TECHNOLOGY

Bauer gives thumbs-up to Thunderbird

SHEFFIELD Resources has used the large-diameter Bauer drill rig to collect a 100 tonne sample – from its Thunderbird mineral sands project – for metallurgical testing.

Noel Dyson
Mineralised sample collection from hole THBA004 using the bucket tool.

Mineralised sample collection from hole THBA004 using the bucket tool.

The Bauer is usually used to install foundations, but has previously been used for bulk sampling of kimberlites in the Ellendale region for the then Kimberley Diamond Company. The Bauer drills holes of...

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