Table Contents

/21 QUESTIONS

6 Exclusive interview with Ignus Storm Chief Operating Officer at Hall Core Drilling

/IN FOCUS

12 Team Drilling: 15 years of servicing the mining & exploration industry by Robert Fleming, President and CEO at Team Drilling

/CASE STUDY

28 Barge Drilling: Forage Fusion Drilling and Warkentin Fabricating battle the Canadian wilderness by Michael MacTavish, Owner at Forage Fusion Drilling and Jordy Warkentin, Owner at Warkentin Fabricating

32 40 years of Alton Drilling: Setting records while adhering to strict environmental regulations by Cory Ibbotson, Director at Alton Drilling

/TECHNICAL ARTICLE

36 The importance of instrument calibration: Part I by Dag Billger, Owner & Business Manager and Duncan McLeod, Owner & Product Manager at Inertial Sensing One AB

/EXPLORATION & MINING GEOLOGY

41 Q&A from the experts In conversation with David Rhys, Consulting Geologist at Panterra Geoservices

46 Power of the microscope: Petrographic analysis and mineralogy in the exploration and mining industry by Paul Ashley, Principal at Paul Ashley Petrographic and Geological Services

/PRODUCT REVIEW

20 MBI Global unveils autonomous drill rig and a partnership with ASDR Canada by MBI Global

24 Ranger Exploration Drilling develops an automated RC drill rig by Stuart Baird, General Manager at Ranger Exploration Drilling Pty Ltd

50 The call of the wild by Hugo Serra, Project Geologist

54 The traps and pitfalls to be aware of when releasing exploration results by Ivy Chen, Director & Principal at GeoReg Mining & Compliance

56 Drilling under the northern lights by Ashleigh Ball

/EXPLORATION

58 Drilling services

59 Drilling equipment & accessories

65 Survey equipment

66 Miscellaneous