Archives: Mineral exploration

Maptek has developed a new solution for evaluating projects, progressing from database to resource report in 30 minutes. Establishing a conventional ore resource report for a typical deposit can absorb weeks or months of geological effort. In response to the demand for faster results, Maptek has developed a new solution which unlocks huge potential for[…]

Aurubis reports that “following LME Week in October, the copper world met up again in November, this time in Shanghai. Well-known mining companies used this as an opportunity to communicate upcoming investments in mine expansions. The signs in Chile continue to point to growth in 2019: The consulting company Fitch Solutions forecasts 4 % growth[…]

Mining company OZ Minerals and energy and resources open innovation platform Unearthed have partnered to launch the Explorer Challenge. This online crowdsourcing competition calls for geologists and data scientists from across the globe to develop ground-breaking approaches to discover new exploration targets at a site near Oz Minerals’ Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia,[…]

Boart Longyear says its onsite core and chip scanning technology, TruScan™, recently received the Premier’s Award in the Mining Equipment, Technology, and Services sector for Excellence in Innovation: Productivity Improvement at a ceremony in Adelaide, Australia. The awards, presented during the Premier’s Awards ceremony on November 30, are organised by the Government of South Australia’s[…]

Arena Minerals Inc has completed the recently announced acquisition of Antofalla Minerals S.A. (AMSA). The acquisition of AMSA provides Arena with three potential lithium brine projects in the Catamarca and Salta provinces of Argentina: • Antofalla: this project consists of three claims covering a total of 4,000 ha of the central portion of Salar de Antofalla,[…]

Environmental and advisory solutions firm SLR has acquired Northern Resource Consultants (NRC), a 25-person team of environmental specialists based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. NRC will bring considerable additional capability and geographic coverage to SLR’s existing Asia-Pacific (APAC) business, particularly in relation to its focus on the mining and minerals sector, SLR said. NRC’s services include[…]

Barrick Gold is said to be selling research and development company AuTec as part of a new strategy tied to the upcoming merger with Randgold Resources. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said one of the first assets to go as part of a plan to offload non-core assets, reduce costs[…]

Sandvik thinks it has introduced the fastest drill bit in the industry with its new Speedy bit. In addition to 10% higher drilling speed compared with standard bits with ballistic buttons, the Speedy bit also delivers great collaring accuracy and hole quality, according to the company. Sandvik said the increased speed enables Speedy bit users[…]

Airobotics has received a Certificate of Waiver (CoW) from the US Federal Aviation Administration that will allow it to operate from the company’s remote operations centre in Scottsdale, Arizona. It has become the first company in the US to receive a CoW that combines three elements – flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for[…]

The only thing consistent about licensing and permitting is how inconsistent and variable it is from place to place, says Boart Longyear’s Thomas Feehan*. Laws, regulations, permits, licensing, and requirements can be different based on the country, state/province, city, and land ownership. Consequently, there is little information about the broader topic of licensing and permitting[…]