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GET MORE FOR YOUR DRILLING BUDGET!
Northspan Explorations Ltd.
• Canadian Reverse Circulation (RC) pioneer since the 80s
• Provides contract drilling services to the Canadian mineral exploration industry
• In-house designed powerful but highly mobile drills • First to use heli-portable RC in Canada
• Specializes in remote exploration and
overburden drilling
Northspan Management
Pat Mooney, President
• Founder of Northspan • More than 30 years of rotary drilling experience • Introduced light-weight RC in Canada in 2003 • Recognised RC expert, consulting to the drilling industry world-wide
Magnus Haglund, P.Geo, General Manager
• Professional geologist (BC), MSc • More than 20 years with private and public companies exploring for
diamonds, gold, uranium and emeralds in the Americas, Europe and Africa
NORTHSPAN RC Drilling 101
• Rock chips, not drill core
• HIGH ACCURACY, RELIABLE SAMPLES
• Large sample compared to core drilling
• Capable in difficult ground conditions
• Requires little or no water
• high penetration rates
• VERY EFFECTIVE DRILLING METHOD FOR 0-200M Holes
Canada - 5% RC vs 95% Core
• As a whole the Canadian corps of geologists is fairly unfamiliar with RC
• Traditionally, RC drills have
been heavy and unsuitable for remote areas
• Misconceptions are still
prevalent regarding RC’s compliance with NI43-101
• Some geos still think RC results can’t
be used in resource calculations
• RC is fast and cost-effective
• The Australian industry is used to RC and trusts its reliability
• Much of Australia lacks water
• Access is often easy for big truck-mounted RC drills
Australia - 90% RC vs 10% Core
RC is perfect also for Canada
• Bulky equipment is no longer a reason to shun RC • Northspan DESIGNED THE HORNET DRILL AND introduced light-weight RC in 2003
• Just like Australia, much of Canada has a water availability issue
• MANY AREAS ARE REMOTE AND Canada’s newest “frontier”, the Arctic, is basically a cold desert
• Even small diameter RC produces a sample 3.5 times the size of NQ core
• Superior repeatability in any situation with heterogenous mineralization
• Speed of RC drilling often means big savings on camp and logistics
Northspan Drill Fleet
Hornet Drill Primary uses:
Basal till sampling, target testing, Definition drilling, grade control, Hydrogeology, geotechnical drilling Kaminak Gold - Coffee Peregrine Diamonds - Chidliak Dominion Diamond – Lac de Gras Kivalliq ENERGY- Angilak Newmont – Hope Bay
Hornet XL Drill Primary uses:
Special overburden situations, Pre-Collaring, Definition drilling Fission Uranium - PLS
Northspan Hornet RC Drill
Northspan Hornet RC Drill
• Modular design built for mobility. Components CAN BE MADE TO weigh less than 1,250 lbs EACH
• Designed to be moved by light helicopter or fixed-wing (Twin Otter)
• Available in 100m (Hornet) and 200m (Super Hornet) hole depth configurations
• Can be equipped with tracks, mounted on skids, etc. • Ideal RC/RAB drill suitable for any stage of exploration/mining cycle
from basal till sampling and target testing to resource definition and grade control
Northspan Hornet RC Drill
Heli-Hornet Grasshopper – Hornet on tracks
Northspan Hornet RC Drill
200m Super Hornet at Hope Bay, NU
Hornet with dust collector UNIT exploring for uranium in Nunavut
HORNET ON SKIDS
Northspan Hornet XL Multi-Purpose Drill
• Multi-purpose drill originally designed to tackle overburden situations that cause problems for traditional drills
• Modular construction designed to be mobilized by light helicopter or light fixed-wing aircraft
• Versatile. Drill can employ several different overburden and drilling techniques. Arsenal includes RC, RAB, casing hammer and water hammer systems.
• The Hornet XL combines the capacities of much
larger “road-based” drills into a smaller package
Pre-collar drilling for uranium at Patterson Lake, SK
Northspan Hornet XL Multi-Purpose Drill
Benefits of Northspan Drilling
• Faster. Save money. Drill more holes.
• Produces reliable NI43-101 compliant results • RC is the most reliable method in several
geological scenarios
• Needs little or no water
• Make water lines a thing of the past!
• Light-weight and versatile
Cost savings And increased odds For
discovery
Contact us!
Northspan Explorations Ltd. 265 Lougheed Road Kelowna, BC V1V 2M1 Phone: 250-807 1959 Fax: 250-807 1961 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.northspan.ca