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of production. As of early October, MCSC V2X-Locate provides accurate and en- perience at Halls Peak in 2016, as well as
was ready to mobilise and begin mine es- hanced signal processing and positioning, its strengths in underground, RC and dia-
tablishment and pre-strip activities. helping manoeuvre large vehicles operat- mond drilling.
Strandline is on track to achieve first ing alongside each other in tight spaces. The contractor is located in regional
production of heavy mineral concentrate The technology was originally designed Dubbo, helping to navigate COVID-19
in the December 2022 quarter. for urban environments where infrastruc- travel restrictions.
Consideration of the contract award to ture such as carparks, tunnels, and large Drilling will be conducted simultane-
MSCS included experience in bulk mate- buildings block signals. Surprisingly to ously at the Gibsons open cut target and
rials handling and mining, including large Cohda, the design for urban cities trans- the Sunnyside prospects 2km apart. Gib-
dozer push operations in mining sands ap- lated to the mining setting. son will see 14 holes for a rough total of
plications. More than 200 vehicles at Oyu Tolgoi 2,500m, guided by the reinterpretation of
The contract is based on standard fixed- are being fitted with onboard units to use geophysical data which yielded new tar-
unit rates and is in line with estimates V2X-Locate. Mining vehicles on site are gets.
made in the June 2020 DFS. also being fitted with a human-machine Sunnyside will see three drill holes for
interface that will notify operators of poten- a rough total of 1,700m. The targets are
Clever mine! tial collisions in real time. placed in 100m intervals, demonstrating a
potential continuity of mineralisation along
Vehicles at Rio Tinto Ltd’s Oyu Tol- DRC Drilling stakes strike, as well as at depth.
goi mine in Mongolia just got a whole lot
smarter with a major technological up- a spot on the peak Highfield does
grade to improve safety.
The Codha Wireless technology, V2X- Upcoming drilling at Critical Resources a Spanish dance
Locate, refines vehicle positioning and Ltd’s Halls Peak base metals project in
avoids crashes through the use of GPS- New South Wales will be undertaken by Equipment procurement for Highfield
like signals, which Cohda said could be a DRC Drilling. Resources Ltd’s Muga potash mine in
future industry standard. DRC was selected for its previous ex- Spain is now 85% complete following a
deal with Weir Minerals.
Weir will provide primary and secondary
concentrate screens, used for granulomet-
ric separation in the initial phase of crush-
ing, grinding and desliming processes.
Further down the track, mining equipment
will be acquired prior to start of operations.
Highfield used cash from an $18.1 mil-
lion capital raising to sign the contract for
screens and cyclones.
The purchase of the remaining equip-
ment, including crossflow separators, dy-
ers, thickeners and flotation columns, will
be made in coming weeks.

Cohda wireless chief executive Paul Gray
holding the XBU onboard unit that will be fitted
on more than 200 vehicles at Oyu Tolgoi

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