Archives: Mineral exploration

Minerva Intelligence says it will be showcasing its TERRA mining artificial intelligence software at the 2020 AME Roundup Conference next week in Vancouver, Canada. Minerva’s core competency is combining machine intelligence with human intelligence to produce explainable, rapid conclusions that enable cost-effective decision-making, it says. Its TERRA suite uses this knowledge to put together a[…]

The Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have partnered on a project to bring the benefits of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) chemical element analysis to the mine site. LIBS, a rapid chemical element analysis technique, is used in a variety of applications including analysis[…]

Mining software solutions provider, MICROMINE has stepped up its presence in Latin America with the opening of an office in Mexico. Headquartered in Perth, Australia, the opening of the new MICROMINE office in Fresnillo, Zacatecas brings the total number of outposts to 23 of the software provider renowned for solutions that are relevant to every[…]

Following on from the successful commissioning of its second PhotonAssay Max system earlier this year, Chrysos Corp says it has now completed commissioning of a third PhotonAssay Max system at the MinAnalytical laboratory in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The Chrysos PhotonAssay solution provides rapid, accurate, safe and non-destructive ore grade analysis and, with the installation of[…]

Giyani Metals has completed the feasibility study tendering process for its K.Hill manganese project, in Botswana, selecting SRK Consulting and a joint bid by Coffey, a Tetra Tech Company, and Royal IHC to conduct the study. The tendering process began in early November with six service providers invited to bid. The scope of work in[…]

Talk to any Australasian mining manager “over a certain age” and it is likely they or one of their compatriots from mining school spent some halcyon days working at the Panguna copper-gold mine in Bougainville, which in its heyday was one of the largest mines in the world, and on paper still is in terms[…]

IMDEX has exercised its option to acquire Flexidrill and its patent-protected drilling productivity technologies, COREVIBE™ and MAGHAMMER™, it said. The transaction is expected to be completed in January 2020 by the payment of NZ$3 million ($1.95 million) cash, which will be followed by further payments of cash and IMDEX shares. Earlier this year, the company[…]

Granite’s International Directional Services (IDS) subsidiary has become the exclusive distributor of Stockholm Precision Tools AB’s Downhole Gyro Survey Tools within the US minerals and civil construction markets, it says. The SPT line of downhole gyro survey tools is now available for rent, providing IDS customers a greater selection of tools and brands from a[…]

Coro Mining says it has appointed Wood to advance engineering studies related to the development of its Marimaca copper project, in northern Chile. The study announcement came at the as Coro announced a resource increase at Marimaca, which, the company said, established Marimaca as one of the largest copper oxide discoveries in northern Chile in[…]

The South Australia Government is to host a A$250,000 ($169,397) crowd-sourced open data competition to fast-track the discovery of mineral deposits in the state. Called ‘ExploreSA: The Gawler Challenge’, it will see the government partner with open innovation platform, Unearthed, in a worldwide call for geologists and data scientists to uncover new exploration targets in[…]