Measured #13- Courtney Pacey

René talks to VM Drilling General Manager Courtney Pacey in this week’s instalment of the #measuredpodcast. Courtney gets into the thick of RC drilling, and what can be done to potentially bridge a few gaps in the understanding of the method between drillers and the rest of us.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!

2:24 Introducing Courtney
4:53 Working for VM Drilling
7:10 Where Diggers & Dealers see the industry heading 
8:50 VM and drilling for gold
10:00 How Courtney got to VM Drilling
13:00 VM Drilling Recruitment
15:30 The future of VM Drilling
16:56 Rigs & Preventative Maintenance 
20:03 What clients want in a contract
31:00 The Driller/Client relationship
38:40 Shifts in sampling tool demand
42:20 Sample quality
44:27 Shroud tolerance
47:55 What a geologist should look out for in drilling
50:34 What’s next for Courtney

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