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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Juan Nieto, Darling Point, AU;
Hugh Durrant-whyte, Rozelle, AU;
Allan Blair, Cottesloe, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 37/00 (2006.01); F42D 3/04 (2006.01); E21C 41/26 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); E21C 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 39/00 (2013.01); F42D 3/04 (2013.01); E21C 41/26 (2013.01); H04N 1/00827 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of mining comprising: using a vehicle fitted with scanning module to scan a bench face of a mine bench for both geometric and geological information; making ore grade assessments of material at the bench face from the information provided by the bench face scan; removing material from the bench; and transporting removed material for processing. At least one of said removing, transporting, and processing is performed at least partially dependent on the ore grade assessments.