PDAC/Camese Exhibitors’ Innovation Forum (January 28, 2008)

Learn about new product, service and exploration developments as well as mining jurisdictions from around the globe. A call for papers from among trade show exhibitors resulted in the following outstanding line-up of presentations.

Visit pdac.ca for scheduled presentation times.

DATA MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION

Gemcom’s software fueling clients’ success

Gemcom Software International

Leapfrog Version 2 – New tools

Leapfrog Software

Data management using Marston’s RAMS technology

Marston

Innovations in integrated mine management systems

Micromine Ltd.

DRILL HOLE CONTROL AND SURVEYING

Flexit Smart Tools – the way to successful borehole surveying

Flexit AB

In-Hole surveying technology – New instrumentation

Pajari Instruments Ltd.

DRILLING

Product innovation

Boart Longyear Canada

EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Seven government mining prospects for public auction

Geological Survey of Mexico

Mineral exploration opportunities in Uganda

Government of Uganda

NT GO Map

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Identifying new target regions in the Altaids of Central Asia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and Russia through geotraverses and terrane reconstructions

Natural History Museum Consulting

Preliminary assessment of non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan

U.S. Geological Survey

FIELD TECHNOLOGIES

The Go-Tract from Camoplast, the all-terrain leader for any job, anywhere

Camoplast Track Vehicles

The CampControl system of managing exploration over the internet

Georeference Online Ltd.

IKE: The most advanced GPS receiver in the world

Halltech Exploration Outfitters

Thermo Scientific NITON XL3t Analyzers: The future is in your hands

Thermo Scientific NITON Analyzers

GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING

Soil Gas Hydrocarbons (SGH) – An innovative geochemistry to locate and identify blind mineralization

Activation Laboratories Ltd.

Amplified geochemical imaging for mapping buried mineral deposits

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

GEOCHEMISTRY

Lab QC versus Mine QC

AssayNet Canada Inc.

On-site laboratory services

MMI Technology

GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS

Helicopter-borne gravity in Russia

Aerogeophysica Russia

Integrating geophysics and geology in 3D

Condor Consulting, Inc.

Ultra-Deep ground radar applications to mineral exploration

GroundProbe Pty Ltd.

Case histories in deep exploration geophysics

Quantec Geoscience

GEOPHYSICAL TECHNOLOGIES

New generation of high sensitivity overhauser magnetometers for mineral exploration

GEM Advanced Magnetometers

Gamma ray logging and uranium grades

Geovista Ltd.

XDS-EM: VLF redefined

Terraquest Ltd.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Mining Industry Attraction, Retention, and Recruitment Strategy (MARS): Collaborative action to ensure the vitality of Canadian mining

Mining Industry Human Resources Council – MiHR

INSURANCE

Top questions asked concerning international insurance

Norfolk Mobility Benefits

INTERNET RESEARCH

Introduction of OneMine.org – The world’s most comprehensive mining & minerals related online techical library

Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)

MINERAL PROCESSING

Gekko Systems’ Gravity Flotation and Intensive Leach (GFIL) Process – Lower total life of mine costs

Gekko Systems P/L

High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR): An alternative technology versus SAG Milling

Wardrop Engineering Inc.

MINERALOGY

Getting the best mineralogical information possible – the use of automated quantitative mineralogical analyses

ALS Laboratory Group, Minerals Division – ALS Chemex

Exploration mineralogy

SGS Minerals Services

REMOTE OPERATIONS

Sewage management within remote work environments

Precision

First aid training for work in remote locations

Sirius Wilderness Medicine Inc.

REMOTE SENSING

Worldsat and GeoEye1 – a new generation of HiRes satellites for mining and exploration applications

Pacific Geomatics Ltd.

Aerial lasers – A new resource for mine planning and development

Terra Remote Sensing Inc.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Extending your corporate networks globally

Mine Africa