PorgeraJV Our Operation page Porgera Gold Mine Papua
Mining in the open pit is undertaken on 10 meter high benches When the material is too hard to be free dug the rock is drilled and blasted with a range of drill patterns to suit the litholog The Open Pit is a conventional truck and shovel operation and is serviced by a large modern mining fleet of 175t and 90t haul trucks loaded by 200t and 120t shovels and excavators