A BLIND SPOT FOR LOST GOLD

DREDGE ROBOTICS HAS ADDED A NEW STRING TO ITS BOW, WITH THE RECOVERY OF VALUABLE MINERALS COMPLEMENTING ITS LINER-SAFE DREDGING CAPABILITY.

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The upkeep of lined ponds is an important but sometimes overlooked process on a mine site.

Mine operators have an obligation to hold storage in their lined pond as part of their mining license. If it gets to the point that they have limited or zero storage available, they could be violating their license and require a quick fix.

Enter Dredge Robotics.

Mining companies across Australia have turned to Dredge Robotics for a range of services, with the heavy dredging of lined ponds key among them.

Dredge's patented robotic technology can, while operations remain online, safely dredge ponds back to bare liner, enabling these critical facilities to look like new again.

"Our robots can access all areas of lined ponds," Dredge Robotics chief executive officer Antony Old told Australian Mining. “It doesn’t matter what commodity you've got in there, be it coal, lithium, nickel, lead or gold, the machine can safely traverse the pond without damaging it.

“The robot can not only clean the pond for you, but it can also recover valuable minerals that have been naturally discarded during mineral processing.”

This application has proven valuable to miners of various commodities, including gold.