Porphyry
LS and HS epithermal
VMS
IRGS
IOCG
U
Li and Li-B
REE
Greenstone Au
Iron ore
Skarn
Sedimentary Cu
Ni laterite / Ni sulfide
Diamond (kimberlites)
Geothermal
PGE / magmatic sulfide
Advantages
Many advantages to explore
Portability
ScopeIR is the only portable FTNIR tool on the market. Other portable tools are dispersive or FTIR.
Ease of use
Able to be used directly by non-lR specialists.
Reliability & Consistency
Able to be used in field and laboratory settings, in order to build a consistent dataset.
Assurance & Compliance
Georeferenced and time-stamped data allow transparent reporting and auditing.
Real-time, full quantitative analysis from absorbance, rather than reflectance, spectra
- Full mineralogy (actual %, not spectral contribution)
- Main mineralogy available in the field as a “Live Lab in Hand”
- Detailed mineralogy and full mineral chemistry (major elements) – available as a separate service
Direct proximity estimate (full vectoring)
- Quantitative geochemical analysis allows improved vectoring directly from spectral data
- Other solutions arc indirect (approximate mineral chemistry = “approximity”)
The ScopeIR solution can be applied to a wide range of mineral systems
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The ScopeIR solution spans the full mining life cycle
Exploration
- Sampling – soils, rocks
- Drilling – diamond, RC
- 3D models
Resource Assessment
- Resource block modeling
- Extraction methods
- Geotech
Mining
- Infrastructure development
- Blasting and/or caving
- Pre-processing
Ore Processing
- Comminution
- Extraction
- Recovery
Closure
- Tailings
- Environmental
The ScopeIR solution delivers multiple sustainability advantages
Minimal carbon footprint
Zero Waste
Extremely safe to use
Low cost
Specifications
- Compact, rugged, easy-to-use fibre input system Fibre optic probe spot size: 3mm
- Wavelength range: 0.9 – 2.5 μm
- High resolution: 2 cm-1 (equivalent to <0.25nm @1μm and <1.25nm @ 2.5μm)
- Excellent stability in intensity and wavelength scale: no dark current-induced draft, internal reference laser
- Very good sensitivity (2TE cooled InGaAs) Cost effective (single NIR photodiode)
Testimonial
“In the last 10 to 20 years, there has been a massive advance in spectral instruments used in mining and exploration. We make poor use of this data because the advances in software to interpret the new high-resolution data have not kept up.
ScopeIR is a step change in the way that the industry uses spectral data. What really excites me for mineral exploration applications is the potential to measure solid solution chemistry in key minerals such as white micas and chlorite, rather than the poorly calibrated proxies that we use now.
From this, we can derive realistic reconstructions of temperature and pH in hydrothermal systems that will be a guide to locating new orebodies. The applications in mining will be rapid, cheap and accurate materials classification that metallurgists and engineers can use to predict recoveries and physical rock properties.”
Scott HalleyIndustry consultant