TECHNOLOGY
46 called a disruptive technology . The risk then , lies not within the technology itself , the risk comes from not investing at all .
“ Some larger companies have already taken that risk and so they ’ re already going be a year ahead or two years ahead of you ,” he says . “ The question has changed . It ’ s not can we afford to spend or should we spend this quarter or half a million dollars of our budget on this technology , it ’ s can we afford not to ?”
One such technology solution , is MineLife VR – an innovative system that fuses complex geospatial and mine planning data with IoT data into an interactive , life-sized virtual replica of the planned , current , and future states of a mine site .
“ MineLife VR is really collection of the exploration data , planning data and collection all of the extraction and ore calculation and profitability model data , as well as engineering data and operational data ,” says Lavigne . “ Then bringing it all together in one central repository that can be accessed by all stakeholders , both internally and externally , to accelerate their understanding of a project .” In summer 2018 , LlamaZOO announced that it had entered into
“ There is only so much value in operational efficiency that you can derive from grinding and extracting and processing , you have to take a leap of faith ”
— Charles Lavigne , CEO & Co-Founder of LlamaZOO
a partnership Maptek , a leading provider of innovative software , hardware and services to the mining industry . Through a collaborative effort , LlamaZoo and Maptek will combine expertise to bring digital twinning and advanced 3D data visualisation to go to market with customers . .
Maptek is but one example of the key partnerships that LlamaZOO has struck with industry leaders , which include Barrick , Teck Resources and Goldcorp and Lavigne feels that
NOVEMBER 2018