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Pit Viper at Cote Gold Mine

Epiroc's Pit Viper is a large surface blasthole drill-rig series that has operated autonomously for over a decade (under Epiroc's 6th Sense automation), often run from off-site control rooms; more than 90 million meters have been drilled autonomously, with ~17% higher utilization in autonomous mode.

Pit Viper by Epiroc · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

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Machine-readable surfaces

IAMGOLD deployed a fleet of five autonomous Epiroc Pit Viper blasthole drill rigs (with Mobius for Drills automation) at the Cote Gold open-pit project, about 175 km northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. Epiroc described it as the first fully autonomous Pit Viper fleet in Canada. IAMGOLD Corporation owns and operates the mine.

Key facts

Site
Cote Gold Project (open pit), about 175 km NW of Sudbury, Ontario
Owner/operator
IAMGOLD Corporation
Fleet
Five autonomous Pit Viper rigs (Mobius for Drills)
Significance
First fully autonomous Pit Viper fleet in Canada

Safety record

No incidents on record for Pit Viper at Cote Gold Mine.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-12
Model
Pit Viper
Company
Epiroc
Location
Canada/Ontario/Cote Gold Mine
Status
operational
First seen
2023-11-01
ID
37076fbc-77e8-4cca-a159-ba23ad4d107a

Timeline

  1. Nov 2023
    First recorded
    Pit Viper first documented operating at Cote Gold Mine.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

On the deployment map

Pit Viper operates in Cote Gold Mine. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (2)

  1. https://www.epiroc.com/en-al/newsroom/2023/iamgolds-autonomous-pitviper-fleet-a-first-for-epiroc-canada · 2023-11-01
  2. https://im-mining.com/2023/11/02/iamgolds-fully-autonomous-epiroc-pit-viper-fleet-a-first-for-canada/ · 2023-11-02
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: construction

Sources by quality tier

1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Pit Viper at Cote Gold Mine.

Common questions

What is the Pit Viper deployment at Cote Gold Mine?
Pit Viper, built by Epiroc, is recorded as a deployment at Cote Gold Mine on the DEPLOY registry. Epiroc operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Pit Viper at Cote Gold Mine?
Epiroc, the manufacturer of Pit Viper, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Pit Viper deployment at Cote Gold Mine go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting November 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Pit Viper deployment at Cote Gold Mine?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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