Andrew Bailey, CEO of the Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre (MinEx CRC) joins us to discuss the objectives and projects. MinEx CRC is the world´s largest mineral exploration collaboration bringing together industry, government and research organizations backed by a total of $218M in funding. Andrew tells us about the organization and discusses MinEx CRC´s current initiatives and Education & Training program. Project 1 Drilling Optimization: “What are we getting out of the ground in current drilling and what is the future of drilling?” This research program is built on a simple premise: that cheaper, more productive, safer and environmentally friendly drilling will lead to more meters drilled, which will deliver more discoveries and reduce the cost of developing those discoveries. https://minexcrc.com.au/program-one-drilling-technologies/ Project 2 Data from Drilling This program will develop technologies for capturing geochemical, petrophysical and seismic data either during drilling or within the drilling workflow. The program will also deliver software that will enable drilling data to be integrated into 3D geological models in real-time, delivering timely data to inform decisions on drill holes during drilling. https://minexcrc.com.au/program-two-data-from-drilling/ Project 3 National Drilling Initiative The National Drilling Initiative (NDI) will manage and deliver drilling programs in multiple case study areas proposed by MinEx CRC’s partner geological survey organizations. The NDI vision is to drill multiple holes in a region to map the regional geology and architecture and define the potential for mineral systems in 3D. https://minexcrc.com.au/program-three-national-drilling-initiative/ MinEx CRC’s Education & Training (E&T) program will have a critical role in the development of next-generation mineral exploration skills in PGR (postgraduate research) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) students. Download post graduate booklet https://minexcrc.com.au/education/ To find out more information or to be a collaborator, visit the website and follow MinEx CRC on Linked In and Twitter! Website: minexcrc.com.au Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/minex-crc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrcMinex Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment helps us with the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

Episode 16: Ilpo Auranen, Chairman of IMA Engineering and CEO of Mine On-Line Service MOLS is a company specialized in analyzing drill cores for real-time information on ore grade and location with the main objective of reducing the time used for exploration, reducing waste rock dilution and ore loss in mine production. The systems include drill core analysis technology and service, a drill chip sampling system, and load mapping and 3D blastfield modelling. Ilpo tells us about: -Scanmobile Laboratory for drill core analysis –Autosampler, automated physical chip sampling from RC and blasthole drills -Sampler robot -Blast movement monitors Listen to Podcast 15 where Ilpo discusses an associated company, IMA Engineering. IMA sensors collect real-time geo-metallurgical and ore grade data during production from drill cores, drill cuttings and ore on conveyor belt or loader bucket before the material enters the processing mill, concentrator or waste rock area. You can visit www.mols.fi for more information at: www.mols.fi and www.ima.fi Website MOLS Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment contributes to the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

Episode 15: Ilpo Auranen, Chairman of IMA Engineering and CEO of Mine On-Line Service IMA sensors collect real-time geo-metallurgical and ore grade data during production from drill cores, drill cuttings and ore on conveyor belt or loader bucket before the material enters the processing mill, concentrator or waste rock area. Ilpo tells us about: -Online mine concept and applications -Blasthole and RC drill chip sampling and analysis -Ore Analyzer on Conveyor for analysing coarse primary and fine crushed ore -Bulk Ore Sorting System Listen to Podcast 16 where Ilpo discusses an associated company, Mine On-Line Service (MOLS). MOLS is a company specialized in analyzing drill cores for real-time information on ore grade and location with the main objective of reducing time used for exploration, waste rock dilution and ore loss in mine production. You can visit www.mols.fi for more information and follow IMA/MOLS at: www.ima.fi and www.mols.fi IMA Twitter: @ImaEngineering IMA LinkedIn Website Contact Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment contributes to the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

Luis Canepari, Vice President Technology at Goldcorp joins us to discuss the #DisruptMining Challenge and its objective to accelerate innovation in mining. The Challenge is an exciting and progressive industry initiative with Shark Tank suspense and amazing results. Now in its third year, the #DisruptMining Challenge has been accelerating innovation and its adoption by providing investment and business opportunities to companies with innovative ideas. Hear examples of past successes of entrants of the Challenge and follow the links below to learn more about the challenge and the success of its past participants. Learn how you can participate, invest or benefit as a sponsor. #DisruptMining Links: Website with videos: https://www.disruptmining.com Facebook: #DistruptMining Twitter: @Disrupt_Mining, #DisruptMining Instagram:disruptmining Linked In: #DisruptMining Goldcorp is the mining industry’s leader when it comes to innovation. Not only are they adopting the latest technologies into their own operations, but they are the champions of the #DisruptMining initiative, which aims to accelerate the pace of innovation throughout the industry. More on Goldcorp Strategy – Company Page Twitter: @Goldcorp_Inc Facebook: @Goldcorp Linked In: Goldcorp Mining Journal article Listen, leave your comments, rate us on iTunes and share the story and be part of the movement! Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

skymineUAV is a specialist firm that supports the mining industry in making optimum use of drone technology. Fully independent, and with the team’s experience in both mining and UAV operations, they are uniquely positioned to offer leading industry solutions. David Walshe, a co-founder at skymineUAV talks to us about how the company works to educate the exploration and mining market, other drone operators and international committees about effective drone use for the mining industry. David talks about in-house drone use, drones as a service versus automation. Get great tips on software and what the future holds for drone applications. http://www.skymineuav.com LinkedIn Facebook Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment helps us with the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

In this episode,we have Merger Mines Corporation, a company innovating in the development and use of laser-based technology for mining. Merger’s innovative mining methods will lower mining costs significantly and reduce miners’ exposure to dangerous situations that they typically encounter when using explosives and traditional mining equipment. Merger’s design and manufacture of high tech, state-of-the-art laser-based narrow vein mining arrays which incorporate the use of robotics and highly sophisticated computer programs are specifically designed to achieve maximum production. To tell us all about it, Gary Mladjan, Director and VP, Engineering and Technology and Lex Smith, President and Director of Merger Mines Corporation answer a few questions and describe their team, how they came together and some of the engineering and applications around their laser-based narrow vein mining arrays. Merger Miner in its current configuration as described in the podcast Links, how to get in contact and more information: Website: http://www.mergerminescorp.com/ (See contact page) Merger Mines on Facebook Merger Mines on LinkedIn News Market Watch News Groundhog to operate Merger Laser Miner technology Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment helps us with the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

Dirk Treasure, CEO of Chrysos Corporation joins us to explain the company’s PhotonAssay technology. Developed by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and brought to market by Chrysos, photon gold analyses is a faster, safer and more environmentally-friendly alternative to the conventional fire assay technique for gold analysis. Fully automated, PhotonAssay dramatically reduces the turnaround time on assays from days to minutes, providing critical data to miners on gold grades in near real-time to support operational decisions. The PhotonAssay can be taken to remote sites or the laboratory and is seen as a technology with a competitive return on investment that will increase gold recovery for mines all over the world. Dirk explains how this powerful system detects gold in low PPB, requires little or no sample preparation and has a high, automated sampling rate without the disadvantages of other techniques. Links, how to get in contact and more information: A technical paper describing Chrysos’ PhotonAssay technology has been published in the journal “Applied Radiation and Isotopes”. PhotonAssay Specification: http://chrysos.com.au/our-products/chrysos-photonassay-pa1408x-specification/ Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/chrysos-corporation-limited/ In the media http://chrysos.com.au/2016/08/30/photonassay-in-the-media/ Home Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment helps us with the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

DataCloud´s CEO Thor Kallestad discusses the advantages for miners in combining their services with AI, IoT Sensors to unleash real-time information to optimize mineral extraction. Based in Silicon Valley, DataCloud uses these technologies to advance Grade Engineering. Learn about optimization for fragmentation, grade engineering, MWD (measurement while drilling) vs SWD (seismic while drilling) techniques and how to get 1 cm resolution of rock properties streaming from the drill. Thor discusses one of the latest innovations, RHINO™ Solution to Enable Differential Blasting and Drive Productivity for Mine Operators, a breakthrough geoscience logging tool designed for the global mining industry using advanced Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, seismic-while-drilling (SWD) techniques, and artificial intelligence (AI) to measure previously unavailable rock properties in real-time. Learn about the EarthModel Platform, Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) for cloud-hosted math processing of raw information from the drill, (SWD & MWD) for visualization in 3D/time for real-time decision-making. See Video: DataCloud´s Real-Time Geoscience Technology Solutions For the Mining Industry. Links, how to get in contact and more information: @DataCloudInc Follow them on twitter! https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacloud/ Follow them on Linked In! Blog Check out the Blog. REQUEST A DEMONSTRATION, Website: datacloud.com Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Every subscription and comment helps us with the cause of sharing technology and innovation.

Goldspot Discoveries is utilizing machine learning for exploration targeting on a regional and localized scale and revolutionizing the mineral exploration business. Denis Laviolette, CEO & Director, Goldspot Discoveries, shares the innovations, the benefits and ideas about the future of machine learning systems. The Goldspot Algorithm significantly decreases risk, while increasing the efficiency and success rate of mineral exploration. Their algorithms will completely disrupt the investment decision model by using the Goldspot Algorithm to stake acreage, acquire projects and royalties, and invest in public vehicles to create a portfolio of assets with the greatest reward to risk ratio. Denis shares the idea of the Data Without Borders Concept which would leverage industry datasets to result in new discoveries and contribute to the advancement of industry algorithms. Resource Quantumental combines market data and metrics with fundamental geoscientific datasets to create an AI stockpicker for mineral exploration investment scenarios. Pay attention investors and exploreres! You cannot afford to miss this episode! How to get in touch with the Goldspot Discoveries team and keep informed: You can contact Denis from his details on his webpage and follow the company on twitter! http://www.goldspot.ca Twitter @GoldspotD Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions.

Luis Canepari Interview: Luis Canepari, VP Technology Goldcorp explains his role and shares the company´s vision of technology and innovation in the mineral exploration and mining industry. Luis talks about the investment and innovation framework and how the company has set out to lead by example in contributing to the advancement of innovation and technology. Luis discusses defining innovation priorities and Goldcorp´s 20-20-20 Strategy to increase production, reserves and yield per mine while keeping people safe, guarding the environmental footprint and reducing power and water consumption. Autonomous vehicles, robotic drills, building the first electrical mine and other components of the Mine of the Future are what Goldcorp is developing. Luis shares the challenges of being a first implementer in using Artificial Intelligence in the development of processes and how to contribute to building industry expertise required for this type of development. Goldcorp is the mining industry’s leader when it comes to innovation. Not only are they adopting the latest technologies into their own operations, but they are the champions of the #DisruptMining initiative, which aims to accelerate the pace of innovation throughout the industry. Listen, leave your comments, rate on iTunes and share the story and be part of the movement! More on Goldcorp Strategy – Company Page Twitter @Goldcorp_Inc Facebook @Goldcorp Disrupt Mining Links: https://www.disruptmining.com Disrupt Mining Facebook @Disrupt_Mining Instagram: disruptmining Mining Weekly Article: www.miningweekly.com Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

On today´s Episode 7, Learn about the future of geoscientific imaging with Federico Arboleda, Founder of Imago. Imago is an internationally based company innovating the capture, storage, integration, quality control and ease of communication around geoscientific imagery. Federico shares what we are missing with how we currently manage our imagery and how this innovation can maximize your value and aid in quality control of interpretations. Imago´s system captures, catalogues and connects imagery in innovative ways and has an open API and services to advance integration. Problem: There are multiple terabytes of information in imagery held across organizations and we do not manage, integrate nor maximize its benefits. Benefits: Capture and store data in much less time Use imagery in new and valuable ways including QC of other datasets Implement immediately and economically, use of historical and new imagery Integrate images with your exisitng modeling systems Improve communication around your project data For further information and to keep up to date on developments, join Imago and Federico on Linked In and take a look at the website. www.imago.live LinkedIn Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Partners Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

On today´s Episode 6 we have Edine Bakker of the La Palma Research Centre in Spain talking about project VAMOS, the Viable Alternative Mine Operating System. VAMOS will enable access to mineral deposits and reserves in greater depths using a robotics system for clean, low visibility underwater mining with limited environmental impact. Currently unreachable mineral deposits will soon be accessible. VAMOS is an EU-funded project that is developing equipment for underwater mining of inland deposits. It is a new method for safe, clean, and low-impact mining and has the potential to reopen abandoned mines, extend existing open-pit mines and open new mines, with the ultimate aim of reducing the EU’s reliance on mineral raw material imports. Economical benefits: Lower stripping ratio achievable: less waste material No need for dewatering Primary crushing costs removed: material already crushed to <50 mm Readily road transportable modular system Cheaper alternative to underground conversion Environmental benefits: No mine dust No blasting vibrations No fleet operation noise Lower safety risks Lower risk of spillage Lower surface footprint No aquifer draw-down and associated risks for adjacent wetlands or pasture Lower energy usage: Less waste rock to be removed No dewatering pumps Ore transport in suspension – lower energy requirements due to hydrostatic effects Powered by electricity – Lower carbon footprint https://miningtechnologypartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/30SecondVideo.mp4 Video Animation: VAMOS in action Parties interested in a feasibility study for their deposit can contact the Technical Manager, Stef Kapusniak +44 7813 606339/ stef.kapusniak@smd.co.uk , who will be happy to discuss suitability or otherwise for their particular deposit. If a body is interested in a particular sub-assembly or part of the technology, Stef will direct them to the appropriate party in the consortium. Interested organisations can join the ‘VAMOS – Sustainable Mining’ company page on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/¡vamos/ or follow @ProjectVAMOS on Twitter https://twitter.com/projectvamos/ to keep abreast of news updates and follow our progress via the events and news items on the project website. http://vamos-project.eu and lapalmacentre.eu Follow VAMOS on Twitter and LinkedIn Project VAMOS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642477 Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

Don Furseth of CRM Geotomography Technologies What technology can see through a cubic KM of rock!? Don Furseth is a technology commercialization veteran with degrees in Engineering and Engineering Physics and 30 years of industry experience ranging from larger systems and imaging technology companies, to technology start-ups in roles from product development to product management to consultant, founder, investor, CEO and Director. CRM Geotomography Technologies is a spin-off from TRIUMF, Canada´s particle accelerator centre in colaboration with industry, government and the University of British Columbia. CRM Geotomography Technologies innovations in muon geotomography reduce cost to discover and define dense ore bodies. Don explains the decades old history with the technology and its development to its successful implementation in mineral exploration and mining in projects such as a poly-metallic project for Teck Resources, a VMS deposit for Nyrstar and uranium deposit in Canada´s Athabasca Basin. See through rock and density variations to help target drilling to reduce cost, waste and blindness in selecting drilling targets. Expanding existing mine life and exploring nearby for similar contrasting ore bodies Use muon geotomography as an interactive tool with existing datasets The company is looking for collaborators to put their borehole detectors to work and an industry consortium to move development forward in an industry need-driven, relevant way. Image below courtesy of CRM Geotomography Technologies. Geotomography Explained For information and cast studies contact CRM Geotomography Technologies and visit www.crmgtm.com Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

Mining Tech South America is a conference and exhibition focused on the technology aspect of mining with emphasis on technology trends and innovation. The event is attended by miners, technical providers and investors interested in technology and innovation in mining. The objective is to provide a forum to advance mining and to provide opportunities to form business relationships and learn where the industry is innovating. This conference is a good platform to enter the South America market. This conference and exhibition is built off of the global investment conference series planned by Spire Events which includes 15 events across the globe including events in Argentina and Panama. Format: Panel and round table discussions with leading global experts as far away as Australia. Networking events and tradeshow are included. Speaker List: Speakers List More information: MiningTech South America MiningTech Australia MiningTech Africa Spire Events Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event! Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

Episode 3 – Mar. 6, 2018 PDAC 2018 Edition Guest: Dr. Rolf Fandrich, CSIRO Reflexivity Group From the CSIRO stand at PDAC 2018 Convention South Tradeshow floor in Toronto, Dr Fandrich shares CSIRO´s approach to innovation and the CSIRO Trust Model that characterizes the relationship between a community and the mining operation they live alongside. Using community surveys, the Reflexivity Group can deliver the top 5 things most important to a community and hence significantly improve understanding between company and community. Dr. Fandrich also tells us about their experience of ON, CSIRO’s (Australia´s national research provider) science and technology accelerator ( http://oninnovation.com.au ) and the Lean Launch Program, a tool to help researchers turn their discoveries into sustainable products and services that solve real world problems. CSIRO´s Reflexivity Group developed a data service, called Reflexivity to provide community members with a way to be heard by the resource companies that work alongside them. It also helps companies understand what their communities think about them and why, providing tangible opportunities for building greater trust in those relationships. Innovation: CSR “CSIRO has developed a way to give communities a direct voice into companies that operate alongside them. Our approach enables a dynamic interaction between company and community that aims to increase understanding on all sides, build trust, and strengthen relationships. It builds upon knowledge gained from tens of thousands of community interactions in 9 countries and associated research over the past decade. In 2017, Rio Tinto Iron Ore engaged CSIRO for a three-year project to apply the Reflexivity approach with communities in the Pilbara region in North Western Australia. The project is called Local Voices. Local Voices will provide the communities neighbouring Rio Tinto’s operations in the Pilbara a direct voice inside the company, and help the company engage with the issues that matter most to these communities”. Follow CSIRO and Reflexivity or contact them to find out more (dont forget to mention you heard it here on our podcast – we thank you for that!) https://research.csiro.au/localvoices/ https://research.csiro.au/localvoices/contact-us/ https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Mining-manufacturing Blog: https://blog.csiro.au Twitter: @CSIROnews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSIROnews/ Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

Guest: Harmen Van Kamp, Chief Marketing Officer Company: Global Air Cylinder Wheels Lessons in Product Innovation and Challenges of Distribution of Innovative Technology Innovation: Airless non-pneumatic wheel solution solves a number of problems. Rubber tire and rim is replaced by a steel structure lasting 20 times longer than the traditional wheel and solving a number of safety, environmental, operating costs and maintenance problems. The company is currently looking for investors and early adopters and shares its challenges. Top 3 Challenges: Fear in adoption of something new Perseverance in reinventing the wheel Does the customer really know what they need? When the customer does not recognize that they need your product. Company Website: http://globalaircylinderwheels.com Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.

Guest: Alberto Orozco VP Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Mexico with Argonaut Gold, a producer with mines and projects in Canada, US and Mexico. Innovation: Corporate Affairs and Sustainability and Design Thinking – How Crazy Ideas can create value and change. Creating benefits for the environment through shared value opportunities using design thinking: Creating environmental value around their mine in Baja California Sur in collaboration with UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico) and consultant groups. Community Relations: Creating community and recreation in mining infrastructure Alberto´s advice is to dare to think differently to create meaningful change and value for the company and community. Alberto´s book recommendation: Innovating for People by Luma Institute Follow Argonaut Gold: Argonautas Quarterly Bulletin – http://www.argonautgold.com Twitter Facebook Support the advancement of our industry! Tell them you saw it here on the Mining Technology Podcast Website! Please rate us on iTunes and drop us a comment and questions. Your written iTunes reviews help me improve and drive new content and they help other people find the podcast. Please write your review on iTunes and Stitcher.