GEO-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN MINERAL EXPLORATION

ALAMOS GOLD INC.Exploration Department

By Fernando LopezSeptember 2016

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Background

Challenge

Our Path What’s Next?

Ancient MiningEgypt

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Modern Day Mining

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Prospecting

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Advanced Exploration

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Mine Construction

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Operation

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Closure

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Remediation

06Stages of Mineral

Exploration & Development

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Prospecting

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Advanced Exploration

10 000-1 000 000 km2Up to 10 (million

US$)

• Surface Datasets• Databases• Tech. reports

< 5 TB of information

1 000- 10 000

km2

Up to 100 (million US$)

• Surface Datasets• Sub-Surface Datasets• Databases• Technical Reports

> 3 - 4 TB of information

THE CHALLENGE2013

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What data are we capturing? Is this data enough? How to best

collect data? Where to store our data? Can we all share it? Is it

secure?

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01 Prospecting

Remote Sensing

Geophysics

Geochemistry

Field Mapping

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• Data is not structured• Different formats• Paper maps• Duplicated datasets• Multiple locations

90% Spatial Data

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02 Advanced Exploration

Remote Sensing

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Field Mapping

DrillingGeo

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E ~ 30% Spatial Data

• Data is not structured• Different formats• Paper logs• Duplicated datasets• Multiple locations

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Technology

• No standard software• Outdated hardware• Information silos

Process

• No workflows• Missing key data

processes• Duplication of effort

People

• Lack of training• No sharing culture• No information

specialists

OUR PATH2014

GoalOur mission is to organize AGI’s Exploration information and make it globally accessible and useful.

ScopeAll exploration sites company-wide.

Time Frame2 years

BudgetCA$ 500,000

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GLOBAL DATA MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM

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Program Definition

Files• Internal reports• External files (lab. results,

claims reports) • Site photos• …

GIS Datasets• Surface in-house maps• Geological Survey datasets• Satellite Images• …

Sub-Surface Datasets• Geological Logging• Sample collection• Various measurements (SG,

PLT, REC)• …

Spatial DataProject 1

DocumentsProject 3

Drilling DataProject 2

ArcGIS

Sharepoint

SQL

Spatial Data

Documents

Drilling Data

Spatial Data

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Drilling Data

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Systems Integration

Spatial Data

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Drilling Data

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Vector Datasets (from GDB)

Raster Datasets (from GDB)

Drilling Datasets (from SQL DB)

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Related Records from SQL DB

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External Users

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2016

What data are we capturing? Is this data enough? How to best

collect data? Where to store our data? Can we all share it? Is it

secure?

What’s next?2017.…

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Hub

Image Library

ArcGIS Pro

Certification

Land Management

Collector

External Champions

Base Maps (Drones)

Portal

PEOPLE

PROCESS

TECHNOLOGY

ALAMOS GOLD INCGeo-Information Group

www.alamosgold.com