SmartShot in Canada

An underground silver/gold/copper and zinc mine situated in Manitoba, Canada, has been using DetNet’s electronic detonators supplied by Dyno Nobel in their secondary production stopes since May 2006.

Succesful SmartShot blast at Los Pelambres Mine, Chile

Antofagasta Minerals’ Los Pelambres Mine, the third largest copper mine in Chile, is situated in the Coquimbo region, 300km from Santiago.

SmartShot blasts at Antamina and Tintaya Mines, Peru

Antamina mine, owned by BHP Billiton, is situated at an altitude of 4300m above sea level, and been blasting with the SmartShot system since February 2008 with excellent results.

Record SmartShot Blast at Nkomati Nickel

On the 16th May 2008, a record blast of 1,170 SmartShot detonators was successfully fired at Nkomati Nickel. 5.7Mt of material was blasted making it the largest electronic blast to date, 800 tonnes of explosives were used.

Largest SmartShot blast fired in Africa to date

On the 12th December 2007 the largest SmartShot blast, in Africa, was successfully inititiated at a Gomes quarry situated in Gauteng, South Africa. Gomes quarry is owned by Quarry Cats which is a subsidiary of Group Five. The blast was managed by Dorsland’s Johan De Villiers with AEL’s Ritzema Nel and Allen Steyn providing technical support and DetNet’s Carlos Goncalves and Nick Bird overseeing the SmartShot deployment. A total of 722 SmartShot detonators fired 65 tonnes of explosives. The blast was initiated remotely via radio frequency with SmartShot control equipment.