ANALYSIS AND SORTING
“Transferring the technology and ongoing
development to Corescan, an Australian SME,
will enable CSIRO to focus on the application
and integration of hyperspectral information
with other data sets to support mineral
exploration through cover and for rapid resource
characterisation in deposits.”
Managing Director, Neil Goodey, said
Corescan plans to integrate HyLogger into its
existing suite of advanced hyperspectral
imaging equipment, giving the company a
broader range of solutions to accommodate
different commodities and better meet customer
requirements at different stages of the
exploration and mining cycle.
“Corescan will also be offering support
services to the existing HyLogger community
and will leverage its global reach to bring the
technology to new international markets,”
Goodey said. “Corescan will be working closely
with the Australian geological surveys and the
National Virtual Core Library to continue on the
great work that CSIRO has done in this area over
the last decade.”
The Australian exploration industry spends
close to A$600 million per year drilling holes to
locate economic mineral resources. Detailed
knowledge of the mineralogy and alteration
patterns associated with prospective mineral
regions is crucial to guide exploration success
and attract further international investment into
Australia.
Operating on an automated scanning
platform, HyLogger uses visible and infrared
light to characterise selected minerals from drill
cores, chips and pulps that are often difficult or
impossible for human observers to interpret
correctly. Reflected light from the samples is
broken into hundreds of different wavelengths
by several spectrometers, allowing the
recognition of unique spectral signatures for
each mineral. Corescan is a global services
company specialising in the scanning, analysis
and interpretation of drill core, rock chips and
other geological samples.
Minalyzer: flexible but comprehensive
The Minalyzer CS (Core Scan