Boart Longyear, leading provider of integrated exploration drilling services, equipment and performance tooling, “is honoured to announce that Edmund J. Longyear will be inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame’s inaugural class for his role in exploration. Fourteen inductees will be honoUred during a gala dinner hosted at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, February 22, 2014.” “Edmund truly was a pioneer in mineral exploration and drilling,” said Richard O’Brien, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boart Longyear. “He deserves the recognition that the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame bestows upon its inductees.”

Longyear’s influence in contract diamond drilling, geological services and shaft sinking in the early part of the 20th century served the rapidly growing U.S. iron ore mining and steel industry. This led to him winning the exploration nomination.

“In 1890, Longyear drilled the first diamond core hole in the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota. He later formed the E.J. Longyear Company, which would eventually become Boart Longyear.

“A panel of experts and leaders in the fields of exploration, mining and processing determined the final inductees from a large field of nominations from the international mining community. The International Mining Hall of Fame is the only hall of fame to recognise the global innovators in the mining industry.” www.im-halloffame.com