Early works program expands at Carrapateena
The Carrapateena copper-gold project in South Australia is one of the country’s most exciting new mining projects. PYBAR has been onsite since 2016, completing the mine’s Early Works Program. Our early development works have comprised of site infrastructure establishment, box cut excavation and the development of initially one main decline…
October 4, 2017
PYBAR enhances production drilling capabilities with three new rigs
PYBAR’s Drilling Division has gone from strength to strength in 2017 following a number of new contract wins for a variety of services including production drilling, cable bolting, ITH drilling, and steel casing installation. To service this increased demand and further build our capabilities in this area, we have acquired…
October 4, 2017
PYBAR AWARDED DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT AT PEAK GOLD MINES
PYBAR has been awarded a development contract at Peak Gold Mines’ New Cobar mine in Central Western NSW. The scope of works under the five month contract is for development totalling 1,097m within the Jubilee ore zone. With one month’s notification of commencement, the start-up team completed mobilisation on time…
October 4, 2017PYBAR appoints new CEO and COO
PYBAR Mining Services has appointed Brendan Rouse, company co-founder and former COO, to the position of CEO.
August 2, 2017
RISE OF THE RAISE BORE DIVISION
Raise boring is possibly the safest method you can use to create a tunnel, quickly and with minimal rock disturbance proving itself as a profit driver. In just three years, PYBAR’s Raise Bore Division has undergone significant growth completing multiple projects throughout Australia and offshore, and successfully drilling over 4,000m…
July 10, 2017
IPLOD – IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES
PYBAR continues to lead the industry in the development and implementation of innovative tech solutions that target tangible improvement in productivity and efficiency. The roll out of the iPlod is one such initiative recently implemented to improve data transfer and accuracy.
July 10, 2017
PYBAR DOUBLES DRILLING PRODUCTIVITY AT COSTERFIELD WITH MUKI MICRO JUMBO
A game-changer for narrow vein operations Face drilling productivity at Mandalay Resources’ Costerfield gold and antimony mine in Victoria more than doubled during a three month trial of PYBAR Mining Services’ MUKI Micro Jumbo. The Costerfield mine is an underground operation using narrow vein mining techniques to extract vertical veins…
May 24, 2017Development Mining, Exploration Drilling, Narrow Vein Mining, Production Drilling