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Boart Longyear awarded GEMCO drilling contract

GEMCO recently awarded a three-year drilling contract to Boart Longyear

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Boart Longyear’s drilling rig on location at the Groote Eylandt mine off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia

Boart Longyear’s drilling rig on location at the Groote Eylandt mine off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia

PRESS RELEASE: GEMCO is an open-cut mining operation, producing high-grade manganese ore that is shipped to GEMCO's Tasmanian manganese alloy plant and around the world. Located on an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the Australian coast, it is currently the largest and one of the lowest-cost manganese ore producers in the world.

To continue to develop the mine, Boart Longyear is providing 16 employees including fitters and full-time drilling supervisors to operate two reverse circulation rigs. The crews will be responsible for drilling 4,800 holes, approximately 115,200m over the three-year contract.

John Kirkwood, regional director, drilling services, APAC at Boart Longyear, said: "This contract was awarded based on Boart Longyear's strong safety and productivity performance. We are very happy to start drilling at GEMCO and to start building on our relationship with the team on site in Australia."

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