Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
16-22
16.6 Mining Equipment Selection and Fleet Requirements
The capital costs of both equipment and support items are reported in Chapter 21. A
mining equipment list is presented in Table 16.4. It was assumed that each piece of
mobile equipment would be rebuilt according to the manufacturers’ specifications, and
the equipment would be replaced at the end of its typical service life. Replacement
capital is included in the mining capital cost estimate.
Table 16.4 - Mining Equipment List
Machine / Item
Initial
Equipment
Year -1
Sustaining
Equipment
LOM
STRIPPING & LOADING MACHINES
Units
Units
Caterpillar 6015B - Shovel
1
1
Caterpillar 988K - Wheel Loader
1
1
Caterpillar D8T - Dozer
2
3
HAUL TRUCKS
Caterpillar 770G - End Dump Truck
8
32
MOBILE EQUIPMENT
Caterpillar Drills MD5090, MD6290
2
3
Caterpillar 14M - Motor Grader
1
2
5000 gallon Water Truck
1
2
SERVICE & SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
Caterpillar 416E - Backhoe Loader
1
2
Fuel/Lube Truck
1
2
Mechanic's Truck
4
2
Pickup Truck
5
2
Mobile Crane
1
2
2-tonne Forklift
1
2
Welding Machine
1
2
Buses
4
2
Light Plant
7
2
(Roche, 2014)
