E C Andrews Drill Core Facility

The E C Andrews Drill Core Facility located at Broken Hill was officially opened by the Minister for Mineral Resources on 6 October 2006. The centre is located at 42-56 Pinnacles Place, Broken Hill.

The facility holds up to 80,000 metres of drill core and includes a core preparation room, both covered and external core viewing facilities, and office facilities with a fast internet connection to the department's minerals databases. Mineral explorers are able to view core stored in the facility 'on-demand' as well as have on-site access to Industry & Investment NSW, Minerals web-based database technologies. The benefits to the industry is significant because of the vastly improved accessibility of important reference drill core from the region and its storage in a modern, secure facility.

This facility complements the state's valuable reference mineral and petroleum exploration drill core centre at Londonderry, west of Sydney.

The facility was constructed in response to strong representations by the exploration industry to the department to retain access locally in Broken Hill to important regional exploration drill core. The industry sees the establishment of this facility as a very high priority in its efforts to increase the efficiency of exploration activities in the Broken Hill region.

Access Charges

Please be aware that the following charges are payable for the provision of the services listed below. It is suggested you download and fill in the payment form with your company details before visiting the drill core facility.

Advance bookings

All site visits must be booked at least 48 hours in advance. This will allow time for the Site Supervisor to plan ahead for core retrieval, arrange additional labour when required and set up core for viewing.

For further information refer to the contact details below.

Site Access Conditions

E C Andrews Drill Core Facility Site Access Conditions

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