Boart Longyear has announced a new contract with Phu Bia Mining for grade control, horizontal drilling, surface coring, reverse circulation drilling, piezometer and water bore work at the company’s Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation. The contract is a part of an effort to combine drilling contractors so the mine is only managing one contractor and can negotiate better rates.
“This drilling agreement to do the drilling work at Phu Bia Mining’s operations in Laos is a great opportunity to achieve greater cost efficiencies inaccessible with traditional contracting that typically engages multiple contractors. Boart Longyear has the infrastructure, expertise and people, to deliver the safe meters that Phu Bia Mining is looking for,” says Boart Longyear Country Manager Kenneth Reid. “We are excited to partner with Phu Bia Mining and build on our great working relationship.”