Method of mining ore
AssigneeTechnological Resources Pty. Limited
InventorAndrew Stokes
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Abstract
An open cut mine includes an area to be mined bounded by a perimeter. The area to be mined includes (a) a manned zone within the perimeter in which manned resources operate to the exclusion of unmanned resources, (b) an unmanned zone within the perimeter in which unmanned resources operate to the exclusion of manned resources, (c) a first manned resource access location in the perimeter including a roadway through which manned resources move into and from the manned zone, and (d) a separate second unmanned resource access location in the perimeter including a roadway through which unmanned resources move into and from the unmanned zone.
Claims7
An open cut mine, the open cut mine including an area bounded by a perimeter, the area including
- (a) a manned zone within the perimeter comprising more than one manned resources wherein the manned resources are selected from the group consisting of manned front end loaders, dozers, graders, drill rigs, water trucks, survey trucks, and explosives trucks, and the manned resources operate to the exclusion of unmanned resources,
- (b) an unmanned zone within the perimeter comprising more than one of the unmanned resources wherein the unmanned resources operate to the exclusion of manned resources,
- (c) a first manned resource access location in the perimeter including a roadway through which the manned resources move into and from the manned zone, and
- (d) a second unmanned resource access location in the perimeter separate from the first manned resource access location and including a roadway through which unmanned resources move into and from the unmanned zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.