Archives: Mineral exploration

Minerva Intelligence Inc, an artificial intelligence company focused on knowledge engineering, has signed of a contract for service provision with White Gold Corp. (WGO), implementing Minerva’s AI solutions across their JP Ross, Vertigo, and Titan properties. WGO owns a portfolio of 22,040 mining claims across 35 properties covering over 439,000 ha, representing over 40% of[…]

Mincon South Africa recently supported Torque Africa Exploration at a mineral greenfield exploration drill site in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Torque Africa is a long-time Mincon customer and has extensive experience in deep-hole RC drilling. For the project in the Northern Cape, a new Mincon reverse-circulation (RC) system was used, successfully drilling[…]

Moneta Porcupine Mines has contracted Micon International to complete a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the South West deposit within its Golden Highway project, in Ontario, Canada. The results of the PEA are due to be delivered later in 2020, with the study set to review several development scenarios for the deposit, the company said.[…]

Marathon Gold has laid out plans for a new open-pit mine in Newfoundland that, it says, could become Atlantic Canada’s largest gold producer. The prefeasibility study on the Valentine gold project in central Newfoundland outlined a plan for a 12-year operation producing circa-145,000 oz/y of gold at life of mine all-in sustaining costs of $739/oz.[…]

Australia’s CSIRO believes the use of apps and drones could make surveying even the most isolated areas more efficient, easier, cheaper and safer. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has been working with industry and universities to explore how these two digital tools could transform mineral exploration in Australia and around the world. One[…]

A new study looking into the use of mobile technologies to optimise and transform workings from remote locations indicates real-time data access is defining the field strategies of mining companies. The ‘Future of Field Operations’ report from Zebra Technologies Corp, which calls itself “an innovator at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and partners[…]

Among several new innovations Bruker has launched is a benchtop X-ray elemental analyser that, the company says, can speed up elemental analysis in mining applications and be integrated into automated laboratory environments. Originally planned for a launch at the now delayed Analytica 2020, this week, Bruker has proceeded with an online launch of these new[…]

As ore grades continue to decline in the mining space, FLSmidth says its expertise in mineral sampling and laboratory automation is becoming increasingly valuable to mines. “The more you understand about the characteristics of the ore entering your process plant, the better you can treat it,” Martin Matthysen, Director, SPA (sampling, preparation and analysis), Sub[…]

Last year, Geovariances launched Isatis.neo Mining Edition, the geostatistics software that it says boosts performances and enables confident resource estimation and comprehensive geostatistical studies. The company has just released version 2020.02 of Isatis.neo with tools derived from the former Isatis that were most popular with users. Among them are the following: Model sub-celling for a[…]

Whether it’s challenges with an underground coring project, or a surface drilling application where underground coring rigs need to be used, it’s the underground drilling crews who need to figure out the logistics and get the job done safely and efficiently says Boart Longyear. First, you have to start with assembling the team which could[…]