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Our Mission

Our purpose is to maximise the innovation, safety and productivity of our clients to reach targets on time, every time. We provide the drilling solutions the mining industry needs.

Our Story

Initially founded as an underground long-hole production drilling business, Swick Mining noticed the need for an underground mobile diamond drill rig.

From this, a rig was born: the Swick Gen I. It was founded on “Excellence unearthed”, the idea that the mining industry needed a powerful mobile rig combined with skilled underground drillers to support their safety and productivity. Today, Swick Mining continues to support mining operations around the world.

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Our History

Since beginning operations in 1997, Swick Mining Services has quickly grown to become one of the largest globally recognised mineral drilling contractors.

1997

Swick Mining Services was initially founded as an underground long-hole production drilling business.

2004

2004

Our dedicated team successfully builds its first underground mobile diamond drill rig.

2006

2006

Swick is listed on the ASX.

2009

2009

Underground diamond coring operations commence in North America.

2012

2012

Underground diamond coring operations begin in Portugal.

2018

2018

Swick is awarded 2018 Mining Contractor of the Year by Australia’s Mining Monthly. Swick celebrates 10 million metres of diamond core drilled.

2019

2019

Swick starts a new deep hole drilling division called DeepEX.

2021

Swick starts Swick Engineering.

2022

Swick is acquired by DDH1 Limited. 

2023

2023

Swick operate globally, with 76 rigs, and counting.