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A U G U S T / S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 www.resourceworld.com 51 MININGWORLD Unlike the typical repurposed high- way 4X4 truck modified for use in the mining industry, the Mine Runner is "purpose designed" specifically for use underground. BTI Breaker Technology, a manufacturer and distributer of industrial equipment, designed the Mine Runner from the ground up as an all-purpose, cus- tomizable vehicle for the mining industry. The Mine Runner is powered by BTI's innovative Hydraulic Wheel Drive or (HWD) fluid controlled power train. With HWD for power and braking, there are no brakes to wear and fail. Both the primary braking (service brakes) and the secondary braking (emergency brakes) have been designed and tested to meet and exceed the CSA Braking Standard and Performance for underground min- ing machines. Another advantage of the HWD system is that it is truly an inde- pendent four wheel drive; independent and reactive wheel end drive provides unparalleled traction control on slippery, steep grades. "The ever increasing payload require- ments and tramming distances have exceeded the capabilities of the typical re purposed highway 4x4 style truck. Unlike many over the road type vehicles being modified for use underground, the Mine Runner is purpose designed and built for the underground environment," says Andy Jackson, BTI Engineering Project Leader, Mobile Equipment Systems. The Mine Runner's design is sleek, flush body panel design and integrated safety cage structure maximizes width while reducing the danger of snagging sta- tionary objects. BTI Breaker Technology also manu- factures and distributes a wide range of mine, quarry, construction and demolition equipment specializing in hydraulic ham- mers, mobile rock breakers, stationary and portable rockbreaker systems, construc- tion and demolition attachments. n Breaker Technology's Mine Runner is a modern day mining solution not to be confused with customized road vehicles or generic people carriers. Photo courtesy of BTI Breaker Technology. BTI Breaker Technology's Mine Runner The prospecting of four main targets, defined by Diagnos, revealed a new gold structure on either side of the access road to the Bachelor property. Encouraging results from grab samples were 11.05 g/t gold (sample # 867355), 11.03 g/t gold (sample # 867356) and 14.80 g/t gold (sample # 867359). The zone was mechani- cally stripped, exposing, over a length of about 50 m, a quartz-tourmaline-pyrite vein in a shear zone trending east-west to east-southeast. Metanor's 22 diamond drill holes (1587.5 metres) tested the potential of shal- low, lateral extensions of this discovery. All holes intersected the shear zone host- ing the gold mineralization over a width ranging from a few metres to 25 metres. The best intersections were 1.60 g/t Au over 0.95 m (HW-10-02), 2.42 g/t Au over 2.40 m (HW-10-03), 8.48 g/t Au over 2.65 m (HW-10-05), 2.06 g/t Au over 1.05 m (HW-10-10), 2.10 g/t Au over 1.15 m (HW- 10-12) 4.04 g/t Au over 0.95 m (HW-10-17) and 1.42 g/t Au over 8.5 m, including 3.87 g/t Au over 2.50 m (HW-10-22). This east-southeast to east-west trend- ing gold zone is located approximately 2.5 km west of the Bachelor Mine and confirms the presence of gold-bearing structures west of the fault that cuts the main zone of the Bachelor Mine. Ultimately, using this system, a com- pany can zero in on areas with the highest probability for mineralization. The main goal is saving companies precious time and money by focusing exploration efforts to the most promising targets.. On July 8, 2014 Diagnos announced the closing of the merger of Warnex Inc.with a wholly- owned subsidiary of Diagnos. n www.resourceworld.com