Captive Cut and Fill
with Bore-Hole Access


• Access to the ore-body is from a footwall lateral
  to a cross-cut, and then pulling a raisebore level to
  level for access to mining stopes.
• Horizontal slices are mined using jackleg drills and
  blasting. Ore is transferred to an ore pass using
  a slusher bucket and tugger.
• following completion of the first lift, access to the
  next level is from the top of the raise.
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