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3 big reasons to visit acQuire’s virtual booth at PDAC 2021
Make sure to visit us online at PDAC 2021 The acQuire team is heading to PDAC – virtually! The annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual international convention is one of the highlights on our calendar, even with a different format this year! For the first time ever PDAC is going completely virtual... View Article
acQuire Technology Solutions acquires environmental information management software, EnviroSys
PERTH, Western Australia and ADELAIDE, South Australia (12 January 2021) – acQuire Technology Solutions Pty Ltd (acQuire), a global specialist in geoscientific information management software solutions, has acquired the environmental and water quality data management software EnviroSys from SRA Information Technology Pty Ltd (SRA). The acquisition adds an environmental and monitoring solution to acQuire’s existing... View Article
acQuire’s latest software release extends mobile features for blasthole sampling
acQuire has recently released new updates to its geological data management solution – GIM Suite. The new updates extend its web and mobile capabilities for geology teams sampling blastholes in mining production. GIM Suite 4.3 helps geologists and pit technicians who operate in a time pressured environment, to rapidly log geology for sampled and unsampled... View Article
New webinar series, DIGital Discovery, launches for geology and mining professionals
How is digital and data optimisation influencing the mining and metals sector? In EY’s 2020 report on the Top 10 Business Risks and Opportunities for mining and metals, digital effectiveness is identified as one of this year’s top issues. Now, as our industry is feeling the impact of COVID-19, technology is playing an even bigger... View Article
GIM Suite supports latest datum in Australia
acQuire’s geological data management software, GIM Suite, now supports the most up-to-date datum in Australia – the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA2020). The new datum is the result of the Australian Government committing to providing 10cm (or better) accurate positioning in Australia. This is a big improvement from the previous 5-10m of accuracy achieved using... View Article
acQuire introduces new mobile data capture solution for open-pit grade control
PERTH, Western Australia (6 May 2020) – acQuire, a global software company specialising in geoscientific data management, has introduced mobile blasthole sampling in its latest software release. GIM Suite 4.2 extends acQuire’s mobile app to include mobile data capture for blasthole sampling in open-pit mines. The app, called acQuire Arena, gives miners a better way... View Article
PDAC highlights rocky outlook for mineral exploration in 2020
PDAC highlights rocky outlook for mineral exploration in 2020 Attendance expectations were down in the days leading up to PDAC 2020, as world events started to have greater impact leading up to the convention. However, the first day was optimistically busy with a healthy crowd of attendees visiting the opening ceremonies, trade shows and investors... View Article
Make sure to visit us at PDAC 2020
The acQuire team is heading to Toronto! The annual trek to Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual international convention is one of the highlights on our calendar, even though our Perth crowd have to forgo sun and sand for snow and ice. (In all seriousness, we love it.) This year we’re particularly excited... View Article
Managing risk with the help of geoscientific data
Every year EY makes an assessment of the risks facing the mining and metals industry. Paul Mitchell, EY Global Mining & Metals leader, details those risks and forecasts the Top 10 business risks and opportunities – 2020. There were a lot of industry fluctuations in 2019 highlighting the challenge miners face in managing ongoing disruption.... View Article
Geological data leads to gold
Gold is one of the most valuable metals in the world, and was the hottest conversation topic at the international gold conference, NewGenGold. Last month Perth played host to the biennial conference, an invaluable event for geoscientists which focuses on discovery case histories of the world’s most recent gold mines or soon-to-be mines. A common... View Article
