Target Drilling
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Target Drilling
Target Drilling History
Management
Dwight Harvey — the owner of Target Drilling — started out in the diamond drilling business in 1980 with a local BC company that worked in Canada and the US.
During the downturns in the mining industry in the 80's, Dwight worked in the oil patch on drilling rigs for additional drilling experience. He also gained supervisory experience with another BC based diamond drilling company that worked extensively in North America. In the early 1990's, when these companies were closed, present management saw an opportunity in the marketplace for innovative new diamond drilling company.
Target Drilling
Target Drilling Inc was incorporated in 1993 and has experienced steady growth over the years, providing clients quality service at reasonable rates.
During the 1990s Target Drilling had projects in Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada and British Columbia. Target Drilling was based in the US for 5 years. During this period, Target had up to 5 drills working — 3 Longyear and 2 JKS Boyles, including one of the first hydrostatic UDR 650s to be put onto a 6x6 carrier. Target was also a licensed water well driller in 2 western states during the 1990s incorporating the UDR drill. Later in the 1990s and early 2000s the diamond rush of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba was experienced. Coal drilling and Coal bed methane was an important part of Target Drilling’s operations during the 2000s. Drilling of these test holes involved blow out preventers under the drills and substructures. Crews and equipment were subject to BC Oil and Gas Regulations. All the crews were ticketed and the drill rigs regularly inspected. Most of the latter 2000s were spent diamond drilling at various locations in BC’s interior.
Target Drilling moves to Kamloops BC
The company made the move back to BC from Calgary in 2008 to better service the mining/construction industry. Since moving back to BC, Target Drilling has made the ultimate commitment to providing the utmost in performance and client fulfillment by keeping our fleet smaller with innovative equipment and staff.