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RCT autonomous technology has been successfully deployed in PNG sWick lauds MajOr
MilestOne fOr OrexPlOre

Swick Mining Services Ltd’s mineral
technology business Orexplore has
been awarded its first infield commercial
agreement.
Under an agreement with St Barbara Ltd,
some 1,500m of core from the Gwalia gold
mine will be scanned each month for the
next six months. Swick will then conduct
technical assessment over a number
of potential benefits of the detailed core
analysis and high volume of data generated
by the GeoCore X10 instrument.
The agreement has a value of around
$700,000 with Swick hopeful its services
will be retained beyond the initial six-month
period.
“It is very exciting that we have taken a
significant step forward with the award
of Orexplore’s first infield commercial
agreement,” Swick managing director Kent
Swick said.
technOlOGY safeGuards Miners in PnG “We look forward to ensuring the value is extracted from this rich
Leading autonomous solutions specialist RCT has signed off 3D data set and I am confident we can add significant long-term
on its latest project to commission its technology on dozers at value to the Gwalia mine and the wider brownfield market.”
a major gold mining operation in Papua New Guinea.
Kent Swick
RCT installed and commissioned its ControlMaster® line-of-
sight solution on two Komatsu D275 dozers at the client’s gold
mine. The technology packages will enable the mine operator
to clear landslip in the central pit.
Training and ongoing support will be provided to machine
operators, who can now stand at a safe distance and direct
the dozers to operate beneath the pit’s highwall.
“Mine management are pleased that they can undertake
necessary activities within the central pit while ensuring dozer
operators are safe,” RCT account manager Wayne Carrington
said.

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