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Boart sees some light in the tunnel

Salt Lake City-headquartered Boart Longyear said this week it had added a handful of new drill rigs to a global fleet that shrunk last year by 19%. The penny stock that continues to trade on the ASX (BLY) after last year’s massive debt-for-equity debt restructuring says “expanding exploration budgets” have spurred rig purchases in the Americas and Africa.

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 Boart Longyear has added a handful of rigs to its contract drilling fleet after downsizing in 2017

Boart Longyear has added a handful of rigs to its contract drilling fleet after downsizing in 2017

While only 5-6 rigs at this stage - added to a fleet cut down from 889 at the end of 2016 to 720 units last year - Boart global director of commercial drilling services, Bob Buto said the high-tech machines...

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