By Caterpillar | Posted December 12, 2023

In the Black Hills of the United States, Coeur Mining operates the Wharf gold mine, an open pit heap leach operation. In an effort to optimize the mine’s drilling and blasting operation, Wharf worked with Caterpillar and Cat dealer Butler Machinery to implement Cat MineStar™ Terrain for drilling — an advanced satellite guidance solution that translates drill patterns directly to the cab, replacing the need to survey before laying out the drilling pattern.