Investor Presentaiton
Technology & Innovation Development at Cadia
Lower capital, higher productivity caving, low energy intensity, tailings
Breakthrough challenges:
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Step change reduction in cave establishment costs
Low cost increase in mining capacity
• Reduce energy intensity
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Sustainable, low cost tailings disposal
Value capture levers
NextGen caving
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Lower capital, single pass, undercut-less
Autonomous loading & shuttle trucks
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Step change productivity: auto loaders & shuttle trucks
Selective processing
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Feed grade increase through cave batch draw, belt
sensing & sorting
Energy saving by coarser processing
Sustainable mining
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Lower all-in cost, geo-stable tails disposal
Supplementary renewable energy
TRL
Mass sensing & sorting
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Principles &
Needs
Analysis
Concept
Application
Proof of
Concept
Formulation
Experiments
Component
Bench
Testing
Component
Prototype
Testing
System
Scale
Testing
System Field
Trial Demo
Build,
Commission
& Optimise
Operation &
Extension
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TRL Technology Readiness Levels. Ref EU 2020View entire presentation