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Major Pontil to drill Turquoise Hill

MAJOR Pontil, the Australian operation of Canada's Major Drilling Group International, has won a contract to undertake at least 50,000m of diamond drilling at Ivanhoe Mines' Turquoise Hill copper-gold discovery in Mongolia.

Greg Tubby
Major Pontil to drill Turquoise Hill

The program will initially require at least seven rigs, including several high-capacity UDR100 and 1500 drill machines with directional capability, and involve diamond coring to depths of up to 1800m....

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