Perth (Head Office) A project in Senegal resulted in a significant increase in productivity, accuracy and time saving. Using the latest in rig alignment and downhole surveying technology, the tools combined with the award winning cloud-based IMDEXHUB-IQTM defined a new process for onsite real-time data collection and interpretation. Randgold Resources Project Randgold Resources were involved in a drilling campaign in Senegal, Africa, where they were drilling through highly magnetic intrusive rocks and compounded by inconsistent drill rig alignment, lengthy rig set-up times and unreliable or inaccurate survey data. Randgold was facing challenges with the inaccuracy and reliability of their downhole survey data. The traditional rig alignment by compass method was impossible to do

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