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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Minex Crc Ltd, Kensington, Western Australia, AU;
David Charles Lawie, Woodlands, AU;
Anthony Malcolm Stevens, Mullaloo, AU;
Frederick Allan Blaine, Doubleview, AU;
Michelle Carey, Mount Lawley, AU;
Aaron Baensch, Woy Woy Bay, AU;
Yulia Uvarova, Munster, AU;
James Stuart Cleverley, Glen Forrest, AU;
Phillipe Sarrazin, Sunnivale, CA (US);
MINEX CRC LTD, Kensington, Western Australia, AU;
Abstract
A sampling and analysis system, and related method, for use in exploration drilling, particularly diamond drilling. The system includes a number of sub-systems, including a capturing sub-system, a sample recovery and splitting sub-system, a sample preparation/drying sub-system, a sample handling and sensor sub-system, a data collection and management sub-system, an automated data analysis and interpretation sub-system, and a control sub-system for data collection and process control. The sample handling and sensor sub-system may comprise an integrated arrangement or separate units providing a sample handling sub-system and a sample sensor sub-system. The sample preparation/drying sub-system is operable to ensure that the samples it receives from the sample recovery sub-system are optimally prepared for introduction to the sample handling and sensor sub-system. The sampling and analysis system may be autonomous or operable manually or semi-automatically.