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Dando Terrier Rotary Rig

DTH Drilling, South Korea

A customer's Dando Terrier drilling 2m deep holes for a highway project in South Korea.

Continuous Flight Augering - Norway

Continuous flight augering with a Norwegian customer’s rotary Dando Terrier rig.

Mini Piling - Bolivia

8” diameter auger drilling and SPT for micro piling at an electrical substation in Bolivia.

Terrier MK2 Rotary Drilling Rig - Colombia

Terrier MK2 Rotary Drilling Rig - Australia

Ghana

Dam Drilling - Peru

Operating on a dam at 2100m altitude, a Peruvian contractor’s Dando Terrier, fitted with 35hp engine, has been drilling to 31.5m through gravel and sand using a 3” hammer and compressor.

Bolivia

Seismic Drilling - Ecuador

Blasthole Drilling - Mexico

Jackal 4000 Multipurpose Drilling Rig

Dando Jackal set for Burkina Faso

Reverse Circulation Drilling and Wireline Coring for mineral exploration purposes in Burkina Faso

Five Dando Jackals set for Water Well Drilling in Nigeria

Cornwall, UK - Site Investigation

Supplied to a customer based in Cornwall, UK, this Dando Jackal 4000 (Previously known as the Multitec 4000) with heavy duty mast, will be involved in many projects in the region including site investigation in the flood-hit village of Coverack and drilling up to 90 boreholes for the A30 St Austell link road.

Tanzania - Site Investigation

A Tanzania based geotechnical services company have been enjoying success using their Jackal 4000 (Previously known as the Multitec 4000) for Geobor S coring to depths of 30m and H wireline to 80m. The customer is also using shelby tubes and a hydraulic piston sampler to retrieve very high quality undisturbed samples where necessary. The multipurpose drilling rig has been involved in one of Tanzania’s major civil engineering projects, the Standard Gauge Railway. For more information on this project visit www.dando.co.uk/railway-drilling-project-tanzania

Peru - Site Investigation

In situ testing, HQ wireline coring and DTH drilling in Peru. Based in Lima, the customer is a specialist in civil engineering, geotechnical investigation and construction, offering a range of services including geotechnical drilling, laboratory testing and consultancy.

Bolivia - Site Investigation

Purchased by a large electricity provider in Bolivia, the Dando Jackal 4000 (Formerly the Multitec 4000) is being used for geotechnical work in Cochabamba, including H wireline coring up to 200m as well as SPTs, shelby tube sampling and lugeon tests. Compact, lightweight and mounted on tracks the rig is ideal for operating in areas of difficult access, for example crossing rough terrain to access river banks.

Kuwait - Site Investigation

Custom built to the customer’s requirements, the two truck mounted rigs are fitted with a large peristaltic Bredel pump capable of pumping very high viscous materials, hydraulic side shift for the rotary head and a hydraulic SPT hammer. These machines are being used for geotechnical drilling in Kuwait.

UK - Mineral Exploration- Wireline Coring

HWL/NWL wireline coring limestone to 150m for UK mineral exploration. This rig is also being used for GSHP drilling across the country

UK- Ground Source Heat Pump Drilling

Panama Canal, Panama - Site Investigation

The Dando Jackal 4000 (Formerly the Multitec 4000) conducting site investigation for the widening of the Panama Canal at the Pacific entrance, Panama City.

Jackal 9000 Multipurpose Drilling Rig

Sudan - Reverse Circulation and Wireline Coring

Indonesia - Nickel Exploration - Wireline Coring

One of two Jackal 9000 rigs (Formerly the Multitec 9000) being used for nickel exploration in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The track mounted multipurpose rigs have been conducting wireline coring up to 130m in areas of difficult terrain.

Sudan - Gold Prospecting- Reverse Circulation

4” Reverse Circulation boreholes between 100m and 150m, drilled at angles between 60 degrees and vertical. The rig is also conducting H wireline core drilling to provide further information in select areas.

DRC - Copper Exploration

A mining project independently ranked as the world’s largest discovery of undeveloped, high-grade copper. Featuring the CH400 high speed rotary head and truck mounted for increased mobility, the Jackal 9000 (formerly the Multitec 9000) drilled 10 degrees from vertical with a PWL wireline system to 60m before continuing to 250m with HWL equipment.

Indonesia - Nickel Exploration - Wireline Coring

DRC - Copper Exploration

Jackal 9000 for Reverse Circulation (RC) Drilling

Jackal 9000 with Track Mounted Compressor

Indonesia - Coal Exploration

Zambia- Gold Exploration- Wireline Coring

Indonesia - Coal Exploration

Mintec 12.8 Mineral Exploration Drilling Rig

Gold Exploration, Saudi Arabia

Coal Exploration Across Indonesia

Gold Exploration, Ghana

Mintec 18 Mineral Exploration Drilling Rig

Mintec 18 set for Ghana

Truck mounted Mintec 18, Pakistan

A truck mounted Mintec 18 exploration rig supplied to a government body in Pakistan. Purchased for use in mineral exploration as well as water well projects, the Mintec 18 is set up for a number of drilling techniques including conventional and wireline coring, mud rotary, DTH and drilling with overburden systems.