Cortez goes wireless

Barrick Gold’s Cortez mine in northern Nevada, US, is pioneering the use of Wi-Fi connectivity underground

A Barrick network administrator and Rob Kufeld examine data underground on a tablet

04 January 2017
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The company said that building an underground Wi-Fi network will allow it to significantly expand the amount of data that can be collected and analysed from underground operations.

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