Our Advisors
Eric Grunsky
Geochemical and Statistical Consultant – Canada/Australia B.Sc. (Hons) Geology, (Univ. Toronto); M.Sc. Geology (Univ. Toronto); Ph.D. Geology (Univ. Ottawa)Mahajan Padmanathan
Digital Engineering ConsultantThomas Monecke
Economic GeologistTerraCore provides infrared drill core imaging services and image processing solutions focused primarily on geological applications. Using SpecIm cameras imaging in the VNIR, SWIR and LWIR, we are able to provide our clients with a rich mineralogical data set, and a digital library of their drill core archives. We operate a variety of mobile systems that are suited to any site, from laboratories to remote exploration and mining camps. Any sample, from full core, to chip and hand samples can be imaged. The spectral data we collect can be integrated with other data sets such as geophysical and litholigical logs, and geochemical results allowing for application to geometallurgy, orebody modeling and alteration modelling amongst others. Our data sets can easily be imported into most commercially available 3D modeling software packages.
To date our hyperspectral core imaging systems have scanned and processed over 700 000m of drill core for various mining, governmental and academic clients in Africa, North and South America, Australia and Scandanavia.
We are proud that ALS has chosen TerraCore as their technological partner for hyperspectral imaging.
VanGeochem provides expert consulting services in applied geochemistry and exploratory data analysis with a focus on geometallurgical applications. We are passionate about innovation and improved business practices in the mining industry towards mineral-systems thinking and geometallurgy. We use a broad definition of geometallurgy that includes all activity from exploration to mine closure: to optimize the use and utility of geoscientific data throughout the life of a minerals project, for the purpose of forecasting its mine-planning, processing, and waste-management characteristics. VanGeochem has a global client base and over 15 years’ experience in the mining industry.