Modern Mining November 2016

PRODUCT News

Core logging solution demonstrated in Cape Town

REFLEX, which specialises in instrumen- tation and technology for drilling, data collection and analysis within the global minerals industry, has launched its new REFLEX IQ-LOGGER. The unit was dem- onstrated for the first time at the 35th International Geological Congress (IGC) held in Cape Town recently. The Congress, which attracted approxi- mately 4 000 delegates from nearly 120 countries, was covered in Modern Mining’s September 2016 issue. Often avoided due to its time consum- ing and repetitive nature, logging core can now be done in one tenth of the time, with the results proven to be highly accurate and available in real-time. The REFLEX IQ-LOGGER solution negates the excessive time required for logging, while the direct transfer of logging data to REFLEX’s cloud-based data platform provides a reliable digital audit trail. The real-timeQA capability via stereonet ensures orientations are accurate and reliable.

“Mine planning decisions worth millions of dol- lars are made on the basis of structural data that up until now has often been unreliable,” said Michelle Carey, Global Product Manager, REFLEX. “The chain of custody and inbuilt

The REFLEX IQ-LOGGER.

rolled out to a waiting list of high profile resource companies keen to test the solu- tion. “We’re working with our clients to ensure our solution provides the benefits we anticipate in the field before releasing the product to market,” said Carey. Dave Stevenson, General Manager, REFLEX Geosciences, is excited about the launch of the new solution. “For the first time, the combined accuracy of REFLEX’s survey and core orientation solutions, together with the REFLEX IQ-LOGGER, pro- vide a complete solution to ensure data accuracy for confident decisions on under- lying structures,” he said. “These decisions have a direct influence on identifying the potential economic value of a project or the safety of a mine.” REFLEX, website: www.reflexnow.com

QA capability of the REFLEX IQ-LOGGER ensures the accuracy of the data and now provides confidence in decision making.” According to REFLEX, which is head- quartered in Australia but has a South African office, the opportunity to gain reli- able core logging data, instantly, already has geologists and geotechnical engineers who have seen the first prototypes talking. “This is another addition to our Internet of Mining,” said Carey. “With data trans- ferred in real-time to our award-winning, cloud-based REFLEXHUB-IQ where it is integrated with data from our survey and orientation tools and then made available for further analysis anywhere, any time, the efficiencies already inherent in the IQ-LOGGER workflows are magnified.” Initial prototypes are currently being

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