Page 4 By Glenn Dredhart PublisherPr esident Contd on pg 5 T echnological innovation is all around us changing the we live and work The mining industry is no exception In 2019 the Canadian Mining Expo being held in T immins June 46 will look at the changes that techn ology is bringing to the mines and the discov ery of mines Groundbreaking technology is mak ing mining operations better Mines are getting more environmen tally friendly productive and safer under ground working condit ions for miners are at the forefront One of the main drivers of in troducing new technology is the need for deeper mines The biggest challenge is that pro ductivity is decreasing beca use near surface deposits have been depleted Companies are looking to technology to reduce the cost of mining at greater depths Mines will be deeper that means greater cooling and ventila tion will be required T o reduce the cost of cooling a mine and pump ing in clean air mines are replacing diesel powered equipment with all electric battery powered equipment There are a lot of competitiv e advan tages of bringing innovation into your company because you will become more productive more ener gy ef cient and you are going to reduce your mining costs explains Samantha Es pley General Manager V ale Mining and Mineral Processing T echnical Ex cellence Centre In some ways it is easy to make de cisions in term s of where we have to go says T ony Makuch President and CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold W e focus on how we mine faster safer more productively and respon sibly all the time His company has introduced Artizan battery electric vehicles as their pri mary mode for hauling ore to the sur face Goldcorp s Borden Lake Mine 160 km west of T immins is set to become Canada s frst all electric mine in or der to reduce their operating costs Going electric is a major part of Gold corp s drive to increase production by 20 by 2021 Goldcorp antic ipates a signifcant reduction in greenhouse gases about 70 percent and an annual savings of 9 million per year on die sel propane and electricity When fully operational Borden Mine will have about 4 km of under ground roads for acce ssing rock faces and hauling ore to the surface T echnological improvements are also 3 s i x t y s e c u r e c o m S e c u r i t y G u a r d S e r v i c e s S e c u r e T r a n s p o r t R e m o t e M o n i t o r i n g R i s k M i t i g a t i o n S E C U R I T Y R E D E F I N E D