Selection of blast pattern is a very important task in mining activities, the selection is made considering many effective factors; hence, there is a significant variation in the selected pattern from mine to mine. The most influential factors are annual mine production, required rock fragmentation, geological and geotechnical characteristics of the area, physico-mechanical properties of surrounding rocks, and ground water condition.The blast parameters should be determined in such a way that the entire mining process is rather technically and economically performed. Otherwise, the explosive energy would not be fully consumed favorably in rock fragmentation and displacement. In this way, a considerable amount of the energy is exhausted in the form of unwanted damaging phenomena such as backbreak and flyrock [1].
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