FEEDBACK REQUEST
Global Exploration Drilling Standard
The Canadian Diamond Drilling Association and the Global Exploration Drilling Standard Working Group are seeking your feedback on the Global Exploration Drilling Standard Draft.
Executive Summary
Developed in Collaboration with Canadian Mining and Drilling Companies.
The Global Exploration Drilling Standard is an industry-supported initiative to define a common minimum baseline of critical controls and performance expectations for exploration drilling activities that present fatality, permanent disability or life-altering injury potential.
The standard will be outcome-based, technology-neutral and globally applicable. It will define what must be achieved to control critical risks, while allowing mining companies, exploration companies, drilling contractors and OEMs to determine the most appropriate method or technology for their operating context.
The initial scope is intentionally limited to exploration drilling. This keeps the first deliverable achievable, avoids scope creep and provides a foundation for future expansion if the industry chooses to address additional drilling disciplines in later phases.
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Standard Overview
Purpose
The purpose of the Global Exploration Drilling Standard is to define a common baseline of health and safety requirements for exploration drilling activities, with a specific focus on controls that prevent fatalities and serious injuries.
The standard is intended to improve consistency across mining companies, exploration companies, drilling contractors, OEMs and industry associations, while recognizing that local regulatory or company requirements may be more stringent and will prevail where applicable.
Vision
To establish a globally recognized minimum standard for exploration drilling that reduces unnecessary variability in critical risk controls and helps ensure every exploration drilling worker returns home healthy and safe, regardless of employer, equipment manufacturer or operating jurisdiction.
Next Steps
Industry Feedback Request
The Canadian Diamond Drilling Association and the Global Exploration Drilling Standard Working Group have developed a draft and are seeking your feedback.
To review the standard and share your feedback, please follow these two steps:
Step 1: Review the draft standard prepared in consultation with drilling and mining companies.
Step 2: Submit your feedback using the form.
Thank you for helping shape the standard for our industry.
Alternatively you can also provide feedback or request questions by emailing office@cdda.ca.
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