Unmanned Flight
Business Insights
“While underground mining can be financially rewarding, it is not for everyone. However, we are shifting our approach to recruitment by showing surveyors that they will be flying drones instead of spending five or six hours underground. This cutting-edge technology transforms mining operations and makes our work more attractive to both young and experienced potential employees.”
Raffi Jabrayan, VP Business Development & Commercial Sales, Exyn Technologies
“We are very excited about the commercial drone-based surveys beginning in Australia for the MobileMTd technology and are planning to bring this to Canada in 2025. Our time-domain systems operating at low base frequencies are currently flying in the US, Kazakhstan, and Australia, and some test ranges will be flown with TargetEM here in Ontario.”
Andrei Bagrianski, President and Founder, Expert Geophysics
“Currently gold and copper are driving demand for our surveys. Copper companies see benefits in using our deep SPARTAN MT surveys, especially around active and abandoned mines because the easy-to-find near surface deposits have mostly been found already. Recently we have participated in several government-funded deep regional studies designed to stimulate activity and investment.”
Oliver Kuhn, President and CEO, Quantec Geoscience
“Drone-based security is growing rapidly, especially in regions with heightened security concerns. We can deploy autonomous drone stations, which operate off-grid or through local power systems. These are equipped with weather stations, security cameras and communication systems, allowing drones to be dispatched remotely. It is possible to monitor mining sites in South Africa or Peru from our Toronto operations center.”
Glen Lynch, CEO, Volatus Aerospace
“Given the defence and energy applications of our drones and our client base dealing in critical minerals, there is definitely a possibility of us working alongside governments. One of our partners, First Atlantic Nickel, deals with strategic minerals, and a key piece of their business model revolves around working with governments and/or strategic industry participants.”