Why? ° Heavy loading of production holes causes; - heavy damage to rock ~ overbreak and loose rock * Overbreak extends to quite a depth back into the face BEFORE AFTER }- BLAST HOLE nn BACK DAMAGE @ BURDEN tan zo |_ MUCK PILE There are 6 Basic Perimeter Blasting Techniques Line drilling Trim blasting Smooth walling Buffer blasting . Pre-splitting . Fracture control technique Omar wns We are going to concentrate on Pre-SplittingLine Drilling The first type of overbreak control technique developed Holes drilled at close spacing, up to 3 or 4 times the hole diameter Drilled along a line Theory - acts like the perforations in toilet paper Rock breaks to a final face along the line of these holes