Glossary of Mining Terms

 

    
 

                                                                                                                                        

Cut-and-fill Stoping

 

This is a mining method used when there is an ore body with a steep gradient located under difficult
wall rock conditions.

 

The ore is drilled and blasted, then extracted in upward advancing slices.

 

The vacant area left by removing the slice is then filled with material, providing support to the mass
of rock adjacent to the ore body.

  
   
   

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