DEEP SEA MINERAL EXPLORATION BY AUV-BASED HIGH-ENERGY CSEM

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

The project is aimed to develop and demonstrate the capability to efficiently detect, delineate, and characterize deep-sea mineral deposits in various geological settings using AUV’s with a patent-pending technology – the Argeo high-energy CSEM system. The new fully autonomous acquisition technology is unique and tailored for DSM exploration needs, providing a cost-effective way to acquire high quality data with both sufficient coverage and high resolution while lowering the environmental impact of surveying compared to existing methods. The developed AUV-based CSEM method utilizes high contrast between electric conductivities of the ore deposit and the surrounding host rock enabling to identify and delineate DSM in diverse geological settings and map them in 3D.