head office
253 Wattleup Road, Wattleup, WA 6166

Talison Lithium based in Greenbushes WA had a requirement to drill and install a water extraction bore and also a reinjection bore at the Greenbushes open cut mine.

Challenging hard ground conditions of Spodumene and Pegmatites tested our plant, equipment and drilling bits with high wear factors and abrasiveness key issues on this job.

Drill diameters of 150mm pilot holes followed by 17 ½ hole reamers along with 17 ½ inch air hammer bits were used to complete the bores to depths of 180 metres.

Bores were steel cased with Stainless Steel screens and completed to the clients specification.