Trace -IT-Blasting
The value of perimeter blasting in reducing the over-break and damage to the drift envelope has been known for years. The product name “Xactex” is familiar to almost everyone in the mining industry and was widely used 30 years ago but went out of favor with the introduction of the safer watergel explosive.

Today, packaged perimeter blasting products are available from all explosives manufacturers in various configurations. Tracing of Anfo loaded holes with detonating cord is also a popular method of achieving those elusive “half barrels” that are commonly used to measure the effectiveness of the perimeter blasting program.

However, repeated tests have proven that the most effective product is the most “miner friendly” or easiest to use. This premise was the basis of the development of the Trace-It accessory.

The Trace-It system is not a revolutionary new system. Rather, it makes the most economical system – tracing of Anfo with detonating cord – the most “miner friendly” and therefore the most effective.

Every miner who has tried the Trace-It system prefers it to every other method! Because it is so “friendly” to use, adding only seconds to the time to load a round, the miners use it even when pressed for time. This produces results superior to other less “friendly” products which tend to be ignored when time is limited by cage schedule or other factors and the crew is rushing to complete loading of the round. Mining contractors who have used the Trace-It system on one contract ask for it at every property they go to afterwards. Trace-Its are used by the major mining companies in Northern Ontario and the Rock Mechanics are recommending it to their colleagues.

References are available on request!

For more information on the Trace-It Perimeter Control System please contact NorRoc Industrial Sales Inc. at: sales@norroc.ca