Projects
Breakthrough Paste
Hole Drilling
- Mandalay Resources Costerfield Gold Mine
- Central Victoria
Rivcore was engaged to drill a program of angle holes from surface into underground mine levels for paste grouting. We worked closely with mine engineers to ensure that breakthrough drilling was within specified targets. Our versatile tracked rig and skilled drillers were able to operate in tight spaces, private land, working mine sites and complete break through holes between -90 degrees and -25 degrees inclination.
The long-term contract was delivered between 2023 to 2025.
Wangaratta Closed Landfill Monitoring Bores
- Rural City of Wangaratta
- North East Victoria
Rivcore completed full-service coordination, installation and final independent commissioning report and consultant verification for 31 LFG and groundwater monitoring bores at five closed landfill sites across the Rural City of Wangaratta. The subsurface conditions ranged from landfill material, vary hard granite to sedimentary deposits with gravel and sand. The bores ranged in depth from 5m to 150m. The project was delivered in March 2026.
Daylesford Closed Landfill Monitoring Bores
- Chris Tancock Sustainable Environmental Solutions
- Victoria
Yarrawonga Closed Landfill Monitoring Bores
- SMEC
- Victoria
Drilling at
Hanson Quarries
- Hanson
- Melbourne, Victoria
Exploratory drilling using RAB at Hanson quarry near Melbourne including chip and sample collection and logging drill holes for geologist review.
Groundwater Monitoring Bores and Survey Point Install for New Tailings Dam
- Goldsmith Civil & Environmental
- Central Victoria
Rivcore were engaged to install groundwater monitoring bores and large diameter installs of survey monitoring points on the tailings dam to meet construction and licensing requirements.
Casing Advance for CPT pre collars on Tailings Dam
- Mandalay Resources
- Central Victoria
CPT pre collars using tracked rig and casing advancer as part of a geotechnical investigation.
Costerfield Operations Exploration Geochemical Soil Sampling Surveys
- Mandalay Resources
- Central Victoria
Earth Rod Drilling for CER on Rail Projects
- Kelly Electrical
- Central Victoria
Earth rod drilling for CER at three sites at regional Victorian rail projects for Kelly Electrical.
Earth Rod Drilling at Lactalis Bendigo
- Compliance Electrical
- Central Victoria
Compliance Electrical engaged Rivcore to drill earth rod holes. Trenching was completed prior to drilling. Accuracy was important to drill the hole into the trench as close as possible to the pre-installed conduit.
Airlift and service stock and domestic water bore
- Landowner
- Central Victoria
The landowners bore was not producing as expected. Rivcore airlifted the bore to clean out sediment in the screened section, monitored drawdown, recharge and made recommendations for the size of pump and where the pump should be installed in the bore to be most efficient.
Groundwater monitoring bores for Murrumbidgee Irrigation
- Aitken Rowe/Murrumbidgee Irrigation
- Griffith MIA, NSW
Rivcore began with assisting the Client to complete license applications and then mobilised to the MIA for the drilling and install of deep monitoring bores, followed by handover of bore completion reports.
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