Posted by Paul Moore on thirty first July 2024
Tribe Know-how PLC, a disruptive technology-first developer and producer of world-class autonomous mining tools, has introduced the cargo of its first autonomous reverse circulation TTDS GC 700 drill rig from the manufacturing website in Belfast, Northern Eire.
It is a main milestone for the corporate and is the fruits of great engineering hours over the past 4 years, pioneering design and innovation together with intensive collaboration with its first buyer, McKay Drilling, a subsidiary of Main Drilling Group Worldwide Inc.
This primary drill rig has been manufactured and offered to trade main drilling contractor, Main Drilling, to be used at a Tier 1 iron ore mining asset in Australia. Supply to Australia is heading in the right direction for the tip of September 2024 as acknowledged within the firm’s earlier operational replace.
Following arrival in Australia, the corporate will undertake validation of the drill rig within the area along side the client throughout the fourth quarter of 2024. Charlie King, Chief Govt Officer at Tribe Tech, commented: “We’re extraordinarily happy to have achieved this main milestone of cargo from our manufacturing unit in Northern Eire of the primary autonomous RC Drill Rig to Main Drilling’s subsidiary McKay Drilling in Australia. We look ahead to the demonstration of the operation of the Drill Rig within the area and this shall be an amazing platform for increasing our buyer partnerships. I want to thank McKay Drilling for the numerous assist within the improvement part of this product and perception within the Firm to ship this primary modern Drill Rig.”