Exploration Drill – T4 Velson

Exploration Drilling Rigs

Core Drilling

Diamond core drilling provides clients with high-quality geological core samples, enabling accurate modeling and resource estimation. These samples also offer critical geotechnical information for safe and optimized mine design. Core drilling is applicable in both surface and underground environments.

Benefits:

Best possible sample recovery.
Minimal sample contamination.
Accurate indication of underlying geological information.
Optimal samples for assaying and metallurgical testing.
Orientated core samples for geotechnical analysis of underlying geology.

Reverse Circulation

Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling is the most commonly used method for grade control in open-pit mining operations. It helps refine existing information on ore grades and blocks, optimizing ore extraction, mine planning, and blasting patterns.

Benefits:

Increased production speeds by quickly determining the grade of specific sections, avoiding mining delays from constant grade checking.
Better control of grade feed to the mill, confirming resource block model information.
Consistent ore feed to the mill through controlled blending of different ore grades, based on grade control drilling data.
Utilization of grade control holes as blast holes for a particular bench that is drilled.