Mining & Mineral Exploration
Drilling management in mineral exploration
Provides the technical knowledge and skills needed to manage quality, safety and productivity in exploration drilling programmes.
Overview
About the programme
Provides the technical knowledge and skills needed to manage quality, safety and productivity in exploration drilling programmes.
Duration
5 days
Training hours
30 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Quality, safety and productivity in drilling operations.
- Exploration drilling methods and techniques: diamond core drilling, rotary percussion and reverse circulation.
- Fundamentals of drilling calculations for geologists, project managers and supervisors.
- Use of drilling fluids in exploration holes.
- Fundamentals of borehole surveying and core orientation.
- The economics of exploration drilling, types of drilling contracts, designing tender specifications and evaluating bids.
Content
What the programme covers
Drilling fundamentals
- The five features common to all drilling methods.
Exploration drilling methods and techniques
- Drilling methods common in mining applications, with a focus on diamond core drilling, rotary percussion and dual-tube reverse circulation.
Common drilling calculations
- Seven essential calculations that geologists, project managers and supervisors must master to manage technical and quality aspects.
Drilling fluids
- Functions and properties of drilling fluids and foams, and design of surface circulation systems.
Borehole surveying and core orientation
- Why boreholes are surveyed, types of survey instruments, using survey data, and common survey errors.
Economics of exploration drilling
- Principles of the drilling contract, how the contractor makes a profit, and how the project manager affects its profitability.
Drill site safety
- Fundamentals of hazard identification and risk assessment, principal hazards and their controls.
Drilling contracts and tenders
- Variable-rate, fixed-cost and minimum-shift contracts, principles of preparing and evaluating tenders, and the drilling time model and its use in bid evaluation.
Who for
Target audience
Anyone with a role in managing an exploration project: geologists, project managers, exploration supervisors and safety officers.
Method
How it is delivered
Five days from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with presentations, applied calculations and cases.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.