Groundradar, Utsi Electronics and Aimil Ink Research and Development Contract with Indian Government

Posted by Groundradar on 2 September 2009

Tags: Groundradar, Utsi Electronics, Aimil Ink

Groundradar and their technology partners Utsi Electronics of Cambridge, UK and Aimil Ltd of New Delhi, India, today signed a contract to develop a custom long-range GPR technology for the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India. The intrinsically safe technology is expected to include novel designs in radar electronics and antennas for use in underground mines. The project will span the next 12 months.

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Jan Francke invited to speak at PDAC 2010

Posted by Groundradar on 28 August 2009

Tags: PDAC 2010, PDAC, Francke

Organizers of the PDAC convention have requested that Jan Francke to speak during the invited sessions on geophysics. The title of the talk will be “Advances in Geophysics for Resource Modeling of Nickel Laterites”. A number of geophysical applications to laterites will be covered, including regional airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys, ground EM, resistivity (ERT) and IP approaches, and long-range GPR applications. Numerous case examples will be provides from laterite projects on all six continents.

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Groundradar conducts borehole tomography surveys in New Caledonia

Posted by Groundradar on 21 August 2009

Tags: tomography, Groundradar, borehole, New Caledonia

Groundradar was contracted to conducted borehole tomography surveys at a nickel laterite project in New Caledonia. Borehole tomography provides one of the highest resolution views of the subsurface, and reveals a number of important soil and rock parameters such as radar velocities, and attenuations. Using the Topp relation, water saturation and porosity may also be derived from the tomographic cross-section. Borehole surveys are also commonly applied in the detection of unmapped tunnels in open pit mine sites.

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Adrove and Francke author paper on the use of advanced GPR for abandoned tunnel detection

Posted by Groundradar on 1 August 2009

Tags: Adrove, Francke, GPR, tunnel detection, UltraGPR

Jan Francke has co-authored a paper entitled “Application of advanced ground penetrating radar technology for abandoned working detection at Geita Gold Mine, Tanzania”. The paper, to be presented at an AngloGold Ashanti conference in September, 2009 discusses the use of UltraGPR to image abandoned workings at an open pit operation in Tanzania. UltraGPR was able to detect a series of voids at a coverage rate of one hectare per day with one metre-spaced profiles.

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UltraGPR technology featured in First Break Magazine

Posted by Groundradar on 15 July 2009

Tags: UltraGPR, First Break, 2009, Francke, long-range GPR

Jan Francke of Groundradar and Vincent Utsi of Utsi Electronics have written a paper on advances in long-range GPR technology. A detailed background on radar theory is provided, along with case histories from a variety of mining and geotechnical applications. First Break is the leading publication in Europe serving the geoscience and engineering communities, with a circulation of over 15,000 copies monthly. The article, entitled "Advances in long-range GPR systems and their applications to mineral exploration, geotechnical and static correction problems" is featured as a Special Topic in the July 2009 issue (www.firstbreak.nl). A downloadable version of the paper is available here (©2009 EAGE).

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Groundradar conducts surveys on all 6 continents in last 30 days

Posted by Groundradar on 10 May 2009

Tags: surveys, UltraGPR

Over a one-month period, Groundradar has conducted surveys on all six continents: Africa (Zambia), Australia, North America (Alaska), South America (Brazil), Europe (Ireland), and Asia (Turkey). These surveys have pushed the boundaries of UltraGPR technology to new applications ranging from placer beach sands to peat bogs to emerald exploration. As recent reductions in exploration budgets are implemented throughout the industry, UltraGPR technology is facing increased demand as a low-cost tool to help strategically-locate a fewer number of boreholes.

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Groundradar at PDAC

Posted by Groundradar on 1 March 2009

Tags: PDAC, long-range GPR

Groundradar will be located in Booth 702 at this year’s PDAC. Groundradar will have staff on site to discuss applications of long-range GPR technology to mineral resource and geotechnical applications. The PDAC is the largest mining-related trade show and convention in the world, with over 20,000 delegates.

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Groundradar invited to speak at PDAC

Posted by Groundradar on 1 March 2009

Tags: Francke, PDAC, UltraGPR

Mr. Jan Francke of Groundradar will be speaking on Monday, March 2nd at the PDAC/CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum. The title of the talk will be “Recent Advances in Ultra-Deep GPR Technology”. Data examples from around the globe will be presented showing the capability of UltraGPR technology for mineral exploration applications to depths of over 100 m. The presentation will be available as a streaming video on groundradar.com shortly afterwards.

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Groundradar and Utsi Electronics wins R&D project

Posted by Groundradar on 25 February 2009

Tags: Utsi Electronics, long-range GPR

Groundradar and technology partners Utsi Electronics of Cambridge, UK have won a large contract for the research and development of a long-range GPR system for underground coal applications. The system, expected to be developed over the next 12 months, will be able to image geology and abandoned tunnels from both the surface as well as in-seam to distances of 60 m in suitable coal. The new technology will be highly portable and intrinsically safe. More details on this new technology will be available on groundradar.com during the coming months.

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New website launched

Posted by Groundradar on 20 February 2009

Groundradar has launched its new website, designed to allow faster access to important information and data. The map on the Home page lists upcoming project locations, a allowing our clients to better schedule UltraGPR profiles. In addition, news entries will be updated frequently, and the latest data samples and brochures will be available in English, Portuguese and Spanish under Resources.

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