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Hydraulic Mining

We offer comprehensive hydraulic mining services to extract minerals from tailings with precision and efficiency. Our expertise ranges from the supply of hydraulic cannons to the installation and day-to-day operation of hydraulic mining systems across Australia and internationally.

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Recover Value

Remine legacy tailings and send the material for reprocessing, recovering value left behind the first time.

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Reduce Liability

Reduce the environmental liability in your tailings facility and free up the footprint for rehabilitation or re-use.

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Remote Operation for Safety

Cannons are operated remotely, keeping operators clear of the high-pressure jet and the face.

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End-to-end Support

From scoping and feasibility through to operation and rehabilitation, we support the whole project.

Why Hydraulic Mining with XR3?

Outcomes

Our techniques provide a process that ensures:

  • Improved resource utilisation
  • Cost-effective remediation of environmental liabilities
  • Re-use of tailings storage facilities
  • Desilting of operational water and tailings dams
  • Safety, cost and environmental advantages over other methodologies
  • Minimal interaction with operations
  • Telemetry to monitor tonnages and densities
  • Consistent production tonnage and density to client specification
Our services

We Offer:

  1. Turnkey project development services from scoping to detailed design. Our services further extend to the supply of specialised hydraulic mining equipment, mobilisation and establishment including the commissioning and operation for the duration of the tailings reserves.
  2. Our strong partnerships with processing specialists enable the design and operation of complete end-to-end mining and processing solutions.
  3. Hybrid solutions incorporating conventional load and haul can be provided where appropriate.
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The process

How it works

  1. Track-mounted, remote operated water cannons project a high pressure jet of water to the target material in planned sections.
  2. The resulting slurry gravity feeds to a collection sump for pumping to a nearby booster station and onwards for re-processing.
  3. The water cannons can be operated in a duty-standby arrangement to minimise lost time during cannon services and relocations.
  4. Hard barricades are installed to prevent access to the water jet during operation. Cannons are operated by remote control to remove operators from the high-pressure energy source.
50–500Tonnes per hour, per cannon

High production rate minimises unit cost – a single water cannon is able to mine from 50 to 500t/h depending on the application.

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THE EQUIPMENT

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HYDRAULIC CANNONS

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SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS

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SCREENING AND BOOSTER STATION

Let's talk about your tailings

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ell us a little about your site and project, and our hydraulic mining team will be in touch to book in a time to discuss it.

1300 936 261

  • Scoping and feasibility
  • Equipment supply and operation
  • Projects across Australia and internationally
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CASE STUDY

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Remote Hydraulic Mining Cannons

XR3 upgraded its proprietary hydraulic mining cannons to fully remoted-controlled for a Queensland operation. The objective was to leverage existing technology in an innovative manner to maximise operational uptime and improve tailings reprocessing efficiency while reducing personnel exposure and enabling supervisors to focus on broader operational priorities, delivering safer and more reliable operations.

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