Ground Penetrating Radar for mining

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a well-established technology that has earned its place as the go-to technology for many subsurface imaging applications. No other geophysical method comes close to GPR`s ease of deployment, nor the amount of ground that an operator can cover in a typical day. Workers can quickly and efficiently collect quality high-resolution data, which often facilitates immediate on-site decision making. GPR technology offers significant benefits to application areas such as archaeology or utility detection and mapping. Which, in many cases, has positively changed work processes with improvement in workflows.

GPR use in mining and mineral exploration is also well documented but perhaps with less fanfare than other industries. Regardless, the use of GPR is gaining traction as mining and exploration operators look to extend the benefits to such areas as:

• Mineral exploration
• Quarry evaluations and expansion planning
• Tunnel hazard detection and structural mapping