Apparatus and method for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation

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PATENT NO 11773719
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17671062

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Apparatus and methods for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first tool toward the blast hole in the rock face via a common tool outlet of a feed unit using a first tool station of the feed unit; retracting the first tool from the common tool outlet using the first tool station of the feed unit and retaining the first tool in the first tool station; and while the first tool is retained in the first tool station, deploying a second tool toward the blast hole in the rock face through the common tool outlet of the feed unit using a second tool station of the feed unit.

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1854081 ONTARIO LTD1545 MALEY DRIVE SUDBURY P3A 4R7

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Roos, Colin Sudbury, CA 3 4
Steele, Roderick Mark Chelmsford, CA 3 11

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