{"id":6260,"date":"2023-11-06T23:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T23:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=6260"},"modified":"2024-02-01T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:31:59","slug":"iamgold-moves-forward-with-autonomous-pit-viper-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/iamgold-moves-forward-with-autonomous-pit-viper-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"IAMGOLD moves forward with autonomous Pit Viper fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IAMGOLD has agreed to purchase five autonomous Pit Viper drill rigs from Epiroc Canada to work at its C\u00f4t\u00e9 Gold project in the Sudbury District of Ontario. It marks the first fully autonomous fleet of Pit Viper rigs on Canadian soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe autonomous Pit Viper fleet has a strong reputation for reliability and this recent agreement shows our shared commitment to operator safety on site,\u201d said Chris Graves, business line manager, Surface Drilling, Epiroc Canada.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The powerful blasthole drill rigs are equipped with Mobius for Drills, a digitalization tool that imports drill plans and collects key data for mining personnel all while enabling multi-machine control. The solution also introduces 3D-P, engaging Epiroc\u2019s wireless networking capabilities into the agreement which enables integration and connectivity with the mines existing networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Epiroc Pit Viper fleet is an integral step along the C\u00f4t\u00e9 Gold journey to be the first fully automated haulage and drilling mine in Canada,\u201d said Francis Letarte-Lavoie, operations manager, C\u00f4t\u00e9 Gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe existing four Pit Viper rigs are progressing towards full autonomous mode, and we anticipate the fifth drill set for delivery in April 2024 will complete the fleet successfully. We look forward to continuing to develop the partnership with Epiroc in order to meet our milestones during this critical time for C\u00f4t\u00e9 Gold and IAMGOLD in general.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00f4t\u00e9 Gold is targeting first gold in Q1 2024.                                                         <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/em>Epiroc<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IAMGOLD has agreed to purchase five autonomous Pit Viper drill rigs from Epiroc Canada to work at its C\u00f4t\u00e9 Gold project in the Sudbury District of Ontario. It marks the first fully autonomous fleet of Pit Viper rigs on Canadian soil. \u201cThe autonomous Pit Viper fleet has a strong reputation for reliability and this recent agreement shows our shared commitment…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495,12],"tags":[2498,2499,1061,2500,1839],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-6260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-the-headlines","tag-epiroc-canada","tag-iamgold","tag-mobius-for-drills","tag-pit-viper","tag-surface-drilling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t