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New Drills Ready for Worldwide Specialized Drilling Campaigns

Major Drilling is ready. Now available are four innovative drills Major Drilling is offering to respond to the mining industry upturn. The company is prepared as demand for commodities increases. “The lack of gold and copper reserves is driving exploration…

Kevin GibsonOctober 17, 2019

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Partnership Brings Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Mining Complex to Life

Some 550 kilometers south of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, you’ll find Major Drilling teams readying dozens of umbilical cables equipped with magnetic trackers. The trackers are lowered from a winch system through a specially-drilled borehole into the vast Oyu Tolgoi ore body…

Kevin GibsonOctober 1, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

Defining Reads: Specialized Drilling Progresses Exploration for Sabina Gold & Silver

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. is working to become a significant gold producer through the successful phased development of the Back River District in Nunavut, Canada where Major Drilling has been performing exploration drilling for the…

Kevin GibsonSeptember 4, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

Heli-Supported Specialized Drilling Advances Exploration for Partner in Alaska

Base metals like copper and cobalt are on target for exploration with Canadian junior mining partner Trilogy Metals. Trilogy was listed third in a recent industry market cap value listing of base metals among Canadian developers. Positive results for Trilogy’s…

Kevin GibsonAugust 19, 2019

Awards & Recognition Blogs

Lac des Iles Mine Letter of Recommendation

Major Drilling teams working at Lac des Iles Mine, northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, received recognition for strong performance in safety, personnel, and equipment from North American Palladium (NAP), now Impala Canada, Exploration Manager, David Benson. Major Drilling is…

Kevin GibsonJuly 31, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

6 Reasons Why Major Drilling is an Innovative & Vital Canadian Firm

Recently, The Northern Miner reported Major Drilling as one of ten exciting Canadian firms that keeps the mining and mineral exploration industry going. Here are six reasons why Major Drilling is innovative and vital to the worldwide specialized drilling industry. 1. The Leader in Specialized Drilling…

Kevin GibsonJuly 26, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

Major Drilling Mozambique’s Non-Stop Drill and Blast Performance

The Major Drilling Mozambique team at work with our Drill & Blast rigs. Recently, the Major Drilling Mozambique team showed off its equipment in a striking photo showing two Epiroc Flexiroc D65 drills, which are the first of their kind…

Kevin GibsonJuly 9, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

Defining Reads: Block Cave Pre-Conditioning Yielding Promising Results in Indonesia

Major Drilling Indonesia hydrofracking team shown at Freeport Indonesia's Deep MLZ mine. A recently published article in PT Freeport Indonesia’s e-BeritaKita monthly bulletin is a trove of insightful information about a specialized drilling process: hydrofracking—what it is, how it works,…

Kevin GibsonJune 13, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

Major Drilling Embarks on 2019 Drilling Season with Sabina

This year, Sabina Gold’s Back River Project in Nunavut, Canada began with impressive equipment load-ins and a new Winter Ice Road to transport drills and gear during the coldest months of the territory’s arctic extremes. The Back River Project is…

Kevin GibsonMay 28, 2019

Blogs Defining Reads

Commendation for Job Quality Excellence

Major Drilling USA crews working near Gold Hill, Utah were recognized for their professionalism and performance. The project was for Desert Hawk Gold Corp. using our Schramm T-455 track drill and our highly experienced drill crews. We’re proud of our…

Kevin GibsonMay 21, 2019

New Drills Ready for Worldwide Specialized Drilling Campaigns

Partnership Brings Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Mining Complex to Life

Defining Reads: Specialized Drilling Progresses Exploration for Sabina Gold & Silver

Heli-Supported Specialized Drilling Advances Exploration for Partner in Alaska

Lac des Iles Mine Letter of Recommendation

6 Reasons Why Major Drilling is an Innovative & Vital Canadian Firm

Major Drilling Mozambique’s Non-Stop Drill and Blast Performance

Defining Reads: Block Cave Pre-Conditioning Yielding Promising Results in Indonesia

Major Drilling Embarks on 2019 Drilling Season with Sabina

Commendation for Job Quality Excellence

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