Sunhour Drilling Botswana

JY-600 fully hydraulic diamond core drill rig

Mining services powered by Sunhour Drilling Botswana, Falcon's operational drilling support division.

Capability

Diamond core drilling for exploration across Botswana

Falcon Metal Resources Botswana, through its operational drilling support division Sunhour Drilling Botswana, maintains fully hydraulic diamond core drilling capability to support mineral exploration programmes across Botswana.

The JY-600 drilling platform is engineered for medium-to-deep exploration drilling, hard-rock geological environments, structural target testing, and high-efficiency core recovery programmes.

The platform is suitable for gold exploration, copper exploration, base metal exploration, resource evaluation drilling, and advanced geological investigation programmes.

Sunhour Drilling Botswana
Sunhour Drilling Botswana

Performance features

Built for hard rock and remote terrain

  1. High penetration drilling rate

    Optimised hydraulic power delivery supports efficient drilling penetration in hard-rock formations.

  2. Core orientation capability

    Supports accurate structural geological interpretation and directional analysis.

  3. High-quality core recovery

    Double and triple tube core barrel systems assist in maintaining core integrity within fractured and mineralised zones.

  4. Hard-rock exploration capability

    Designed for stable drilling performance in demanding geological conditions.

  5. Remote terrain mobility

    Crawler-mounted configuration enables efficient deployment across remote exploration environments.

Standards, application and support

01

Geological and sampling standards

Exploration drilling programmes are designed to support structured geological logging, core orientation, sample integrity, core handling, and technical geological evaluation workflows consistent with industry-standard mineral exploration practices.

02

Exploration application

The platform supports target testing, geological structure validation, mineralised zone confirmation, delineation drilling and resource evaluation drilling. Diamond core drilling remains one of the most effective methods for obtaining geological data required for technical reporting and resource evaluation.

03

Operational support

Sunhour Drilling Botswana provides drilling equipment deployment, exploration drilling support, field operational assistance, drilling logistics coordination, and exploration mobility solutions, with a strong focus on safety, efficiency, reliability and environmental responsibility.

Botswana positioning

Falcon Metal Resources Botswana and Sunhour Drilling Botswana are committed to supporting citizen-led mineral exploration capability development and responsible field operations across Botswana.

Drilling services

Plan your next drilling programme with us.

Tell us about your target, depth and timeline, and our team will respond with rig availability and a proposal.