Medupi Mining Services is a 100% Botswana citizen owned company founded by Phatsimo Molosi. Following the Botswana government’s policies of Citizen Economic Empowerment and the Economic Diversification Drive, Phatsimo founded Medupi Mining Services as a provider of high value, cost-effective drilling, blasting solutions and technical services for quarrying, mining, construction and pipeline operations working directly with project managers and field engineers to optimize blasting results.
The Medupi team’s experience spans more than 40 years in mining operations management, project management, corporate leadership, financial and business management.
We provide blast hole drilling services to Debswana Jwaneng Mine. Debswana Jwaneng mine is the world’s richest diamond mine by value which is owned by Debswana, a 50/50 joint venture between government of Botswana and DeBeers (Anglo American).
Our expert services and seen in the video below.
Our team’s experience spans more than 40 years in mining operations management, project management, corporate leadership, financial and business management.
Medupi is a company founded on 3 key pillars:
At the core of our business are people. Alignment with the aspirations and values of the people we work with, both within and outside our company, is the source of our growth.
We value our customers, partners and suppliers. Long term relationships are built on trust and trust is won over time through consistent effort, care and delivery.
The “Zero Harm” philosophy cuts across all our areas of activity. The safety and welfare of our people, the people we work with and our environment are key to ensuring the continued success of our business.
Your Trusted Partner with vast experience in both Exploration and Mining Projects
We provide a wide range of Drilling and Load & Haul services to support our clients from greenfield exploration through to brownfield phase and mining operations.
Wherever we are engaged we always ensure our clients fully benefit from our vast industrial experience through improved technologies, versatile systems and processes gained over the years.
We pride ourselves with commitment to local labor engagement. Our teams, both in management and drilling crews are from Botswana and have vast amounts of industrial experience and strong commitment to good safety principles.
Exploration drilling plays a vital role in the development and progression of any society as it enables discovery and acquisition of new mineral deposits, which has potential to contribute positively to sustainable economic mining operations today or in future thus creating value.
We at Medupi Mining Services, are committed to be part of the local industry leaders in this endeavor, through our provision of different exploration and drilling solutions to the best of our abilities and to the adherence of the industry’s practices.
Our mining operation services includes brownfield drilling, grade control, and geotechnical drilling (includes Highwall or Horizontal drilling).
As part of our work ethics, we always keep close contact with the client’s mineral resource team, providing constant communication on the dynamic ground conditions during drilling, and coming up with best solutions to achieve a common goal.
Our drilling services are as follows:
We have versatile and efficient drill rigs to drill any terrain. Our drill rigs have automated sample rifflers/splitters which can be modified to meet the client’s specific sample requirements.
We offer surface diamond core drilling services with a full range of core sizes and capabilities for your different mineral exploration requirements. We also have the resources and capacity to execute deep drilling projects to depth of 1,800m at different inclinations.
The technique enables multiple holes to be drilled from the original “mother hole”. This is both time and cost saving as it reduces the need to move and re-drill new holes to yield the same results. We have highly experienced onsite teams and experts to carry out work safely and cost effectively.
Both diamond drilling and RC are incorporated for resource definition and infill drilling projects in and around the mine operation. We have also been involved in vast amounts of sterilisation drilling projects for various engineering requirements.
Our grade control team is trained and equipped to deliver under any operational production requirements. We use a state of the art drilling fleet, with automated rod handlers and efficient dust suppression to ensure total elimination of the health risks to the working crew.
We provide horizontal in-pit de-watering and groundwater relief, geo-technical drilling, and any exploratory drilling services that might be required.
Our core business and speciality is drilling. We provide production drilling services for surface mining operations. We have extensive experience in drilling and blasting operations management in various large mining operations in Botswana.
We also provide a wide range of services in both mineral exploration, load and haul operations.
We at Medupi undertake the privilege to move bulk volumes of waste or ore. We have extensive knowledge and capacity to deliver set targets efficiently and effectively to meet clients set targets. Our productivity is supported by the strong knowledge our technical team possesses.
The following services are provided under Load and Haul;
We carry out quality control tests on explosives density and in-hole continuous velocity of detonation (VOD) measurements to verify explosives performance, priming efficiency, and explosives reliability in all applications.
Analysis of high speed videos of blasts can identify the following: Out of sequence firing of blast holes, Reasons for abnormal backbreak, Source of flyrock problems, Reasons for poor ragmentation, Impact of geology on blast results, Reasons for poor performance of the explosives, Stemming ejection and poor stemming practices, Actual burden velocity is measured and used to calculate optimum burden relief timing.etc.
Using a combination of: field measurements, observation of field practices, review of existing records, and computer studies, we make recommendations on how you can improve the safety and efficiency of your drilling and blasting operation.
We carry out seismic monitoring for compliance verification, blast analysis, and complaint resolution and can carry out an independent review of your own seismic monitoring records. Data can be used for development of site specific scale distance graphs, for prediction of ground wave attenuation.
In dealing with neighbour complaints, regarding blast vibration, the most effective tool to use is “signature hole analysis”. This process takes into account the influence of the geology between the blasting area and the neighbour’s home on the transmission of the blast vibration waves.
We have extensive experience in public relations and provide an independent analysis of damage complaints from blasting. We carry out visits to concerned neighbours to explain blast effects, review their concerns, document and investigate alleged damage, and determine if blasting could be at fault.
We supply the following Drilling & Blasting Accessories.
Collar cones, hole savers and collar cone trailers • BlastHole Liners • Saver Plugs • Blastbags & Air Operated Plugs • In-Hole Accessories • Bench Accessories
Tapes, pin flags, stick stakes, marking paint, claymarks and • Blaster’s Pocket Mirror
Tapes, Ropes, Dip-weights, Hole Temperature • Probes, Water Level Indicators and Reels • Safety Equipment
Medupi Mining Services provides high value, cost-effective drilling, blasting solutions and technical services for quarrying, mining, construction and pipeline operations, working directly with project managers and field engineers to optimize blasting results. We currently provide blast hole drilling services to Debswana Jwaneng Mine.
We have specialised drill rigs designed to carry out this exercise to provide pit drainage, and wall depressurisation solutions, which allows for stabilisation of pit walls and a safe working environment.
Please feel free to contact us for any inquiries by using the contact form below or calling our office.
No 20, Plot 115, Kgale Mews, Gaborone International Finance Park, Gaborone, BW
recruitment@medupimining.com
