Mines and Petroleum Minister David Michael has unveiled a next-generation spectral scanner set to help accelerate resource discovery across Western Australia.
The HyLogger 4 system captures high-resolution data from drill core samples, providing a fast way to analyse geology that will help explorers better target resources, while also reducing costs.
The Western Australian Government has invested $380,000 in the technology, which was developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and commercialised by Perth-based company Corescan.
Michael says the state government’s investment in geoscience infrastructure is expediting exploration, creating regional jobs, and supporting critical mineral supply chains for the global energy transition.
“The HyLogger upgrade strengthens our ability to deliver the pre-competitive data industry relies on to plan exploration programs and reduce risk,” he says.
Located at the Perth Core Library and managed by the newly formed Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration, the HyLogger 4 is replacing the HyLogger 3.
In comparison to HyLogger 3, the HyLogger 4 offers higher resolution capture and enhanced analytical capabilities, improving the detection and understanding of mineralisation undercover.
Since its commissioning in 2009, the HyLogger 3 analysed more than 600,000m of drill core from more than 2,000 holes across Western Australia.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
Images: Corescan
