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February 27, 2019

IMDEX MUD AID™ delivers accurate real-time data that leads to increased penetration rates

IMDEX conducted controlled trials of the IMDEX MUD AID™ at a mine site. Over the course of the trial, the IMDEX MUD AID™ provided mud data that allowed drilling crews to be more responsive to changes in lifting capacity and solids content.

April 5, 2019

MRIWA@DataScienceWeek: How data science will change the mining industry

As part of Data Science Week in Perth on May 8, General Manager – IMDEX Product Development Michelle Carey with be joining a panel of experts discussing their views on how data science will change the mining industry.

April 18, 2019

30 years of METS sector transformation: Exploration

Dr Michelle Carey – General Manager – IMDEX Product Development looks back on the last 30 years in changes of mineral exploration procedures and the challenges of the future. Looking back 30 years, how vastly different was exploration procedures to now and what have been the major changes? There have been a vast range of changes and even within our traditional core business of downhole surveying and core orientation, procedures have certainly advanced. At IMDEX we introduced the first digital survey tool – the REFELX EZ-SHOT™ – to the market in the late 1990s to replace analogue photographic tools. We […]

September 4, 2019

Sorting the Signal from the Noise – Chile Explore Conference 2018

In October 2018, Dave Lawie, IMDEX’s Chief Geoscientist and Chief Technologist – Mining Solutions conducted a presentation on the topic of Sorting the Signal from the Noise at Evolution – Chile Explore Conference 2018.

December 8, 2019

IMDEX buys Flexidrill for $40m

IMDEX’s recent acquisition of New Zealand-based Flexidrill featured in the Business News on 6th December 2019. Global mining-tech company IMDEX has exercised its option to acquire New Zealand-based Flexidrill, after gaining the option early last year, for a further payment of $NZ3 million cash. IMDEX had already paid $NZ10 million in both cash and IMDEX shares, and will pay a further $NZ27 million in share and royalty-related payments, based on milestones achieved and revenue generated from the acquired business. The company said the acquisition would strengthen its market position and expand its technology offering to its clients, which now included Flexidrill’s ‘Corevibe’ and ‘Maghammer’ drilling technologies. IMDEX […]

January 16, 2020

ioGAS™ 7.2 – New Features

ioGAS™ 7.2 enhances our existing suite of quality advanced analytics with two new machine learning tools: CART and t-SNE. This release also contains increased simple regression functionality, the ability to display user-created mineral and rock nodes plus direct access to the new IMDEX Customer Service portal.

January 20, 2020

AME Roundup

AME’s annual Mineral Exploration Roundup conference brings together more than 6,500 people annually to share innovative ideas, generate new connections and create collaborative solutions related to mineral exploration and development. It is a space where mineral explorers, industry professionals and leaders go to network and is a driving force for mineral exploration in Western Canada and the North and South American Cordillera. With the theme ‘Lens on Discovery’ and an eye on the newest trends and opportunities, the 2020 AME Roundup conference will explore the technical highlights and successes in the mineral exploration profession. Now in its 37th year, the […]

January 24, 2020

Exploration innovators offer view of the future

Thank you all to those that attended the sold out IMDEX Limited and CoreSafe Core Solutions 2020 #xplorationtech Symposium. Over 160 attendees enjoyed the fantastic presentations and networking opportunities with industry leading experts. Henry Lazenby, from Mining Journal, Vancouver, provides an informative review of the Symposium, plus valuable insight on looking deeper into the future of exploration.

February 6, 2020

XplorationTech 2020 – Highlights Reel

The IMDEX Xploration Technology Symposium is the annual forum for sharing big ideas, new technologies and processes in exploration. This was a SELL-OUT EVENT in 2020 and 2019, attracting the top thought leaders in exploration from the US, Canada and around the world.