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Client:

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

Location:

Alaska, United States

Duration:

15 Years

Scope of Work:

Mine Development
Production Mining
Underground Construction
Raiseboring
Mechanized Raise Mining

The Pogo Mine project represented a multidisciplinary, long-term client relationship that included a wide range of services performed over a 15-year span.

The project involved the following:

  • Development of three portals
  • 107.8 km of underground development and production
  • 1.2 km of vertical development
  • Underground coarse ore storage, ore access and ore bin excavation and construction
  • Highwall development
  • Several internal mechanized raise climber raises
  • Sump development and installation
  • Paste backfill piping system
  • 383 m of 4.3 m diameter raiseboring
  • Installation of mechanical infrastructure including mine electrical distribution systems and ore handling systems
  • Installation and commissioning of underground mine air compressors
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Project Image - Pogo Mine - Minus 40 Degrees Celcius Subarctic Temperatures

-40°C Subarctic Temperatures & Conditions

Project Image - Pogo Mine - 108km Total Excavation

107.8km Total Excavation

Project Image - Pogo Mine - 383m Raisebore

383m Raisebored At 4.3m Diameter