An interesting article in today's AFR about mining and delays of...

An interesting article in today's AFR about mining and delays of 2 months in receiving assays back from labs talks about how deep the drilling is at the RIO and Newcrest projects close to A1M's project. They make A1M's drilling look quite shallow.

Drilling company DDH1 Limited listed on the ASX on Tuesday and has its fleet of 96 rigs booked almost solid for the rest of calendar 2021.DDH1 founder Murray Pollock said mining companies and explorers were starting to panic-book rigs the way households had hoarded toilet paper in the early stages of the pandemic. “The demand is enormous, we just cannot keep up,” he said .“I think there is a bit of panic out there and perhaps some companies are booking up rigs [because] they know they have to get in there, but they might not know exactly what they are going to do with them. “Once that starts it is a bit like the pre-COVID toilet paper rush.

”DDH1 has drilled holes 2000 metres deep at Newcrest Mining and Greatland Gold’s Havieron project in WA and 2500 metres deep at BHP’s Oak Dam in South Australia.