03 – Shaft Sinking

Engineering

  • Sinking method (blind sink, strip & line and horidiam)
  • Sinking equipment (headframes, kibble winders, stage winders, rope up winches, sinking work stages, kibbles etc)
  • Shaft lining (mesh/rockbolts, fibrecrete & concrete)
  • Client/Owner representative
  • Implementation program
  • Capital cost estimate

Procurement

See supply of mine equipment & infrastructure.

Construction

  • Sinking procedures
  • Recruitment of sinking team
  • Mobilisation & setup
  • Shaft sinking

Recent Work

  • EPC Project Manager – E15 Shaft Co O Gold Mine
  • EPC Project Manager – Golden Point Ballarat East Project
  • Shaft study – King Roy Shaft Co O Gold Mine
  • Shaft study – South Prince Ballarat East Project
  • Rehabilitation study – Long Shaft Kambalda Mines
  • Rehabilitation study – Star Shaft Hill 50 Mine
  • Rehabilitation study – Perseverance Shaft Perseverance Deeps FS
  • Shaft condition assessment Perseverance Shaft Leinster Operations
  • Client Representative – Clark Shaft Construction Olympic Dam Expansion Project
  • Engineering & procurement – Clark Shaft Olympic Dam Expansion Project