Kibali Main Shaft
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This is the main vertical shaft and hoist room for the Kibali gold mine. The shaft is 751m deep and 8m in diameter, concrete lined, and a dry tonnes capacity of 3.43 Mt/yr. The main contractor for the sinking was Shaft Sinkers and shaft bottom was reached on July 22, 2015. The main purpose for the shaft is hoisting of ore but it will have a service cage for maintenance.
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Coordinates: 3°6'48"N 29°35'16"E
- Kibali Decline Portal 0.3 km
- Shaft tomb of Hetepheres, G700X 2995 km
- Spring 3913 km
- KCD Pit 0.8 km
- Mine Village 2.8 km
- Kokiza 5.9 km
- Kibali Gold Project 17 km
- Garamba National Park 120 km
- Ituri Rainforest 120 km
- maracha hospital 145 km
- Mount Kurudju 155 km
- Lantoto National Park 156 km
- Korobi 173 km