
Durin
Building and operating automated drill rigs to accelerate mineral discovery.
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Building and operating automated drill rigs to accelerate mineral discovery.
Transforming how the built world is managed with muon tomography and AI technology.
Transforming steelmaking with XERS technology, which runs on natural gas and/or hydrogen, and electricity.
Co-Pilot for Mineral Exploration & Resource Development.
ECORE characterises the ore body by providing quantitative automated mineralogy and assays directly from drill core.
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Processing metals contained in waste, into high-purity critical minerals.
Geophysics and AI-focused geoscience capability.
Agnostic core scanning expertise - for implementation & data integration.
Innovative drilling contractor - developing automated rod handling.
Emerging AI geosciences startup.
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Novel electrically driven rock breaker technology for oversized material.
Building LiDAR for space use, focus on Earth observations.
Lab-in-a-box to bring metal testing to the point of use.
Organising information and existing geology research to improve the tools available to prospectors and researchers.
Obtain shear-wave velocity measurements in dense and noisy environments.
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Earth observation technology driving automated assessments for the quality and pollution of soils, water, air, land, and biodiversity.
Combining satellite data, IoT sensors, and AI, to capture nature’s sounds, scents, temperature, humidity, and visuals.
Wearables, ecology, and gamification to provide a totally novel experience for anyone wanting to interact with nature.
Sampling DNA from the air to provide efficient and global biodiversity monitoring solutions.
Bee health, beekeeper livelihoods and biodiversity by connecting people, nature and data.
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Smart, digital inventory, access and security solutions for operations and logistics.
Next generation electrochemical method for extracting precious metals from refining and waste streams.
Unique wall climbing robot (non-magnetic) can be used for infrastructure inspection and surveying.
Low energy, low-cost copper technology that could unlock mineral reserves currently unviable to process.
Extracts rare earth elements from industrial waste, like coal fly ash.
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Emerging lithium brine extraction technology.
Secure Quick Universal Interface Device (SQuID) hardware enabling lunar connections of assets.
Robots for pipe inspection, mapping & repair.
Alternative to rubber tyres: Non-Pneumatic wheel solution with air cylinders to aid suspension
Modular software platform for automated and autonomous driving in the commercial vehicle sector.
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Using AI & Quantum computing to explore new scientific discoveries.
Alternative, novel manganese production technology to reduce tailings and slag to zero.
Recycling technology able to process various feedstocks including mineral waste streams.
Battery-grade graphite and carbon materials produced from CO₂ emissions.
Unmanned ground operations and driverless experiences by combining artificial and human intelligence.
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Robotic technology capable of operating indiscriminately in any harsh environment.
Providing 4-dimensional terrain mapping capabilities, developed for the moon!
AI-based predictive maintenance services for high value assets in the mining industry.
Detects anomalies by resonating objects and analyzing their acoustic response using AI.
Nanosensors for detecting hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide leaks