04/06/2026
An underground rig is only as good as the people behind it.
K-Drill’s ownership group brings more than 100 years across surface and underground drilling, and underground mining, with experience that runs from the drill floor to company leadership, division builds, site restarts and multi-rig scale. That matters underground, where access, sequencing, safety, crew fatigue, communication and sample quality all need to be understood before the first metre is drilled.
Our AKW150 underground diamond coring rig was jointly developed by our friends at AKW Mechanical and K-Drill, to meet the specific requirements of underground resource development and grade control drilling. Built on a proven Sandvik DD420 twin-boom carrier and fitted with a Boart Longyear LM110-based feed system, it combines structural strength, power and precision in one underground platform.
The rig has been engineered for safe, rapid setup and continuous drilling performance in restricted mine headings, with design input from K-Drill’s operational team to support maintainability and uptime.
We know what crews experience underground because our leadership team has lived it. We know what clients need because we’ve planned the work, run the crews, managed the risk and kept programs accountable when conditions shift. And we stay close to the work, because that’s how we ensure we’re operating the way we want to - with honesty, transparency, and safe, reliable performance.
Because sample matters - and underground experience does too.
