Service: Diamond Drilling

Ausdrill provides tailored drilling and blasting at Gruyere to support safe, productive mining and long-term resource expansion.

Ausdrill supports the Gruyere Joint Venture, operated by Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources, with surface diamond drilling and drill and blast services. Operations are tailored to support both production and exploration, integrating safety-focused drilling solutions with efficient resource expansion. Ausdrill’s consistent delivery and deep site knowledge contribute to both short-term outcomes and long-term development opportunities.

In line with BHP’s technology roadmap, our exploration crew have utilised our semi-autonomous hands-free drilling equipment to increase safety and efficiency on site. We continue to provide consistent results via deep navigational diamond and RC drilling – increasing accuracy and cost savings.

Our exploration team has been expertly providing diamond drilling and P.C.D chipping drilling to a number of sites across the Bowen Basin. In line with BHP’s technology road map, we have provided semi-autonomous hands-free drilling capabilities, which have increased safety on site and lowered costs.

Ausdrill has forged a successful partnership with BHP Iron Ore, delivering services to mines across the Pilbara region for over 12 years. Our team has brought a number of efficiencies to BHP mine sites, including: the use of Ausdrill-designed Rock Commander drills for specific contour drilling. The use of the Rock Commander has achieved an impressive increase in meters drilled, as well as size of hole drilled, as a result of the contoured slope the Rock Commander is able to work on.

Meanwhile, in line with BHP’s technology roadmap, our exploration crews have utilised our award-winning Ausdrill automated sampler and semi-autonomous hands-free drilling equipment to increase safety and efficiency on site.