Bengaluru-based Squadrone Infra and Mining Pvt. Ltd has deployed Magarrow, a UAV-enabled drone-based technology, for mineral prospecting and exploration.
The firm deployed the technology at Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (GMDC), Ambaji, Gujarat. This technology is proficient in mineral exploration and mineral discovery, significantly in prospecting of copper, lithium, gold, lead, zinc, cobalt, nickel, manganese, REE mineral, and so forth.
Magarrow is supplied with non-radioactive laser-pumped caesium vapour with a complete subject scalar magnetometer that permits mapping of shallow and deep-seated virgin mineral deposits ranging as much as 600-800m under from the bottom stage.
Therefore, it allows geologists, geophysicists, and researchers, to conduct research of the earth’s strata for new and greenfield mineral discoveries with way more ease, significantly the inaccessible areas.
“As it is a drone-based technology, there is no need to build approach roads or disturb the ecology and environment of the mineral prospect areas. Additionally, mineral prospecting projects, which traditionally take up 3 to 4 years, can be completed within 5 to 6 months, with greater efficiency and accuracy, using this technology,” mentioned Cyriac Joseph, founder and CEO, M/s. Squadrone Infra and Mining Pvt. Ltd.
Recent information means that India has recognized 5.71 lakh sq. km. (57.1 million ha.) because the Obvious Geological Potential space, however solely 10 per cent of it has been explored, with 1.5 per cent being mined. This makes India one of many few international locations on this planet with a excessive greenfield exploration potential, given its extremely Under-explored mineral deposit and mining potential, mentioned Squadrone Infra.
