The one-stop drilling shop
TOPDRIVE Drillers Australia provides contract diamond drilling, aircore, and reverse circulation (RC) services to the mining and minerals industry in Australia.
The company was reinvented in 2018 with new ownership, led by managing director Marchus Harris, and has an experienced team of drillers and technicians with all the skills required to operate efficient and cost-effective operation anywhere in the country.
“What makes Topdrive drillers different is that the guy who owns the business runs the business – so you can get decisions and advice directly without delay unlike much larger companies,” Mr Harris said.
“We have experience from remote desert drilling operations to mine site geotechnical, directional drilling and large scale drillouts, we can provide a tailored equipment suite to suit your requirements.”
Boasting a complete set of support equipment, Topdrive Drillers ensure that all remote drilling sites are completely self-sufficient with an extensive list of support equipment, including mobile workshops, support trucks, a fully-equipped site office and lighting tower.
“Core recovery, sample presentation and quality is one of our major priorities right along to the safety, and we use only the very best equipment to achieve top quality samples in a safe productive manner,” Mr Harris said.
“We cover all disciplines of drilling and can undertake PQ, HQ, and NQ coring, we also offer services in mud rotary, aircore, large diameter coring and wedging or controlled directional drilling.
“And we are adding to our capabilities with the introduction of a new Austex X350 Reverse Circulation rig currently being built to meet Tier 1 client compliance requirements.”
Topdrive Drillers’ new rig build will be capable of drilling reverse circulation, grade control and aircore to depths of 300m and easily mobilised.
The rig, mounted on a 6x6 truck for the smallest foot print offered on a large capacity RC rig, will be available in February of next year.
“Our small footprint track mounted diamond rig allows us to get into those tight, small hard-to-access areas in pits and around the environmentally sensitive areas or on top of steep access ridges,” Mr Harris said.
“We are always looking for effective ways to improve our quality service.”