Borehole Drilling
in Chimanimani

Southern Eastern Highlands Specialists

Hard-Rock Drilling in the
Chimanimani Mountains

Chimanimani's dramatic landscape is formed by the Chimanimani Quartzite Range — Precambrian sedimentary rocks metamorphosed into some of the hardest formations in Zimbabwe. Borehole drilling in this terrain is challenging: the quartzite is dense and abrasive, requiring specialist tungsten-carbide bits and experienced drillers. Depths of 40–100 m are typical, with productive zones most often found where northeast-trending fault and fracture systems cut through the quartzite, creating permeable channels for groundwater.

Chimanimani town and surrounding farming areas depend almost entirely on groundwater — the municipal supply is limited, and the mountain terrain makes piped infrastructure difficult to maintain. Lodges, guesthouses and mountain camp operators require reliable water, as do the smallholder and commercial farms in the lower valleys around Ngorima and Haroni. The Freddy Group's rigs are suited to hard-rock conditions and our siting teams have experience reading the fracture patterns of the Eastern Highlands quartzite.