Raise bore drilling: mining South Africa''s heart of gold
14/11/2012#0183;#32;quot;quot;The new thinking is to mine all the gold, only the gold, all the time, and avoid leaving 40% of the gold behind in pillars.quot;quot; The use of existing technology such as raise bore drilling (RBD) is beneficial for a number of reasons, with AngloGold Ashantis MacFarlane explaining that tried and tested equipment reduces implementation time, costs and, importantly, technological risks associated with