REVEAL™

for Exploration

High-resolution 3D imaging to precisely delineate subsurface features, at depth and in the complex operational environment of an active mine site.

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Build a macro view of the exploration zone, focusing drill activity on validation rather than discovery.

Confidently map, delineate, and understand mineralization trends and structures.

Reduce environmental impact by imaging passively with minimal drilling resources.

Drill less. Discover more. Faster.

  • “The extent and accuracy of visibility we are achieving from just 3 holes is game-changing, proving that we can use this technique to identify high-priority drill targets without extensive exploratory drilling, improving the cost-efficiency of drilling out deposits in our short seasons on-site, and maximizing our chances of exploration success while minimizing surface disturbance.”
    Jack Milton, Ph.D.
    VP Exploration at Fireweed Metals

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Reduce geological uncertainty in exploration, giving confidence to advance projects faster, with less risk.

Ideon can confirm what you believe you know about the subsurface – and reveal what you don’t know – which can be even more valuable for decision-making.

We help identify and map subsurface targets, understand their characteristics, determine the value of ore in the ground, and help optimize mining operations to get those metals to market quickly, safely, and more profitably.

Gain an unmatched understanding of the Earth’s subsurface, unlocking value across your exploration efforts.

Reduce drilling by <90%

High-resolution 3D subsurface density models enables confident decision-making, and reduces uncertainty about what exists between drillholes.

Reduce time to explore by <50%

Achieve a greater understanding of the exploration area faster, accelerating decisions about where to drill next, and where to drop.

Unlock millions in value

Unlock previously sterilized areas that may hold untapped ore, and sterilize areas that do not contain meaningful mineralization.

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Exploration focuses on finding new deposits or extensions to existing deposits.


Exploration activities provide accurate spatial information and intelligence to determine if there are minerals underground in a target area. Greenfield exploration focuses on potential new mine sites in unexplored or currently undeveloped areas. Brownfield exploration involves searching in the immediate vicinity of existing mine sites for additional deposits to replenish resources and reserves as mining companies draw down on them each year. Ideon is focused on mine life extension and production capacity increases on active mine sites that have the potential to materially improve the world supply of critical metals.

Geological uncertainty impedes growth, drives cost, and increases time to market.


The big challenge in mining is never knowing for certain what lies in the subsurface. You may extract and analyze data from hundreds or thousands of drill holes, interpolating what may exist between those geological biopsies. Even with all those holes, you still don’t know for sure. It feels like flying blind sometimes, yet enormous investment and operational decisions are based on that fractional information about what might be there.