After spending most of his working life within large organisations, Paul Hodkiewicz is now an independent consultant (Samarah Solutions).
Following his participation in a panel discussion at the MRE conference last month, Paul sat down with Rene and discussed how to handle the data overload many of us face, and the need to be able to agree to disagree in order to solve the big problems facing our the industry.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

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Timestamp:
2:23 Challenging the status quo.
6:33 Innovation and moving the needle
10:18 Resolution Reduction problem
12:50 Pixels to intervals – the translation gap in the industry
14:20 Drillholes as representative outcrops
17:40 Seeing possibilities in problems
18:22 Simple data tools and using what’s available
21:20 Future plans and teaching opportunities

Mike Stewart is a Technical Domain Expert for Seequent, the creators of Leapfrog software. Mike was one of our first Measured podcast guests, and filmed Measured #5 with Rene back in July 2022, so it was about time for another chat.

Filmed at the AusIMM’s Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, Mike outlines new developments within Leapfrog, and discusses with Rene the value in the recent Seequent Evo release and Seequent's role in the future of Cloud-based applications and integrations.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rscyoutube
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rsc-mme-ltd
Instagram: rsc_gram
TikTok: rsc_tiktok

#measuredpodcast

Timestamps:

1:02 - The new platform: Seequent Evo.
2:45 - How Evo works, and why it's game-changing.
5:55 - What are Seequent’s plans for improving geostatistical tools.
7:03 - Bringing the Seequent/Leapfrog experience to geostatistical tools.
11:00 - Seequent's future potential with AI, new algorithms, etc

Rene caught up with Angus Tod, Vice President Global Commercial at Veracio, while he was on site at the MREC showcasing Veracio’s core scanning technology. They talked about the challenges in conveying the value new technology such as core scanning can bring to the industry.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

Veracio (https://www.veracio.com) provides mineral exploration and mining companies with a range of technology solutions that are specifically designed to improve the speed, richness, and reliability of core sample and downhole data.

Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rscyoutube
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rsc-mme-ltd
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#measuredpodcast

Time Stamps:
1:20 - Introducing Angus & Veracio.
6:15 - Why don't people proceed after a core scanning pilot study?
8:50 - Positive case studies
10:03 - Workflow problems, caused by the amount of data now being collected and data quantity.
13:48 - What's next for Veracio.