Karowe Mine, located approximately 16 kilometers (km) southwest of the town of Letlhakane, is a diamond mine where the second largest diamond ever found on record, with a weight of 1,111 carats, was discovered. This project involved simulating mine dewatering and excavation to evaluate future dewatering requirements, as well as providing guidance for future monitoring borehole and piezometer designs.
Diego Acevedo is a mining engineer from Universidad de Santiago de Chile with 6 years of work experience. He has worked in underground and open pit mining projects, focusing on numerical modelling (2D and 3D) of stability studies. He has also participated in the estimation of properties, rock fall analysis, berm-bench design and design of rock support.
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