Geological exploration system
UAV-Based Mining Exploration
Multi-sensor unmanned aerial system for geophysical survey and gold exploration
System capabilities
Aeromagnetic survey
High-precision mapping of magnetic field variations using a towed Overhauser or Caesium-Vapour magnetometer.
- RTK positioning
- Below 30 m AGL flight
- Towed sensor isolation
Hyperspectral imaging
SWIR and VNIR spectral bands for detection of hydrothermal alteration minerals.
- Clay minerals
- Iron oxides
- Alteration mapping
LiDAR 3D modeling
Survey-grade LiDAR for high-accuracy digital elevation models and structural analysis.
- Vegetation penetration
- Fault lineament detection
- Centimetre-level accuracy
Phased exploration workflow
Planning & mission execution
Mission design using existing geological databases, with systematic low-altitude grid pattern programming in UgCS or proprietary flight software.
- Geological databases
- RTK positioning
- Grid pattern
Data acquisition
Simultaneous collection of Total Magnetic Intensity, LiDAR point clouds and hyperspectral imagery across the survey area.
- Towed magnetometer
- LiDAR
- Hyperspectral
Data processing & integrated analysis
3D magnetic inversion using Oasis Montaj, cross-referencing structural anomalies with spectral anomalies and LiDAR elevation features.
- Oasis Montaj
- 3D inversion
- Target prioritization
Ground follow-up
High-priority geophysical and geochemical anomalies are handed off for geochemical sampling, exploratory trenching and targeted drilling.
- Geochemical sampling
- Exploratory trenching
- Targeted drilling
Technology stack
Hardware components
- Drone platform
- DJI Matrice 300 RTK / M350 or custom long-endurance
- Heavy-lift multirotor with RTK positioning
- Magnetometer
- Overhauser or Caesium-Vapour
- Towed sensor for magnetic field variation
- LiDAR system
- DJI Zenmuse L2/L1 or survey-grade equivalent
- High-accuracy elevation model generation
- Spectral sensor
- Hyperspectral SWIR / VNIR
- Alteration mineral detection
Software components
- Mission planning
- UgCS / DJI Pilot or proprietary
- Flight control and grid programming
- Geophysical processing
- Oasis Montaj (Geosoft)
- 3D magnetic inversion modeling
- Remote sensing
- DJI Terra / Pix4D / Agisoft
- Photogrammetry and point cloud processing
- Data integration
- ArcGIS Pro / QGIS
- GIS interpretation and target prioritization
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