Sercel’s WiNG land acquisition nodes are making a key contribution to a big mining exploration programme in Zambia’s Katangan copper-bearing basin.
Sercel’s WiNG land acquisition nodes are making a key contribution to a big mining exploration programme in Zambia’s Katangan copper-bearing basin.
A 30 km-long WiNG node array is being deployed to acquire passive seismic data over a nine-month period across the Kansanshi mine owned by First Quantum Minerals and the adjacent Solwezi basement dome. The programme aims to explore the crustal structure of the mine area using background seismicity alone (ambient noise, mine blasting, local and regional earthquakes and teleseismic events).
The programme is a collaboration between the Ministry of Mines of Zambia, First Quantum Minerals and Oxford University’s Earth Sciences Department. It is part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Copper Basin Exploration Science (CuBES) project to address the anticipated growth in demand for copper, cobalt and nickel as a result of the energy transition.
Emmanuelle Dubu, Sercel CEO, said: ‘Our participation confirms our opportunity for growth in the environmental and alternative energy-related monitoring and observation markets.’
