Site Investigation Drilling

Geotechnical, environmental and shallow exploration drilling

Site Investigation Drilling

Highland Drilling performs geotechnical, environmental and shallow exploration drilling tasks for

  • mining and exploration companies
  • geotechnical & environmental consultants
  • engineering and mining consultants
  • petroleum companies
  • utilities
  • government authorities
  • contractors
  • Infrastructure providers

Our Investigation drilling services are performed in a variety of environments such as

  • busy city centres
  • Mining & Exploration Leases
  • remote areas
  • industrial facilities
  • airports
  • major road Rail corridors

Our operations are conducted with the highest possible safety policies and zero footprint environmental policy as our key priorities.
Highland Drilling offers the following drilling services:

Investigation Services

  • Solid and hollow flight augers
  • Standard Penetration Test with solid or hollow flight augers
  • Concrete coring
  • Diamond coring (conventional and wireline)
  • Direct push sampling (Macrocore, DT21, DT32)
  • Rotary Air Blasting (RAB) and Down Hole Hammer (DHH)
  • Rotary mud drilling
  • Vertical and angle holes
  • Monitoring well installation
  • Packer testing
  • Borehole grouting & decommissioning
  • Groundwater profiling using Hydropunch at Waterloo profiler
  • Soil gas sampling using PRT or direct systems