Darren Burrows, Fleet Space Technologies - From Orbit to Outcrop - Leveraging Space & AI Technology in Mineral Exploration

Darren Burrows

Head of Customer Engineering, Fleet Space Technologies

Talk Abstract

Space exploration has always been a geoscience mission. By having a presence in both space and mineral exploration Fleet is able to cross-pollinate innovation ideas between these industries.

This talk will focus on three aspects of Fleet's current technology:

• Real time, satellite connected geophysical sensors - passive seismic and magnetotelluric.
• Using assay data to predict mineralogy (Comet) - developed with Dr Scott Halley
• The use of AI in the geosciences with some examples.

We will then explore our R&D pipeline and provide a glimpse of how we see the future of mineral exploration.

Speaker Bio

Darren has 20 years of geoscience exploration experience hunting for metals, energy and water. Initially he worked in the deep Gold mines and Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa planning drillholes, logging core and managing exploration data. A large part of his career was spent in airborne geophysics with Fugro / CGG / Xcalibur where he has held various roles focusing on geophysical data processing & interpretation as well as business development. At Fleet Space Technologies he uses seismic, and other geophysical data, to solve mineral exploration problems, and helps develop new exploration tools. Darren graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa with a B.Sc in Geology & Physics, and a B.Sc Hons degree in Geophysics.

Darren Burrows | LinkedIn

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