Safety Technology

One example is the electronic safety beacon system we have in place at our operational underground mines. Workers carry the wireless beacons on their person and readers installed throughout the mine enable control room technicians to quickly identify workers’ locations and make sure everyone is accounted for. The beacons also enable our miners to trigger alerts if they are faced with a hazardous situation. Over the coming years, we will be working to integrate these beacons with other technologies, including ventilation on demand, remote blasting and tele-remote mucking, helping to create safer, healthier and more efficient operations.

In 2023, after years of in-house development, our Hellas Gold Health and Safety Team in Greece launched the Canary Database, which proactively monitors physiochemical factors throughout its mine sites. The powerful database centralizes multiple on-site risk-factor monitoring systems that enable earlier risk identification and faster decision-making on preventative actions. Features include continuous monitoring of underground air quality parameters and automated statistical analyses that aid our health and safety teams to efficiently identify and proactively manage potential risks, while maintaining a safe work environment.

The Hellas Gold team received double recognition at the Health & Safety Awards 2023 in Greece for its Canary Database project, as well as its Underground Mine Safety System, which utilizes the country’s first underground private mobile network to relay real-time information and can be leveraged during emergencies to save lives.