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IMDEX symposium sets the exploration scene for AME Roundup

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IMDEX recently held its fifth annual Xploration Technology Symposium in Vancouver, Canada, in which virtual reality, machine learning and new exploration technologies all received significant airtime.

The event, held on January 17, came ahead of AME’s annual Mineral Exploration Roundup, also held in Vancouver, on January 20-23. It saw 16 speakers and 160 attendees turn up.

IMDEX, which has a suite of drilling optimisation products to improve the process of identifying and extracting mineral resources globally, said the event covered multi-element data, artificial intelligence for mineral exploration and exploration instrumentation, along with a series of case studies. The focus was on improving and driving innovation in the mining industry and providing a platform to share big ideas, new technologies and new processes in exploration.

International consulting practice, SRK, had Principal Structural Geologist, Wayne Barnett, present on virtual-mixed reality, where he discussed augmented visual powers to automatically measure surface orientations and how this technology is changing best practices in data collection and analysis, IMDEX said.

Professor Bern Klein, of the University of British Columbia, meanwhile, discussed industry research to optimise value and ensure worker safety in deep underground mass mining operations.

The use of machine learning for mineral exploration in greenfield areas was discussed by GoldSpot Discoveries Corp Chief Operating Officer, Vincent Dube-Bourgeois, during the session on artificial intelligence.

Among the exploration case studies was one from Chris Gallagher, Rogue Geoscience President, a company that has been instrumental in developing several exploration technologies and geological data management systems used in the industry today, according to IMDEX.

And, Nick Payne, Global Product Manager Structural Geology at IMDEX, in his presentation ‘A New Wave of Drilling Optimisation’, discussed new technologies IMDEX COREVIBE and IMDEX XTRACTA – which, he says, offer substantial improvements in safety and productivity.

Minerva to show AME Roundup crowd what TERRA AI software can do

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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 range of software applications that helps “clients harmonise and utilise poorly-structured or legacy data, produces new and precise auditable geological targets for 92 different mineral deposit types, optimises underused 3D drilling data, and provides rapid, intelligent discovery of documents”, it said.

Minerva says it has carried out a number of projects for government agencies focused on generating public domain exploration targets to promote mining within their jurisdictions. It recently updated a project from 2004 carried out in Canada’s Yukon territory, with analysis of the exploration areas highlighted by the project showing a very good correlation with claims held for exploration today, 15 years after the study.

Minerva will be showcasing this technology at Roundup’s Innovation Hub, an area reserved for conference invitees to display the latest innovations in the mineral exploration sphere. Minerva will be demonstrating its advanced augmented reality technology as well as the TERRA product suite at the hub, it said.

The 2020 AME Roundup Conference will be held on January 20-23 at Vancouver’s Convention Center.