Technical Session: Drilling Products Technology Old & New, Boart Longyear Canada turns 95 with Chris Drenth, Boart Longyear

Chris Drenth Engineering Director – Performance Tooling will present a review of highlights from recent technical papers, co-authored with a third-party expert as technical committee submissions; and a sneak-peak at something coming soon at Boart Longyear May 27, 2025 at the 80th CDDA AGM and Convention in Quebec City.

With a record of accomplishments in innovative product development and engineering leadership, Chris has led a global engineering team focused on Boart Longyear’s ‘Performance Tooling’ offering for exploration & production drilling for 30 years now.

Prior to joining Boart Longyear Canada in 1995, Chris had worked for Miller Technology and Redpath Consulting at North Bay Ontario. Chris has spent most of his career with Boart Longyear addressing a variety of engineering roles, including five years at the corporate offices in Salt Lake City, and seven years at the regional offices in Mississauga, before returning to the North Bay offices in 2020.

Chris is a board member and chair of the Safety & Technical committee for the CDDA (Canadian Diamond Drilling Association), and also serves as a board member and vice-chair of the Innovation committee for the OMA (Ontario Mining Association).

Chris received an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University (1990) and was recognized with an ‘Innovation Award’ from Mining Magazine in 2017.

There’s still time to register to join us for this event; register at: https://www.cdda.ca/convention-registration/