A feasibility study on adopting coiled tubing drilling technology for deep hard rock mining exploration

In mineral exploration, the main purpose of drilling is to acquire a large number of samples to test them in the lab and obtain information about the vertical and lateral distribution of the geological formations, the structural regime, ore and its grade. This would determine if the site is feasible...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mokaramian, Amir, Rasouli, Vamegh, Cavanough, G.
Other Authors: Y. Potvin
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian Centre for Geomechanics 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15357