The Radio Imaging Method (RIM) surveying and imaging service is available to customers all over the world.  Companies utilize this service when attempting to mine in uncharted territory or to map an image of a coal seam or an ore body.  The transmission of radio waves allows geological features, hard rock, and empty spaces to be charted.

RIM performance features

• Locates geologic anomalies and hazards (channels, faults, and dikes)
• Provides longwall reconnaissance and identifies geologic anomalies ahead of the face
• Maps paleochannel margins for improved ground control
• Predicts coal grade and quality
• Requires minimal logistics and survey times
• Delineates ore bodies and mineralization
• Detects and maps old mine voids

Typical imaging distances

• 1,800+ feet in-seam coal
• 1,200+ feet in crosswell
• l,000+ feet in hard rock
  

RIM has been used for the detection of mineralized zones in metaliferous ore bodies such as coal seams, hard rock, and soft metals. This state-of-the-art instrumentation is capable of identifying and locating geological hazards (faults, dikes, paleochannels, and voids) with conclusive results of producing large-scale images of the surveyed area. The RIM system accomplishes this tomography by the use of wireless synchronized radio waves between a transmitter and a receiver.