Rio Tinto Iron Ore

Simandou Project, Guinea

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Custom design of heliportable RC rig and compressor composed of <400kg modules in collaboration with Maxidrill and National Compressed Air, Canada.

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Capacity 28.3 cu.m/min x 70bar for reverse circulation holes,  depth 200m, diameter 5"

Areva-Katco

Tortkuduk Uranium Project, Kazakhstan

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Bit testing and consultancy on methodology of 12" RC holes to 500m depth for uranium ore extraction

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Training of drillers in reverse circulation systems

Rio Tinto Iron Ore

Canga East Project, Guinea

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Custom designed core drilling rig composed of <400kg modules in collaboration with Maxidrill, Canada

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Capacity 800m depth at N wireline

PEMEX

Gulf of Mexico, MV Ocean Leader

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Seabed stability testing project. Design and build of ship mounted geotechnical rotary rig for seafloor drilling at depths up to 200m, followed by management of the drilling program

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Geocontrole SA / Sable Mining

Siguiri, Guinea

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Troubleshooting core drilling in weathered iron ore, with less than 20% core recovery.

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Revision of corebarrel settings and drilling parameters, adaptation of the bits with implementation of triple tube and concurrent training improved core recovery to over 90% in poorly consolidated and friable material.

Mincon and CMIC

Chadormalu Iron Mine, Iran

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Trials of DTH hammer bits and review of drilling equipment and parameters for blast hole drilling to increase performance