At The Lucky Friday Mine …

This conclusion, in addition to favorable economic and operational evidence, led the mine to adopt the method throughout the mine. Indeed, this study and mining experience suggest that underhand longwall mining could be considered a feasible mining method for rock-burst-prone ground throughout the Coeur d'Alene District.

Mining Methods

Longwall mining, generalised after Hamrin (1982, 2001): (a) plan showing general layout of the longwall stope; (b) gold reef mined by longwall method in South Africa Full size image In South Africa the technique was adapted for mining reef-type gold deposits, where gold is distributed in the thin beds of the quartz conglomerates, usually less ...

A CSIR PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTH AFRICA'S POST-MINING LANDSCAPE

2.2 Legislation for mining and mine closure in South Africa: current and past practice and compliance 11 3 Post -mining landscapes (PML) in South Africa 15 3.1 The creation of PMLs, abandoned ...

List Of South African Mines Using Shrinkage Mining Methods

Shrinkage mining was a common stoping method prior to mechanised mining and the introduction of hydraulic fill. Sub-level stoping, cut and fill mining and sub-level caving have generally …

A review of the sequential grid mining method …

A review of the sequential grid mining method employed at Elandsrand Gold Mine The Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy MAY/JUNE 2000 159 Figure 3—Comparison of energy release rate vs percentage extraction between several adjacent breast and updip mining longwalls (after Cook et al.2) Table I

Modified Sub-Level Shrinkage in Narrow-Vein Mining

Pajingo's long-established methods of mining have been Narrow-Vein stoping and modified (bottom up) Avoca. Alternate methods of mining are being investigated for viability of production. A method of Modified Sub-Level Shrinkage (MSLS) consisted of incorporating traditional Sub-Level Caving methods into previously mined and backfilled zones.

Sublevel Shrinkage (SLSh) Mining—A State-of-the-art …

Overviewof mines where the sublevel shrinkage method is applied Mine Start of SLSh pro-duction Deposit type Orebody dimensions (m): strike×thickness×vertical extension Maximum depth (m) Starting ...

Power aggregators seen as key accelerators of South African mining…

Many energy projects selling to one buyer, who in turn sells to many mines – this procurement model is seen as a key financial tool to accelerate the energy transition of South Africa's mining ...

Research on sublevel open stoping recovery processes of …

The short-hole shrinkage or sublevel chamber-mining methods are usually adopted for mining orebodies with a 30–50° incline and less than 10 m in vertical ... The sublevel open stopping using long-hole with back filling mining method is designed in this mine experiment. The mining parameters are determined according to the structural ...

Shrinkage Mining of the West Reef Resource, Prestea …

mining and exploration company producing gold in Ghana, West Africa. GSR also conducts gold exploration in South America. The Prestea Underground Mine is an inactive underground gold mine located 15km south of the Bogoso mine and adjacent to the town of Prestea. The mine consists of two usable access shafts

Ranking the efficiency of selected platinum mining …

The South African platinum mining industry is using a number of different mining methods, including variations of the same method, to extract the narrow reef tabular platinum deposits of …

The design of pillars in the shrinkage stoping of a South …

The design of pillars in the shrinkage stoping of a South African gold mine by R.W.O. KERSTEN* SYNOPSIS This paper describes the method used at Agnes Gold Mine in the calculation of pillar strengths, which involves a back-analysis type of approach. The results obtained there are comparable with those obtained by accepted for-mulae for pillar ...

The top ten deepest mines in the world

The South African gold mine extends up to 2,998m below the surface. Covering an area of 4,268ha, the mine is located 45km south-west of Johannesburg. ... Current mining methods include shrinkage mining and mechanised undercut-and-fill mining. The large-diameter blast hole method combined with vertical retreat mining has also been recently ...

TGME Underground Project, South Africa

Conventional mining methods will be utilised at Rietfontein through shrinkage stoping with the use of hybrid loading methods, which include trackless load-haul dumpers (LHDs) and rail-bound locomotives. Existing audits and underground development will be used at Rietfontein with the addition of new development ends and declines, including the ...

BARBERTON MINES PRESENTATION

• Mining started in 1886 at Sheba Mines – oldest operating mine ... (Ward JHW, Wilson MGC 1998 The Mineral Resources of South Africa p352) Consort. Sheba. Fairview. 7 TOTAL EMPLOYEES / CONTRACTORS BML Employees. Mining . 919. 49.0%: Mining Capital. 159: 8.49%. ... • Shrinkage Mining (0%) 14

How we mine

Our mining methods are very different to most South African deep level underground gold mines. Illustration of mining methods at the current mine and north of wrench

Breasting Mining Method

School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China. Hu Jianhua. Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, China. Xu Kuangdi. ... (Fig. 1) and the full shrinkage stopping mining method. Fig. 1. Diagram of typical scheme of general breasting mining method.

MSAHP: An approach to mining method selection

The underlying premise of MSAHP is that the mining method best suited to the orebody will also be the most economical. Keywords mining method selection, orebody characteristics, Analytic Hierarchy Process. Introduction Mining method selection is a process whereby the mining method attributes are matched to the orebody characteristics.

(PDF) Selecting Proper Mining Method Using Fuzzy AHP

The suggested method applied to the mine and the most appropriate mining method has been ranked and selected as Shrinkage mining method. ... Deep-level underground mining costs in South Africa are ...

Shrinkage stoping of narrow veins-Problem or profit?

Figure 6: A schematic view of shrinkage mining method (Dominy et al. 1998) Mining was continued along veins with a reef length of 1600 m and up to a depth of around 575 m extracting about 600,000 ...

Frontier introduces SLR mining to Sedibeng, Star

The Frontier team looks forward to realising all the benefits this new mining method is expected to bring to both mines, including improved grades, better product security, an improved safety environment, and more efficient and consistent production of high-quality stones."

Digital Precision Design For a Platinum Gold Mine With …

Abstract. A platinum mine in South Africa is a deep mining mine that the mining design involves a series of difficult problems, such as high stress, high temperature and high lifting ... Option 5-Shallow hole shrinkage mining method Option 6-Cut and fill stoping mining method Table 2. Evaluation value of Each Mining Method in total Advantages ...

SECTION 10 SHRINKAGE METHODS Mike Turner …

Shrinkage mining was a common stoping method prior to mechanised mining and the introduction of hydraulic fill. Sub-level stoping, cut and fill mining and sub-level caving have generally replaced shrinkage mining in Australia, Europe and Canada. The method is still used in a handful of non-mechanised mines in South America, Africa, Asia and Canada.

Top 50 Leading Mining Companies in South Africa

South Africa continues to be home to some of the world's top mining firms, with an important position in commodities such as platinum, gold, and coal. In this post, CIO Business World …

Wireless Gas Sensing in South African Underground …

area in the platinum mines in South Africa is less than 1.2m as shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7. Wireless real-time gas sensing is in its infancy. Most commonly either handheld devices or devices that are physically mounted onto walls and machines are used in South African mines. Typically, these mounted gas detectors may

TGME underground project, South Africa – update

The project aims to produce 30 000 t a month from the Beta mine, 15 000 t a month from the Rietfontein mine, 15 000 t a month from the Frankfort mine and 10 000 t to 20 000 t a month near the end ...

Techniques in Underground Mining

Longwall mining is applicable to bedded deposits of uniform shape, limited thickness and large horizontal extension (e.g., a coal seam, a potash layer or the reef, the bed of quartz pebbles exploited by gold mines in South Africa). It …