Mitchell Camps has designed, built and managed remote exploration and base camps across Africa for 15 years — backed by Mitchell's 55-year record operating in the world's harshest and most remote environments. That footprint now spans eight active countries across Africa, South America and Australia.
Camps built by people who live in them.
Mitchell has run drilling crews in remote locations for more than 55 years — building, supplying and living in the camps that support them. Foldable and modular buildings are widely available. What isn't widely available is a supplier who understands what happens to them after they leave the yard: the border crossing, the corrugated road, the wet season, the crew that has to sleep in them for the next eighteen months.
Mitchell Camps runs the whole camp — not just the tents. Every deployment carries the same manifest of services, scaled to the size of the site.
Camp design and construction to client brief — from standard containerised structures to clear-span container domes for mess halls, stores and workshops — with rapid mobilisation suited to the terrain.
Catering, housekeeping, laundry and day-to-day maintenance — run on-site, so crews get a home base whatever the roster.
Recreation and common areas, on-site medical and first-aid provision, perimeter security and access control, and fatigue management for shift crews.
Self-sustaining hybrid power — solar, battery and diesel — plus potable water treatment and engineered wastewater systems, purpose-built for each camp class — our most detailed engineering discipline.
Rostering, mobilisation and transport coordination, with digital check-in and muster accounting for fast, accurate evacuation if it's ever needed.
Built to the health, safety and welfare standards Tier 1 clients audit against, with low-impact design and environmental compliance built in from layout stage.
Every Mitchell camp scales along the same design logic — from a towable fly camp for an 8-person exploration crew to a fully-serviced base camp for an advanced project.
CLASS 01
Temporary, easily deployable camp for early-stage exploration. Light enough to tow behind a Toyota LandCruiser and dismantle just as fast.
CLASS 02
Semi-permanent camp for advanced, longer-duration exploration — full housing, infrastructure and logistical support for an extended crew.
CLASS 03
A larger, more permanent camp for advanced exploration or early development — comprehensive accommodation, dining, offices and support services.
Folds to 360mm for transport, unfolds on site into two lockable private rooms.
10 units per truck, sleeps 20
Four hydraulic legs lift the container clear of the flatbed, so it loads and unloads itself.
No crane, 15+ years in use
Africa and Australia demand heat and dust management; Chile's high Andes demand insulation, seismic resilience and altitude protocol. The camp class stays the same — the engineering underneath doesn't.
Growing exploration and early-development activity across the region needs flexible, scalable camps for short and long programmes alike. Mitchell Camps offers a reliable, standardised alternative to ad hoc arrangements — built to the safety, comfort and welfare expectations that Tier 1 operators such as Rio Tinto and Anglo American set for their own sites.
AERIAL — RIG SUPPORT CAMP
FLY CAMP — TENT ROW
FIELD CAMP — TENT LAYOUT
AERIAL — CAMP & DRILL PAD
Every camp — Fly, Field or Base — moves through the same process, regardless of scale.
Workforce numbers, location, climate, programme duration and client accommodation standards.
Accommodation, ablutions, kitchen, dining, offices, power, water and waste.
Freight, customs, site preparation and delivery sequencing.
Unfold, level, connect and commission.
Optional maintenance, housekeeping, catering, security and full camp management.
Tell us the personnel count, the ground and the timeline. We'll come back with the camp class, setup time and utilities plan to match.