Love that rod handler. One of the better designs i have seen. Keep em safe and keep on hunting. Enjoy your videos.

Its like you know what i am thinking about.. the other day i was thinking of study, saw your video pop up, last two days been thinking about going out there as survey assistant, and i found this.. amazing.. Thanks

Graduated in geography a couple of years ago, but now developed an a sudden yet strong attraction towards geology and it’s mining related work (due to comprehending not just the economic good of the work, but as a moral good). So stubbing upon your videos will no doubt help in pursing field work related jobs and / or postgraduate study. Your explanations are good for the layman. So thanks for your continued work and I hope I’ll be able to come work in Australia in the near future.

very thanks for sharing this video, in my whole college period non of my teachers even mentioned what really a geologist do in the filed and what kind of job they get and now that I'm gradated I'm facing difficulty to gain this knowledge but your videos helps a lot to gain it, thanks again for your afford to making this videos and kindness to sharing them.

Brings back memories of long days and nights on this, and diamond rigs. Hard work.

Awesome video, I love the RC rig. It was all a mystery to me how it actually worked all I know is those rods are heavy as buggery if you are manual handling them because the support truck cant move close enough to the rod handler. That being said after I watched your video I was shocked by the max depth you mentioned and asked some driller I'd worked with last night what the max depth was and how deep he had gone. He replied 800m and I said how do you get any return and he said "more air". Their drill rig with offboard booster can drill over twice your max depth according to him but we'd had a few.

i worked as an offsider in my 20s, we used to run rods maunally , that is swing them in to position using the weight of the rod. .hard to explain to people who dont know what im talking about. Man what a rush..sure looks tame today. Pajingo, charter towers, kajabi, tarcoola , mundi mundi plains. all for exploration , so camping with the rig...miss those days and the friends i made

Associated exploration drillers (AED) represent 😹 worked for these guys, really great company

Good job❤❤👍👍🏼🙏

Interesting video, right now I'm having an issue with rc drilling, I'm working in a limestone formation with clay, and the hammer doesn't work well with soft formations and with high moisture. Now we have changed the bit to a tricone bit adapted to rc drilling to deal with high moisture and soft formations.

Nice job I lov drilling

Excellent explanation! Best Wishes.

Great video - thank you.

Ive done offsiding for these drills underground except our rig was on tracks ive had to do 100 metre rod pulls multiple times with bits sometimes 2ft or bigger in diameter. Ive been in waist high water changing rods and under there we also drilled upwards so everything is falling on you while theyre drilling. The rods because theyre wet and oily are even harder to handle then they would be when dry sometimes its just easier doing it with no gloves. Ive had to jump over holes that are 100 metres deep 2ft wide in diameter doing that 80 times on separate occasions in 1 shift while holding the rods. The rods we used were aroind 1.8metres tall but looked much heavier then the ones theyre using in this video Let me tell you right now they do not pay enough youd get maybe 450 a shift which is around the same amount a guy sitting on his ass in a truck gets, people new to the industry dont know that because no one tells them. Trust me 350 to 450 a shift is not enough to do that shit Unless ofcorse you have a rod handler which is a mechanical arm that does all the hard work

FK yes gonna use this knowledge in my new mining job cheers m8t

Great presentation

Hi, I would like your advice, what is the size for the bags, for the 2 kilogram samples (calico Bag) and for the larger sample ? Many thanks for your help!!

thanks for the video, i liked it

Good - enjoyed that

an advanced silicosis applicator!

Really nice video. But what's the different between Positive circulation drilling and RC drilling?

Looking at using an RC rig here in the states for uranium, but am unsure if it will work. We will be drilling 800-900 feet in shale, swelling clay, and sandstone and will have artesian flow at surface. We typically use regular mud rotary rigs and weight up with barite to supress the artesian flow, but there is a huge rig shortage where I am and am desperate to get any rig at this point. Will an RC rig be able to handle the sticky clay/shale and the artesian flow? Thank you for the great videos!

It’s also a good idea as a geologist not to tell the driller how to do his job.

Wonderful drilling job!!

The money good in this job? Even if your a beginner..

great

How deep can an rc drill rig dig

good video, but rc holes go up to 800 Mts ....

Hello 👋

that dust mask won’t cut it. That is a nasty work environment for your lungs. Provide appropriate half face masks with proper filters or shut it down. No amount of money is worth your health.