Unlocking
Subsurface Potential

Ideon revolutionizes how the world unlocks critical minerals for the clean energy transition.


Our REVEAL™ platform enables the mining industry to confidently identify, map, monitor, and target mineral deposits and other subsurface anomalies.

REVEAL™ Solution

There is no clean energy without mining.

The average electric vehicle requires more than 45 kg/100 lbs of nickel and lithium, wind farms require more than 4 tonnes of zinc, and solar arrays need more than 5.5 tonnes of copper.

The energy transition depends on metals. Demand for key resources has outstripped supply, resulting in a global supply chain crisis. We must address a $12 trillion shortfall in metals supply to meet global climate change goals. Over the last 10 years, mineral discoveries and ore grade have declined 75%, with metres drilled per discovery up nearly 200%. Cost per discovery has increased by 400%, and carbon emissions are up over 40%.

The problem is geologic uncertainty.

Humans have been mining the Earth for tens of thousands of years. Most near-surface mineral deposits have already been discovered, forcing mining companies to search deeper underground.

With no way to know what lies beneath, those companies drill hundreds of narrow holes, performing geological biopsies and inferring what may lie between those holes. Without geological certainty, these companies are basing billion-dollar decisions on 1% of 1% of ore body knowledge. It’s risky, costly, and unreliable.

Helping the world’s largest mining companies reduce geologic uncertainty.

case studies
“Given the significant density contrast within the skarns themselves, between the skarns and the relatively low-density waste rock surrounding them, and with air gaps throughout the mine site, muon tomography can be a revolutionary tool for ore characterization at Rio Tinto Kennecott.”
Mark Paine
Practice Leader Ore-Body Knowledge Technology at Rio Tinto’s OBK Centre of Excellence
“The value lies in getting a broad understanding of large target zones quickly and moving straight to validation. This helps us advance projects faster while ensuring that we fully understand the subsurface target area and don’t compromise on our environmental objectives.”
Darren Hodder
Manager, North Atlantic Long-Term Geology & In-Mine Exploration at Vale Base Metals
“Based on the subsurface intelligence provided by Ideon, we identified previously missed mineralization and incorporated it into our geological models for future planning.”
Marcel Menicheli
Superintendent Geology at BHP Oak Dam

Featured case study

  • Muon Tomography for Block Cave Monitoring at New Gold’s New Afton Mine

    High-resolution imaging of the cave back, muck pile, and adjacent geological structures, with monthly monitoring updates.

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