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INCO – GRADE CONTROL

GRADE CONTROL
MINE DEPARTMENT
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Contribution
PLANNING GC: Inform proper equipment, ore distribution, and ore
characteristic

STRIPPING GC: Sampling to check material, visual recognition

GC: Ore expose pegging
GC: Determining Medium Grade Limonite prospect
GC: Ore cleaning up
C.O.G
MINING GC: Production sampling at Screening Station
GC: Control sampling for Blending strategy
GC: Bottom ore mining
GC: “Blue Zone” pegging
C.O.G
GC: Release Blue Zone

REVEGETATION
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Ore type designation and processability

MINERAL RESERVES:
CURRENT BASIC PRINCIPLE: Economic Cut off grade approach
East Block – 1.5% cog
-18”/-6” ore (commonly low olivine ore)
-1” ore – two types of designation
-1” high olivine ore
-1” low olivine ore
West Block – 1.6% cog
-1” ore – very high olivine ore
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Blending strategy
WEST BLOCK On specification for processing: EAST BLOCK –6” ORE
DEPTH (m): 1. Nickel > C.O.G ZONE:
0 Iron cap 2. Iron 17% - 19% Top soil
3. SM 2 – 2.3
4. Olivine < 22%
5. Moisture << Limonite
5
over
TOP ORE: burden
•High iron
10 •High SM
Limonite
ore
WEST BLOCK: EAST BLOCK
15
9High nickel 9Low nickel Saprolite
BLEND
9High iron 9Low iron Ore
9High SM ratio 9Low SM ratio
20 Blue Zone
BOTTOM ORE:
•Low iron Bedrock
•Low SM
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1 ORE QUALITY DATA FLOW
MINE FACE @WB MINE FACE @WB/EB ORE
2 MINING/STRIPPING 1 CLEAN UP

MINE FACE @WB MINE FACE @WB/EB ORE

SHIFT GEOLOGIST
3 MINING/STRIPPING 2 CLEAN UP

MINE FACE @WB SHIFT

4 MINING/STRIPPING COORDINATOR

MINE FACE @WB MINE FACE @WB/EB

5 MINING/STRIPPING 1 BOTTOM ORE RECOVERY

MINE FACE @WB MINE FACE @WB/EB

6 MINING/STRIPPING 2 BOTTOM ORE RECOVERY

MINE FACE @WB MINE GEOLOGY

7 MINING/STRIPPING 1 ASSISTANT

MINE FACE @WB SAMPLE

SCREENING STATION #2
8 MINING/STRIPPING 2 DISPATCHER 1
MINE FACE @EB
SCREENING STATION #5
9 MINING/STRIPPING 2
MINE FACE @EB
SCREENING STATION #8
10 MINING/STRIPPING 3
MINE FACE @EB
MRAL TROMMEL SCREENING STATION #9
11 MINING/STRIPPING 4
MINE FACE @EB
MINING/STRIPPING

MAIN
MINE PRODUCTION
ASSAY RESULT INFORMED LABORATORY
BY RADIO
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HAND AUGER SAMPLING

Sampling to
check material
CHANNEL SAMPLING

GRAB SAMPLING
 VISUAL RECOGNATION
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Mine face
grade control
activity
CONTROL SAMPLING PRODUCTION SAMPLING
 Sample flow
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2KG SAMPLE

BULK SAMPLE >50KG

MRAL SAMPLE PREPARATION

Mini dryer

Splitting Microwave oven Pulverize

X-ray analysis
SAMPLE PREPARATION
BY TROMMELLING

MAIN LABORATORY

MINE RUSH ASSAY LAB (MRAL)