
Client
Newcrest Mining
Commodity
Au, Cu
Metres drilled
35,000 per annum
Newcrest Mining’s Havieron project is a high-grade gold and copper deposit in the Paterson Province, Western Australia. Mitchell Services is conducting a multi-rigv, deep hole directional drilling programs at site since July 2021. The deposit is a deep magnetic anomaly overlain by deep Permian cover, with mineralisation greater than 1,200m in vertical depth.
Services
Diamond coring
Directional
Mud rotary
Mineral Performance Drilling
Equipment
- 3 X Sandvik DE880 High-Capacity drill rigs
Client outcomes
- Zero Lost Time Injuries (LTI’s)
- Record mud rotary production
- First Mineral Performance Drilling in WA
- Deep diamond drilling >2,000m
- Multiple parent/daughter holes completed