deploying det crc technologies: mineral systems drilling

Deploying DET CRC Technologies:

Mineral Systems Drilling Program

Robbie Rowe,

James Cleverley

and David Giles MSDP Open Day,

Thursday 11 August 2016

SA Drill Core Reference Library

Mineral Systems Drill Project

•Technology deployment overview - R. Rowe

•Assay while drilling Lab-at-Rig® - J. Cleverly

•What have we learnt? - D Giles

MSDP – Technology Deployment Opportunity

•Conceived as being a world first collaboration

between industry, government and research

organisations

MSDP - Field testing objectives

1. Progress from Proof of Concept stage to Trial

Demo stage through research by the DET CRC

2. Accelerate commercial product development

MSDP – Exploration

test platform

• Optimal field test of

multiple technologies in a

real greenfield exploration

environment outside of

conventional test facility

• Opportunity to deploy

together on single

integrated platform not in

isolation

MSDP – Practical technology deployment

•Build, test and progress new technology practical

operating procedures and protocols with field staff

MSDP – Future technology skills

•Opportunity to better identify future field skills and

training for using future drilling technologies

Category Number

Project

supervisors &

management

3

Drillers 3

Drill offsiders 7

EHS&T 1

Support 3

MSDP – Technologies deployed

•DET CRC technology portfolio used in MSDP

deployment;

Wireless Sub

AutoSonde / AutoShuttle

Lab-at-Rig®

FMS Fluids

Real Time Drill Project

3D Seismic Exploration for

Hard Rock Environments

MSDP Deployment schedule Aug 2015 – May 2016

Active

Deployment Technology

Development

DETCRC Technology /

Project

Aug

15

Sep

15

Oct

15

Nov

15

Dec

15

Jan

16

Feb

16

Mar

16

Apr

16

May

16

Wireless Sub

AutoSonde - Gamma

AutoSonde - Mag Sus

AutoShuttle

Lab-at-Rig® XRF & XRD

FMS Fluids

Real Time Drill Project

Seismic Expl for Hard Rock

Environs

MSDP Deployment activity Aug 2015 – May 2016

DET CRC Technology /

Project in MSDP

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Wireless Sub D 4-5

AutoSonde - Gamma D 5-6

AutoSonde - Mag Sus D 4-5

AutoShuttle D 4

Lab-at-Rig® XRF & XRD D 5-6

FMS Fluids D 3

Real Time Drill Project D 3-4-5

Seismic Expl for Hard Rock

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2 Lab

3 Proof of Concept

4 Pilot

5 Scale-up, Trial/

Demo

6 Implementation

Support

7 Implementation

Improvement

MSDP Technology data generation

7,868m drilled

2,313m logged (30%)

7,868m drilled

6,263m XRF sampled (80%)

2,747m XRD sampled (35%)

7,868m drilled

3,302m sampled (42%)

7,868m drilled

5,352m Gamma logged (68%)

1,319m Magsus logged ( 17%)

MSDP – Technology deployment RESULTS

• Testing provided valuable data and information;

Technology operational performance

Practical deployment experience and learnings in harsh field environment

• Testing results immediately integrated back to;

Quickly direct improvement during technology development activities as MSDP is a finite platform opportunity - URGENCY

Rapidly progressed technologies accelerating decision points to offer for commercialisation

Accelerated technology development with commercialisation partners assisting in ultimate delivery to Industry

MSDP Technology deployment summary

•Real world exploration environment is optimal testbed for new technologies to demonstrate field readiness • Investing in regular multisector participant stakeholder collaboration accelerates technology development

•MSDP demonstrating new technologies can deliver on DET CRC vision of improving exploration performance by delivering integrated data in real time leading to improved decision making

Mineral Systems Drilling Program

Testing & delivering tomorrows

mineral discovery technologies

Lab-at-Rig® supporting decision making in exploration

James Cleverley, Fred Blaine, MSDP Team MSDP Open Day, 11th August 2016

Solving a systemic problem

© REFLEX 2016 REFLEX Assay-While-Drilling

The research concept – 3 1/2 years ago

Nov 2012


Lab-at-Rig v1


The MSDP Universal Mobile Platform

Pre

p

Coms

Services

Sensor Modular tech boxes

User Choice Platform

Skids

Fixed Flat Bed

Ute Back

Tracks


Lab-at-Rig® Prototype 3

Incremental innovation on the road to commercial development


IoT enabled top-of-hole assaying


MSDP02, South Australia

AA507 FL340 USA

REFLEXHUB-IQ

• Secure chain of custody • Local aggregation and storage • Seamless shipping to cloud

Data from the field

“Geology from the comfort of the office and while doing several other tasks is pretty phenomenal. Another bonus I hadn’t thought about is the ability to not only have all my other resources at hand to answer questions, but also the ability to pool office knowledge if I so desired, rather than working in near isolation on site.” – Adrian Fabris, Geology Manager DSD


Depth resolution?

Lower contact: 964.2

Kick in K at 965.3-966.3

Drilling processes and Lab-at-Rig®

f(x) = 0

Secure Data and Information

REFLEX Assay-While-Drilling

MSDP01-02 SOM Classification


Machine learning for decision support


Advanced analytics – Information layers

REFLEX Assay-While-Drilling

MSDP05

Exploration Management?

Lean start-up philosophy Rapid testing, rapid iterations, fail fast As data flows faster and information tools improve, we can adopt new approaches to the business of exploration


Real-time decisions?

Where should I drill hole number 2 and 3?

Shareholder value

Regulatory process

Business processes

Managing change

Due diligence and reporting


The future is now?


Target

Drill

Analyse

Inform

Exploration Productivity

How efficiently can

you manage the cycle?

Drill hole

Geological

Logging

Geotech

Logging

Core yard

petrophysics

Split

Core

Sample

Prep Assay

Wireline

Logging

Comminution

Disparate data streams

days d

ays

week

s weeks

months

months

days to

weeks

days

weeks

Current workflow

WIRELESS SUB

Drilling Parameters

Rotational Velocity

Feed Rate (ROP)

Water Flow Rate

Water Pressure

Surface Torque

Surface Axial Force

Collected at 50 Hz

Monitoring and Optimisation 10% better ROP, half the bit wear

WIRELESS SUB

AUTOSONDE

Total CPS Gamma

Magnetic Susceptibility

Logs collected during rod pull (eg.

bit change, end-of-hole)

Processed in 2-3 hours

~10cm intervals

AUTOSHUTTLE

Total CPS Gamma

Spectral Gamma

Logging while drilling

Download with core retrieval

Dense data

Au

toS

on

de

Au

toS

hu

ttle

MSDP13

AutoSonde and

AutoShuttle

Downhole geophysics

during drilling

LAB-AT-RIG® Geochemistry

9 Majors

(Si,Al,Fe,Ca,K,Mg,Ti,P,Mn)

25 Trace elements

Measured from drilling powders

1m intervals

~1 hr after drilling

Reconstruct rock types and

alteration

Lab-at-Rig®

Geology

FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Fluid chemistry

temp, pH, Eh, conductivity

Ca, K, NH4, F, NO3, S2-, Br

Collected at 2 analyses/min

Fluid Management System

Penetrol and

Corewell added

Topped up Penetrol and

Corewell added

Topped up

0 250 500 750

Time (mins)

8000

4000

2000

6000

NO

3 (pp

m)

10000 Start shift

8:39am 13th March

390.7 m

MSDP011

End shift

5:00pm 13th March

417.7 m

Drilling optimisation – additive management

•Deliver data from DET CRC technologies at the

drill site to anywhere rapidly, in an easy-to-

consume format, allowing integration and

comparison between datasets and thus

facilitating rapid decision making.

Real Time Drill Site project

RTDS

Remote monitoring and decision making

MS

DP

05

MSDP Seismic Surveys

•Three surface lines centered on MSDP01(4500m),

MSDP02 (3100m) and MSDP10 (4000m)

•VSP on MSDP02, MSDP10

•Surface line using dragable system on MSDP02 and

MSDP10

Basalt Rhyolite

Adelaidean

Highly

reflective

mixed felsic

and mafic units

of the lower

GRV

Weakly

reflective felic

and mafic units

of the lower

GRV

Base Adelaidean

Base Roopena Basalt

Base weakly reflective GRV

Base GRV

MSDP01

~1.4km

~2.4km

~0.2km

Target

Drill

Analyse

Inform Wireless

Sub

FMS

Lab-at-Rig®

AutoSonde

Surface

Seismic

VSP

RTDS

Auto-

Logging

AutoShuttle

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