# Pit Viper at Cote Gold Mine: deployment

Canonical ID: `37076fbc-77e8-4cca-a159-ba23ad4d107a`

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

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-07-12_

- **Slug:** epiroc-pit-viper-cote-gold
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Pit Viper](/models/epiroc-pit-viper.md) (id: `d6844912-0f7e-4760-b7c0-3aa465423e7b`)
- **Company:** [Epiroc](/companies/epiroc.md) (id: `307a8c7e-2b17-4bd2-b31a-aa1e17821749`)
- **Location:** [Cote Gold Mine](/locations/canada/ontario-canada/cote-gold-ontario.md) (id: `d50ddde2-c471-41b3-b2a9-8c8ee83d2a7f`)
- **First seen:** 2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## 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

## 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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