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Using Trimble 4D Control for High Wall Monitoring at Round Mountain Gold Corporation. Prepared by Richard Musselman Operations Support Engineer Round Mountain Gold Corporation. Kinross Gold. Dvoinoye, Russia Kupol, Russia. Fort Knox Fairbanks, AK, USA. Kettle River – Buckhorn
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Using Trimble 4D Control for High Wall Monitoring at Round Mountain Gold Corporation Prepared by Richard Musselman Operations Support Engineer Round Mountain Gold Corporation
Kinross Gold Dvoinoye, Russia Kupol, Russia Fort Knox Fairbanks, AK, USA Kettle River – Buckhorn Republic, WA, USA K Corporate Offices Toronto, ON, Canada Round Mountain, NV, USA Tasiast, Mauritania Chirano, Ghana Fruta del Norte, Ecuador Paracatu, Brazil Lobo-Marte, Chile La Coipa, Chile Maricunga, Chile
Round Mountain Gold Corporation • Joint Venture with Barrick Gold Corporation (50:50) • Conventional Open Pit Mining
NE Highwall–T1/T2 Failure Round Mtn Prior to Pit Expansion Mining Looking Northeast “Slip Face” Looking Northeast
South Ramp Failure South Haul Road Alluvial Failure Rock Failure Back Break Structure Toe Heave Looking Southeast
Damage to South Haul Road Looking Southeast
Solution • 2 - Trimble S8 1” Robotic, DR HP, Long Range Instruments • 6 – Trimble NetR9 Ti-1 Reference Stations • 1 –Trimble 4D Control Software v3.0 with various licenses (Upgraded to v4.1 in March 2013)
Monitoring Strategy Trimble Data Storage Server Trimble SQL Server Database Customized Access to Database Tables Wireless Mine Network Post Processing • Trimble 4D Control Server • Post Processing • RTK • Terrestrial Control Application Reports Web Based Reports Report Generator Application Threshold Alerts
Trimble 4D Control Software GNSS Scatter Plot Terrestrial Displacement Chart
Web Interface Functionality http://rmo-sql-02/t3dweb
Protect Property? 3 electric shovels 14 haul trucks
Putting People First Rigorous Financial Discipline High Performance Culture Outstanding Corporate Responsibility