Environmental Sampling

Sediment Sampling

Vapor Surveys

Monitoring Wells

Tailings Sampling

Geological Exploration

Remote Sites
Tailings Sampling
Sampling tailings can be a tricky operation, as tailings are usually quite soft and can have a low weight bearing capacity. They also are almost always located in annoyingly far flung places!

Since our equipment is hand portable, we are able to set-up on most sites and retrieve a 2-inch core down to over 100-feet with minimal set-up. In very soft situations, we can tailor a system, such as a weight dispersion platform or raft, such that we can get onto tailings piles that few conventional drilling rigs could access. We can even wait for ice in the winter.

The fact that we can get a complete drilling package down to less than 500 lbs make mobilization a snap. If you can fly in or drive in, we can usually get our equipment in also.

Our system has been successfully used at sites in Canada and throughout South America.




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BQ core samples, NW Brazil



Saprolite core, Venezuela