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    This initiative aims to rehabilitate areas affected by past falls of ground at the Kencana mine in order to safely access high grade ore zones, reduce ore sterilization, and increase development rates. Using specialized void filling and ground consolidation products injected through pumps, the initiative seeks to reliably and rapidly fill voids, thereby improving production reliability in poor ground conditions. Key benefits include reduced delays and costs from bypassing fall areas, lower sterilization of ore, and decreased safety risks from working near unconsolidated ground.

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    This initiative aims to rehabilitate areas affected by past falls of ground at the Kencana mine in order to safely access high grade ore zones, reduce ore sterilization, and increase development rates. Using specialized void filling and ground consolidation products injected through pumps, the initiative seeks to reliably and rapidly fill voids, thereby improving production reliability in poor ground conditions. Key benefits include reduced delays and costs from bypassing fall areas, lower sterilization of ore, and decreased safety risks from working near unconsolidated ground.

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    This initiative aims to rehabilitate areas affected by past falls of ground at the Kencana mine in order to safely access high grade ore zones, reduce ore sterilization, and increase development rates. Using specialized void filling and ground consolidation products injected through pumps, the initiative seeks to reliably and rapidly fill voids, thereby improving production reliability in poor ground conditions. Key benefits include reduced delays and costs from bypassing fall areas, lower sterilization of ore, and decreased safety risks from working near unconsolidated ground.

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    Void Management

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    This initiative aims to rehabilitate areas affected by past falls of ground at the Kencana mine in order to safely access high grade ore zones, reduce ore sterilization, and increase development rates. Using specialized void filling and ground consolidation products injected through pumps, the initiative seeks to reliably and rapidly fill voids, thereby improving production reliability in poor ground conditions. Key benefits include reduced delays and costs from bypassing fall areas, lower sterilization of ore, and decreased safety risks from working near unconsolidated ground.

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    Initiative #1895 Void Management

    Initiative Description

    During historic mining at Kencana, the relatively poor ground support system in use
    (splitsets, SC and mesh) has resulted in a large amount of fall of grounds.
    The majority of these fall of grounds have resulted in large amounts of failed material and
    voids. Generally these fall of grounds are in the highest grade areas of Kencana where the
    ground conditions are poorest.

    Due to the requirement to maintain safety and stability, at present these fall of
    grounds are bypassed. This results in ore sterilisation and potentially large amounts of
    development requirements in waste to bypass fall of grounds. Significant safety conccerns
    when working around these unconsolidated/fall of ground areas.

    This project is about using void filling products and ground consolidation products (ie.
    foaming agents, resins, microsilica cements, cements etc) and pumps (resin and high
    pressure grouting) to rehabilitate fall of ground areas. This should enable safe passage
    through these zones to recover maximum high grade ore, limit ore sterilization, limit
    personell exposure to FOG areas, and increase development rates.

    Using specialized fill products develop better void management techniques at


    Kencana and Toguraci use a combination of chemical and cementitious products to reliably
    and rapidly fill voids encountered at Kencana (potentially at Toguraci also)
    Improved production reliability particularly in high grade poor ground zones, reduced
    sterilization of ore.

    Key Decisions and interdependencies

    Aim for reduced delays to production, Extensive probing requirements currently,


    Inefficient use of equipment and resources, Difficulties and risks (personell and paste retic
    system) to place paste into unknown voids etc.
    Excessive use of ground support
    Reduced safety risk in working around FOG
    Requirement for large development costs to bypass FOG
    Ounces can be permanantly sterilized beneath or adjacent to FOG, or ounces delayed

    Estimated $5m per year in lost revenue, loss of ore to sterilization x 3 years and
    costs that could be saved. Will be important when re-accessing upper remnant areas to
    respond quicky for voids etc. Cost avoidance is considered for un-necessary development
    meter by pass if not doing this initiative

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