Key Takeaways Choosing and interpreting geochemical analytical methods (aqua regia vs. multi-acid digestion, ICP-MS vs. XRF, etc.) is increasingly software-assisted rather than purely analyst judgment. ioGAS (IMDEX) is the industry-standard platform for exploring and interpreting multivariate …
Key Takeaways MineSense BeltSense is a real, named, commercially available product — not a generic concept — for continuous ore-grade sensing directly on the conveyor. It measures mineral content on the belt independent of belt speed or throughput, closing the gap between blasthole/shovel grade …
Key Takeaways Wireless sensor-network platforms — Worldsensing, RST Instruments, and Beyond Monitoring — are what most mines now use to plan and deploy piezometer/monitoring-well networks with telemetry. These platforms are compatible with a wide range of …
Key Takeaways Environmental impact assessment for tailings facilities now runs largely on the same monitoring stack used for dam safety — GroundProbe radar, Worldsensing IoT sensors, and satellite InSAR — repurposed as an evidence source for compliance reporting. The Global Industry Standard on …
Key Takeaways Geochemical proxies — patterns in multi-element data that stand in for the presence of mineralization — are one of the clearest “AI already works here” stories in exploration. Platforms like VRIFY DORA, GeoVista AI, and OreFox train ML models on known-deposit geochemical …
Key Takeaways AI-augmented slope radar and satellite InSAR monitoring is now the standard, not the exception, for real-time pit-wall movement detection. IDS GeoRadar’s Ai.DA adds a machine-learning layer on top of raw radar data to separate real instability trends from noise. SkyGeo delivers …
Key Takeaways There’s no dedicated “geotechnical reporting” AI product — most sites build BI dashboards on top of their existing modelling platform’s data. Power BI and Tableau on top of Datamine or Deswik data is the common, pragmatic path. Cancha is worth a look if you want …
Key Takeaways MODFLOW 6 is the USGS-maintained, actively-updated standard groundwater flow engine (v6.7 shipped February 2026) and the default starting point for any new hydrological model. FloPy wraps MODFLOW in Python, which is what actually opens the door to ML integration — scripted, …
Key Takeaways Continuous, wireless geotechnical and hydrological monitoring has replaced periodic manual readings at most modern mines. Platforms like Worldsensing, RST Instruments, and Beyond Monitoring stream piezometer, crackmeter, and inclinometer data in near real time. The AI layer sits on top …
Key Takeaways Slope-monitoring vendors bundle automated report and alert generation directly into their monitoring platforms — you don’t build this separately. IDS GeoRadar and SkyGeo both ship automated alerting/reporting as part of the radar and InSAR service, not as an add-on. This is one …