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Over the years, sonic drilling has continued to evolve, with improvements in vibration frequency, power output, and drill bit design. Today, sonic drilling is a widely used technique for a range of drilling applications, from mineral exploration and geotechnical surveys to environmental monitoring and geothermal energy production. Its advantages over conventional drilling metho ...

Onboarding to site can be a tricky process. Especially when all the different mining houses and clients have their own processes that we have to follow before we can get onto site. Our Terra Monitoring team recently had to undergo full training for the Passport 360 onboarding platform. Intricate as it is, this system allows our teams online access to all the training modules ne ...

In May 2022, the Geomech Africa team kicked off a project where they needed to conduct DPSH (Dynamic Probing Super Heavy) testing as part of a Geotechnical Investigations contract for a client. These tests needed to be completed in order to establish the stability of a structural wall and to identify any risks present.The Dynamic Probe Super Heavy (DPSH) test is a geotechnical ...

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at the following: Dam Betterment | Success Story Good Vibrations | About Sonic Drilling Onboarding for Site Covers & Cans | Winter Donations To read the full newsletter, ...

This Human Rights month, the GeoGroup did an outreach to one of the local communities in Grabow in the Western Cape. This informal settlement is one that faces so many hardships; from lack of jobs for the parents to the kids having no clothes, shoes or barely a meal a day. Aunty Poppy is a big support to the community and dedicates her life to helping feed 150 children. What sh ...

It's always been a priority to the GeoGroup to ensure that our crew members are transported to site safely. Over the past few months, our management team decided to purchase new light vehicle troopers that we had customised to accommodate more passengers to and from sites in and around South Africa. These 4x4 vehicles are suited for difficult access locations we may need to rea ...

Remote Site Establishment | MalawiAt the GeoGroup, we are no strangers to the outdoors and the remote and wild locations our projects take us to. In this instance, our crews and site managers welcomed Malawi as their temporary home.When we first reach a site, the first step is to prepare a camp and ensure we have a safe and hygienic setup for our staff. Preparing the ground, le ...

DRILLERS IN THE MISTBy Brett Mannix (Western Cape Regional Manager)There’s something unusual about preparing yourself in a site mud room with gumboots and a rain suit over your standard required PPE when the ambient temperature is in the mid-thirties, and the conditions are equivalent to that of a tropical rainstorm. This was the case on a recent drilling project the Geomech Af ...