A Canadian-owned company, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Geonics Limited is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of electromagnetic geophysical instrumentation. Incorporated in 1962, Geonics originated with the development of the patented EM16 VLF Receiver, which became an exploration industry standard for ground VLF instrumentation. Equipment manufactured in the early years included surface, fixed wing and helicopter EM systems, primarily for applications in natural resource exploration.