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Welcome to our newsletter!
Welcome back as we march
over the half way point of the
calendar year, and begin a new
financial year.
rOREdata has also just celebrated 8 years servicing the
mining industry, quite an
achievement which we’re all
very proud of.
In this issue…
Client Profiles
Iron Road Limited
Staff Profiles
Jen Gifford
Services
Cost of Fulltime Employees
Reporting to DMP
Grid Coordinates
Photo Gallery
We have a couple of interesting technical features in this issue of rOREquarterly that we believe can help, or be of interest, in your working life.
We hope you find this newsletter informative and helpful to your requirements.
Please feel free to contact the team at rOREdata should you wish to find out
more, or have any suggestions on what you’d like to read in future issues.
Full time Employee V Consultant
The cost of hiring a full time employee is the price you pay for false economy.
The advantages of taking on a contractor outweigh those of an employee, and
don’t worry, working with rOREdata YOU still retain control of your project.
Hourly rates are fixed, the costs are dependent on the amount of work you’d
like us to do and on the varying, changing demands of your business.
rOREdata staff are experienced and specialised and can work from our premises, your office, or both.
A lot of money is paid to recruit staff, train them and then one day replace
them. The costs to employ fulltime staff, both directly and indirectly, are quite
substantial and need to be taken into account when looking at taking on new
workers.
Fulltime
Employee
Next time you’re thinking of
hiring, consider these:
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Are these skills needed
Leave – Annual,
short or long term?
Sick
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Would rOREdata staff Public Holidays
compliment your existing Salary
workforce?
Superannuation
Hours spent –
Speak to the rOREdata team meetings, admin
Software costs
to find out more!
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IRON ROAD LIMITED
Iron Road Limited is a mining company centred on the
production of high quality
iron concentrates from its
South Australian tenements.
Iron Road has established
that iron ore retrieved from their Central Eyre Iron
Project (CEIP), whilst having modest immediate iron
grades, can be readily upgraded to a consistent premium grade concentrate. This is largely due to the
company having recognised the potential advantages of Magnetite Gneiss, utilising its magnetic
properties to allow for the effective concentration of
the ore without the use of chemicals or reagents.
Exploration is also being undertaken for the Gawler
Iron Project, with their scoping study being projected
for completion during 2013.
rOREdata has been working with Iron Road since
November 2010 and have been providing the following services:
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Daily administration and management of Iron
Road drill hole database via use of an industry
standard database software package by Sam
Watt and Fabian Dos Santos. This includes
tasks such as importing both current and historical assays, drill logs, gyro, LAS and geochem
data.
Validating data and reporting any issues
Supply Iron Road with exports ready to be used
in mining software packages.
High quality technical support tailored to client
requirements provided by Principal Consultant
Katrina Garven, including services such as auditing, export
configuration
and
data
validation.
Geology Superintendent, Heather Pearce
and Tilly Smart working on the block model.
SERVICES - DMP exports
Under the requirements of the Mining Act, mineral exploration reports are to be submitted to the Department
of Mines and Petroleum for all Exploration Licences, Mining Leases, Prospecting Licences & Retention
Licences when any geoscientific activity has been undertaken in the search for mineral resources. For each
tenement held, the holder is required to submit annual reports and, if applicable, partial and final surrender
reports.
Such a report must consist of two parts:
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a document generated in pdf format containing a detailed description of all the exploration and/or mining
activities undertaken on the tenement, and
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tabular data (drilling, surface sampling, geophysics & assay results) in standard TAB delimited (txt) format
with metadata information in a header within the file as stipulated by the DMP
Did you know that rOREdata can produce exports of required tabular data which follows the statutory
guidelines of the DMP?
The format of these files was defined by the DMP - Western Australia to comply with their data submission
requirements. The data is exported with most cells automatically populated with the correct format and file
names. Each file consists of a header section, followed by a data section. Making use of this function in
various software products and scripts can save you hours of manual labour while ensuring your data is reported in the required format.
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COORDINATE SYSTEMS
What is a COORDINATE SYSTEM?
A value system that refers to a specific position on the Earth. It provides a
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unique set of coordinates represented by an x and y value for a given
location.
Geographic coordinates are noted in latitude (y coordinate) and longitude (x
coordinate). Example spherical coordinates are pictured below.
Every coordinate system has a datum, whether it is projected, geographic or
a local system. Projected coordinates (easting [x], northing [y]) convert
latitude and longitude to Cartesian coordinates. Cartesian coordinates,
whether two or three dimensional, are represented as a rectangular grid.
Where to find us...
Management Team
What is a DATUM?
A datum is a framework that enables us to define coordinate systems.
Julie Shadbolt
Managing Director
Chloe Leray
Client Relations
Manager
Ian Cook
Principal Consultant/
T e a m Ma n a g e r
K a t r i n a G a r ve n
Principal Consultant/
T e a m Ma n a g e r
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A vertical datum is used to position a point in the vertical direction, up and
down the Z axis (Cartesian coordinates in three dimensions). A horizontal
datum is used to position a point in the X and Y directions.
What is
system?
a
GEOGRAPHIC
coordinate
Latitude is defined as the angle from the
equator. Latitude is positive in the northern
hemisphere and negative in the southern
hemisphere.
Longitude is defined as the horizontal angle
from Greenwich, in the UK. Longitude is
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Staff Profile - Jen Gifford
Jen is a Cartographer with 20 years experience in hard rock mining, oil
and gas, mine engineering, surveying and town planning, GIS and
data graphics. She studied Cartography at Wembley TAFE, beginning
her cartographic career with McMullen Nolan and Partners Surveyors
before moving into the mining industry in 1994 with WMC Resources.
Here she was immersed in geological mapping. She created maps,
plans and diagrams for exploration, underground, environmental, mine
engineering and surveying. This exposure to geology and mining gave
Jen her cartographic focus.
At WMC Jen worked for the Exploration Division (ExDiv) in Kalgoorlie
before moving to Agnew Gold Operation and then to Leinster Nickel Operation. She returned to ExDiv at
WMCs Belmont office and left the company in November 2001 to have her first child. At this time Jen began
contracting, providing mapping services, including geological maps, cross-sections and report diagrams to
companies.
In 2009 Jen joined rOREdata. This provided the opportunity for her to learn about database management and
how grassroots data can provide such huge value to clients. She also provides GIS and mapping services to
rOREdata clients. rOREdata gives Jen great flexibility when it comes to mixing work with a busy family life.
COORDINATE SYSTEMS cont’d
What is a PROJECTED coordinate system?
This system converts the round Earth to a flat map. The most commonly used projection is the Universal
Transverse Mercator (UTM) which divides the earth into 60 zones. A UTM projection of the GDA94 geographic coordinates produces Cartesian coordinates known as Map Grid of Australia 1994 (MGA94).
What DATUM and ZONES do we use in Australia?
Australia uses the GDA94 datum. There are eight zones covering
the continent, they are zones 49 to 56. Each zone is 6 degrees
wide.
Local grids are a translation of the UTM projection.
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Photo Gallery
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea 2013
rOREdata 8th anniversary celebrations
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