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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Orica International Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Angelo Labriola, Iii, Melbourne, AU;

Stuart Hawke, Melbourne, AU;

Mateus Rocha, Melbourne, AU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 3/04 (2006.01); E21C 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 3/04 (2013.01); E21C 39/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for improved blast design including the steps of: acquiring geological data about a blast site from multiple data sources; extracting one or more blastability labels from the geological data; mapping the blastability labels in two or three dimensions; designing a pattern of blast holes based on the mapping; designing explosive for each blast hole based on the blastability label for that blast hole; loading each blast hole in the pattern of blast holes with the designed explosive for that blast hole; and detonating the explosive. Also, a method of extracting valuable resources from an area using the process and a visualisation tool for blasting operations that displays data from the process.


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