Mining Methods at Agnew Nickel Mine, Western Australia

The Perseverance orebody presents the Agnew Mine with a wide variety of geological settings, necessitating the application of several mining methods within the limited strike length being extracted.Mining methods have been introduced and modified during the six years' production history of the property and that evolutionary process remains very active.The methods used, in use or planned, are:Hand held scraper cut and fill Hand held mechanical cut and fill Post pillar cut and fillOpen Stoping (uphole benching) Modified vertical crater retreat Sub-level caving