Drilcor

What We Offer

Our Services

The services we offer have been refined to a top level of quality. If you hire us for a job, you can be damn sure we'll do it well.

Drilling Methods

Drilling

We offer a full range of drilling services refined over decades of experience in the most challenging environments in the world.

Diamond Core Drilling

Using a hollow center diamond impregnated drill bit to cut and extract a cylindrical core sample. This makes geological studies possible, and extracting in high quantities allows geochemical studies.

  • Specialized coring services including high temperature, pressure and water volume zones
  • Full range of hydrological services including drilling de-watering and test wells
  • Installation and operation of piezometers and pumps

Reverse Circulation Drilling

Using a compressed air powered pneumatic hammer to crush the rock to gravel size. The sample is continuously extracted via air flow through an inner tube inside of the drill rods.

  • Samples bagged and logged every 5'/1.5m
  • R/C drilling to a depth of 700 meters
  • Continuous sample extraction for reliable data

Rotary Air Blast

Similar to R/C drilling in that a pneumatic air hammer is used. This technique differs in that the sample is expelled from the hole directly up the outside of the drill rods. Primarily used in shallow holes.

  • Fast and cost-effective for shallow targets
  • Ideal for preliminary exploration
  • Rapid results for early-stage projects
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Services

Underground Drilling

We operate a full range of underground drilling and support equipment allowing us to carry out any underground drilling project — from active mine to abandoned historic workings.

With access requirements of as little as 1 meter wide and 1 meter tall, we are ready to go in any underground mine, including the most constrained and difficult environments.

  • Full range of underground drilling equipment
  • Minimum access: 1m wide × 1m tall
  • Active mines and historic workings
  • Equipment maintenance checks for safety
  • Time and hourly reporting management
  • Crew biometric monitoring for safety
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Remote Access Drilling

The most promising deposits are often the most difficult to reach. When the necessity arrives to drill in dense forest or on a mountainside, most companies must resort to expensive helicopter transportation or dangerous man-portable rigs. Both options heavily limit the capabilities of the drill you can use.

Drilcor has pioneered the gondola mobilization system, allowing us to deploy full-sized, high-performance drill rigs to virtually any remote location — faster, safer, and more cost-effectively than the competition.

  • Gondola mobilization for any terrain
  • Full-sized drill rigs at remote sites
  • No road access required
  • Faster and safer than helicopter lifts
Surface Drilling
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Services

Surface Drilling

Through easy setup, powerful equipment, and a well-organized team we carry out surface drilling in the most efficient and cost-effective way. We regularly move between holes in less than an hour from rods out to collaring the new hole.

Rigging up to move to new drill pads takes less than an hour as well, meaning we maximize productive drilling time and minimize downtime on your project.

  • Hole-to-hole moves in under one hour
  • Drill pad setup in under one hour
  • Positive angle drilling capability
  • Continuous accuracy hole mapping

Technology

CentCom

CentCom Central Communication

Central Command — 24/7 Oversight

High-speed satellite internet allows us to maintain a specialized and dedicated central communication team that has 24/7 contact with the drill and crew to track drilling progress, check equipment maintenance, and monitor the live biometrics of the drilling crew.

CentCom gives our clients real-time visibility into their project and gives our team the information they need to respond immediately to any situation, anywhere in the world.

High-speed satellite connection
24/7 monitoring
Live crew biometrics
Real-time drilling progress
Equipment maintenance alerts
Time & hourly reporting

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