2004
INDIA: CBM production drilling and logging for Reliance Industries Ltd.
2006
INDIA: Mineral exploration drilling (diamond) for Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
2008
AUSTRALIA: Sold Mitchell Drilling Contractors Australian projects to AJ Lucas.
INDIA: Mineral exploration drilling (diamond) for Sesa Goa Ltd.
AUSTRALIA: Mitchell Drilling Services formed to take over management of retained international operations.
CHINA: Entered into a long-term contract with Greka for directional drilling.
ZAMBIA: Mineral exploration drilling (diamond) for Konkola Copper Mines.
INDIA: Commenced CBM production drilling for Arrow Energy.
2009
INDIA: Commenced CBM exploration drilling for BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd.
BOTSWANA: Drilled 3 CBM exploration wells for Tlou Energy.
2010
INDIA: Entered into a contract with Essar for 60 CBM vertical wells.
MOZAMBIQUE: Secured 15 rig contract with Riversdale/Rio Tinto Mozambique.
2011
INDIA: Mineral exploration drilling (diamond) for Sesa Goa Ltd.
CHINA: Unconventional field management team set up on-site at the Sinopec Zhijin CBM field, managing the under-ream and draw-down of a CBM well.
INDIA: Directional drilling logging and DST for GEECL.
2012
RUSSIA: Awarded a FEED study with Evraz for the implementation of a drainage programme at one of their mines.
CHINA: Joined with Shenhua Exploration to jointly bid on shale gas blocks released by the Chinese Government. Successfully awarded the Boajing block in Hunan province.
MOZAMBIQUE: Entered into coal exploration contract with ENRC
RUSSIA: Awarded Gazprom pilot to complete first-ever unconventional SIS well in Russia
2013
INDIA: Mitchell Drilling International sells its India operations.
AUSTRALIA: After selling the Australian operations in 2008, the Mitchell family re-enter the Australian market through the acquisition of Mitchell Operations by Drill Torque. The company is subsequently rebranded to become Mitchell Services on 19th Dec, 2013.
2014
AUSTRALIA: Mitchell Services increases its capabilities with the acquisition of 30 rigs from Tom Browne Drilling Services.
MOZAMBIQUE: Mitchell enters into a ‘drill for equity’ arrangement with graphite explorer. WHERE? Drill Torque undertakes design, build and begin operations with a compact RC rig with 1000 PSI on deck; a specialist rig for Greenfield RC exploration.
2015
TANZANIA: Mitchell Drilling Tanzania commences operations for Acacia Mining at Bulyanhulu, Tanzania.
AUSTRALIA: Mitchell Services completes acquisition of Nitro Drilling assets from receivers, cementing its position as one of Australia’s leading drilling service.
2016
TANZANIA: Mitchell Drilling Tanzania expands in Tanzania, undertaking a range of surface diamond and RC exploration programs.
2017
AUSTRALIA: Mitchell Services deploys 6x underground rigs to BHP's Olympic Dam.
AUSTRALIA: Mitchell Services expands its offering in Australia through the acquisition of underground drilling company, Radco Technologies.
MOZAMBIQUE: Mitchell enters into a 10x rig exploration contract with Vale, Mozambique.
2018
BOTSWANA: Mitchell re-enters Botswana providing specialist deep-hole drilling services to Debswana Diamond Company, including Motorised Directional Drilling.
2019
GLOBAL: Mitchell Drilling celebrates 50 years of operations in the drilling industry.
BOTSWANA: Secures a contract with Khoemacau Copper Mining (Pty) Ltd, the leading mining project in the Kalahari Copperbelt.
2021
BOTSWANA: Secures a contract with Tshukudu Metals (Sandfire Resources, ASX Limited), Botswana, further securing our foothold in the Kalahari Copperbelt as the leading drilling services provider. The conclusion of this deal secures our position as the preferred contractor for the Kalahari Copper Belt.
TANZANIA: Re-entry into Tanzania to conduct Helium Gas Drilling for the LSE listed ‘Helium One’.
NAMIBIA: Secures a contract with E-Tech Mining on their ‘Rare Earth Project’, cementing our expansion drive into Namibia.