MOTIONMAPPER · A real-time slope stability and subsidence monitoring service to improve productivity and to prevent catastrophic events in the mining industry

The mining industry is growing and is a key global economic driver, providing raw materials for consumer and industrial products, being Europe one of the most demanding regions of raw materials. Mining operations relie on large scale, continuing, and safe operations in and around geological sites, but with repeated accidents and non-complete monitoring of how operations are impacting the terrain, the issue is far from resolved.Disasters occur, such as collapses of mining slopes, or ‘tailings dams’ with a release of chemicals leading to loss of life, interruption of mining operations and catastrophic environmental consequences: a collapse of a tailings dam may destroy natural drinking water and rivers for centuries.DARES, a European company formed by staff with multiple years’ of experience in the industrial remote monitoring field wish to change this. We have been developing and commercializing an industry leading satellite-based remote monitoring solution. Now we are adding Drone, Ground Radar and near-realtime processing to generate a complete wide area to local area monitoring and alerting solution. Called MOTIONMAPPER 2.0, it represents a ground-breaking solution to ensure safety of operations and to guarantee operational efficiency.We are in a unique position to do this. We have both the academic and industrial skill sets, as well as monitoring contracts with several large mines operating our satellite-based solution. Following a successful phase 1 feasibility study, we propose a two-year project to fund the complex technical work and commercial entry preparations. Generating a new product category in a sector with clear demand, we predict sales of 22M€ by 2022, growth to 55 employees and a substantial impact on the protection of the environment as well as the European Earth Monitoring sector and its technical expertise.