The ShaftCon Group
Raise boring
A one-stop shop for raise boring: vent shafts, second escape ways, drain holes and paste holes — quality, accurate holes, all the time, every time.
Proudly a ShaftCon company
ShaftCon Raise Boring, the Atlantis company
ShaftCon Raise Boring — the Atlantis company — is the group’s raise-boring arm, led by Sarel Smit as CEO and raise-boring partner. In the profile’s own words: vent shafts, second escape ways, drain holes, paste holes — whatever you need, we do, with safety and quality as the first, last and always attitude.
The name carries a long history. Atlantis was awarded its first slot-raise drilling contract by the then Premier Diamond Mining Company, and was later approached by AngloGold Ashanti to design and build a self-erecting, crawler-mounted blind-hole raise drill: the Reef Eater. Six were manufactured and the mine operators trained on them.
The machines themselves are designed and built by AGC — the Atlantis Group of Companies — in Randfontein, which is also part of the ShaftCon Group.
Raise boring services
- Ventilation shafts
- Second escape ways
- Drain holes
- Paste holes
- Reverse cover drilling
- Slot raises and box holes, with AGC machines
Why raise boring with ShaftCon
One contractor
The raise is bored by the same group that sinks, lines and equips shafts — so a vent shaft or escape way can be bored, supported and equipped under one contract.
Machines built in the group
AGC designs and manufactures the Raise Mole range of raise, box-hole, reef, drain-hole and slot borers, and supports them with spares, repairs and training.
Experience
Slot-raise boring at Premier Diamond Mine and the Reef Eater machines for AngloGold Ashanti are part of the Atlantis track record.
Machines
See the full Raise Mole range, with torque, thrust and weight for each model, on the AGC page.
Atlantis and AGC borers
Other ShaftCon companies
Mine, construction and structural design and feasibility studies.
The Raise Mole range of raise, box-hole and slot borers.
Trackless mining machines built, refurbished and supplied.
Rock-drill spares, repair and rebuilds.
Engineering design and manufacturing.
Civil and building contractors in Swakopmund, Namibia.
Mining and construction machines, supplied as certified agent.
Planning a shaft, decline or tunnel?
Tell us about the project. We reply from our Beestekraal head office, and we can put you in touch with our teams in Namibia, Tanzania, Mali and the USA.