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There was a significant improvement in the

accuracy and consistency of our drilling -
which helped us reduce our bridge / stope
tonnes ratio by over 50%. That reduction
resulted in less re-work and delays, and
ultimately an improvement to both the
reliability and productivity of the mines.

Jeff Brown, Principal - Innovation & Technology

Northern Star Resources

NSR 1-YEAR-ON: REDUCED BRIDGING

Northern Star Resources (NSR) implemented Minnovare’s Production Optimiser technology across their Kalgoorlie
operations between Mar-Aug 2018. This mini case study highlights just one of the benefits arising from NSR’s adoption
of this technology; reduced bridging, leading to increased recovery.

IMPROVED
DRILLING 54% REDUCTION
ACCURACY + IN BRIDGED
CONSISTENCY TONNES

INCREASED IMPROVED
RECOVERY, RELIABILITY, PROCESS AND IMPACT:
LESS RE-WORK PRODUCTIVITY + The Production Optimiser technology delivers greater speed, accuracy
AND DELAYS PROFITABILITY and reliability in rig setup, working independently of the rig’s on-board
systems. This leads to greater drilling accuracy and optimum blasts,
which ultimately contributes to a reduction in bridged tonnes.

“Aside from the improved accuracy, the digitisation of what was

IMPROVED REDUCED traditionally a paper-based process delivers an efficiency gain that
PRODUCTIVITY FIXED COSTS, boosts people’s productivity through greater accountability and
INCREASED NPV visibility - it’s brought a level of data integrity and QA/QC to our drill
= KEY DRIVER
and blast operations that simply wasn’t there previously.”
OF ASSET VALUE AND FCF
Jeff Brown, Northern Star Resources

VIEW THE FULL CASE STUDY AT WWW.MINNOVARE.COM