IN ORDER to adopt advance technological innovation in the exploration value chain, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) inducted its 1st automatic Digital Drill Core Scanner. This digital intervention would offer a reliable system for structuring and evaluating the drill cores for mineral exploration projects and ultimately promoting cost and data efficiency. Amongst only a couple of these available in the nation, the Drill Core Scanner provides high resolution images of the drill core in a unique 360 degree processing for better interpretation. The Drill Core Scanner was inaugurated on the occasion of 8th Annual Projects Managers’ Meet, 2021 organised to celebrate the superlative achievement of MECL’s physical and financial performance for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21. MECL outperformed all the past records of exploratory drilling, geological mapping, geophysical survey, geochemical analysis and consequential financial parameters since its inception in 1972.

 

The meet was organised on August 7, 2021 keeping in mind with all the COVID-19 protocol. During the PM meet, the envisioned VISION 2030 of MECL was also discussed for its growth and diversification initiatives. The meet witnessed a workshop of senior leadership of MECL and visiting project managers from all corners of the nation. The Drill Core Scanner was inaugurated by Dr Ranjit Rath, CMD, MECL in the presence of Ghanshyam Sharma, Director (Finance), Arvind Kumar, Director (Technical), Vinod Godghate, CVO, MECL and special guest Prof Atul Pathak, Professor, IIM, Nagpur.