How Is Gold Mined in Australia?
Gold is mined in Australia using various methods, including an underground method. According to mining company Citigold, this process involves accessing the gold using two downward angled tunnels or declines five meters long and five meters high, allowing for the mining equipment to fit through it. Then contemporary drill and blast techniques are used. Equipment with single or double drill booms drill holes into the gold ore. Explosives are then placed in them, which blast through the rock. The rock is then carried toward the surface using loading machines. The rock is next placed on trucks that carry it to the surface. Gold-bearing ore is then treated with various chemicals at a plant and transported via city-approved roads to another plant for extraction of the gold. Using this blast technique, an extensive and complicated network of tunnels is created by which the gold ore is removed from the earth. Another technique called open pit mining is conducted at the Fimiston Pit or Super P
