Data Requirements & Handling

What we need from you, and how we handle the gaps.

Our platform is built for flexibility. We work with the data you already have, integrate across formats and modalities, and use AI to fill the gaps where collection is costly or incomplete. This guide summarizes the types of data we consume, the formats we accept, and the services we offer to help you get the most out of your exploration program.

Types of Data We Utilize

Subsurface

Drilling & Assay Data

Depth intervals, collars, surveys, and mineral concentrations from drill holes.

Subsurface

Geophysical Surveys

Gravity, magnetic, electromagnetic, and other geophysical methods.

Subsurface

Geochemical Samples

Soil, rock, and trench samples revealing anomalies and composition.

Context

Historical Exploration

Prior reports, maps, and findings that provide baseline context.

Spatial

GIS & Satellite Imagery

Coordinates, topography, orthophotos, and hyperspectral imagery.

Spatial

LiDAR & Sonar

Laser-based 3D terrain models and underwater acoustic measurements.

Operations

Metallurgical Data

Processing tests, beneficiation characteristics, and recovery rates.

Compliance

Environmental & ESG

Baseline environmental studies, ESG metrics, and water studies.

Engineering

Structural & Geotechnical

Oriented core, televiewer logs, and rock mechanics data.

Formats We Accept

Our ingestion pipeline handles numerical and categorical data alike, converting industry-standard formats into a unified reasoning substrate. We accept data in any format, including:

CSV Excel Shapefile KML / KMZ GeoTIFF LAS / DLIS SEG-Y Point Clouds DEM / DTM Block Models Leapfrog / Surpac / Vulcan JSON / GeoJSON IoT Telemetry Streams

Also Supported

Real-Time

Operational IoT Data

Live sensor and equipment telemetry from mines, rigs, and infrastructure, ingested continuously alongside historical context.

Flexibility

Mixed Data Types

Quantitative measurements and qualitative classifications are both first-class citizens in our models.

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Handling Missing or Incomplete Data

Exploration datasets are rarely complete. Our platform is engineered to degrade gracefully and keep predictive performance strong even with significant gaps.

01 · Normalize

Cleaning & Standardization

Preprocessing to fix inconsistencies, correct errors, and align formats across every source.

02 · Impute

Statistical & ML Imputation

Pattern-aware estimation of missing values using correlations in the available data.

03 · Resilience

Robust Model Design

Architectures built to reason around absent data points while preserving accuracy.

Data Acquisition Services

When the right data does not yet exist, we help you source, generate, or collect it.

Sourcing

Data Engineering Support

We pull from public databases, governmental records, and industry repositories to enrich your project.

Synthetic

AI Data Augmentation

Generative models, including GANs, create realistic synthetic data for model training where coverage is thin.

Field

Customized Acquisition

We plan new collection campaigns, partner with survey vendors, and deploy remote sensing as needed.

Files You May Want to Share

Property & Terrain
  • Property boundaries & tenure
  • Shapefiles / KML files
  • Topography & DEMs
  • Satellite / orthophoto / hyperspectral
  • LiDAR point clouds
  • Sonar & bathymetric surveys
Drill & Resource
  • Drill data
    • Assays, collars, surveys
    • Highlights / composites
  • Grade shells & block models
  • Resource / reserve tables
  • Target & exploration areas
Geology & Geochem
  • Surficial geology & fault lines
  • 3D lithology & alteration models
  • 3D structural shapes
  • Cross / long sections & plan views
  • Surficial geochemical data
  • 3D geochemical interpretations
Geophysics
  • 3D geophysical inversion models
  • 2D contoured plan-view data
  • Geophysical cross & level sections
Infrastructure
  • Surface
    • Roads, rail, power lines
    • Neighboring properties
    • Processing plants & tailings
    • Pits, stockpiles, waste dumps
  • Underground
    • Stopes, shafts, declines
    • LOM sequence & phasing
  • 3D pit shapes by phase
Imagery & Photos
  • Core photos linked to drill highlights
  • Operations photos (fleet, UG ops)
  • Geological photos & outcrops
  • Mineralization type references