Mining needs to co-exist with host communities that may resent their presence and activities and may periodically protest them.

Criminal elements may see the commodities produced, such as gold, as tempting targets. Individuals and organized groups may seek to trespass to obtain ore bearing materials or commit theft of scrap metal or valuables such as copper wire. The scale and size of operations often make perimeter fences ineffective as well as cost prohibitive and security patrols and fixed technology can only cover so much ground.

Mining can benefit from additional tools to ensure safety & security.

Knowing the challenges faced by mining risk management experts, Above Ground Risk Solutions (AG-RS) is proud to offer a new solution to help you monitor, track and safeguard large scale operations.

Working in partnership with AKTEK, the new AMP software module allows mining security managers and their teams to build digital perimeters around key areas of operations and track mobility patterns inside virtual geo-fences.

This helps corporate and site teams work together to detect and analyze anomalies and unusual activity even in remote, large locations, giving mining companies the power to monitor for potential trespassers and better focus ground resources in response, all from their desktop.

What Value Does AMP Provide?

AMP enables you to map activity detected in specific geo-fences within a given timeframe, without having to install any hardware and in just minutes.

Community relations can have insights on locations of importance, alongside seasonal changes in community activity.

Security can set up virtual perimeters and detect anomalies, such as locations being visited out of work hours, proximity to vulnerable areas such as PLS pipelines or HAZMAT locations, or at unloading bays of warehouses. Over time vulnerability points can be identified. AMP can proactively detect activity over wide kilometer sized areas without any other source input needed. This is particularly useful in remote or hard to monitor areas such as jungle, at night and when team resources are scarce. The value of this related to illegal mining incursions and pit intruders is particularly high.

Investigations teams can use the software to query in and around a time and location of a safety or security incident. New insights can be gained by scheduling recurrent monitoring of locations of high importance, such as gold refineries. With the ability to query multiple locations this can also provide new insights on product theft. AMP also facilitates uniquely long-range remote investigation, of particular interest in the aftermath of kidnapping or sabotage incidents. 

Exploration teams can use the system to protect land rights, provide over-watch capability on concession areas that are typically left vulnerable and/or areas lying currently dormant, perhaps without company presence. The system can alert on unusual activity, such as incursions by illegal miners or loggers, before their presence becomes a major cost and their activity a potential liability. 

Project construction & development teams can use the system on land areas likely or scheduled to be developed, but without current company presence. This can give warning of occupation of land by aggrieved or opportunisitc stakeholder groups or competing commerical interest groups such as informal miners.

Mine closure and land reclamation teams, who have the challenge of monitoring areas under Care & Maintenance with very limited resources can use the same solution to be alerted of recent incursions that could affect the environmental integrity of the area, giving early warning of potential liabilities to be addressed, before it is too late.

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We are able to provide advisory both in the field as well as provide the analytical backbone for the use of such new technologies as AMP. 

AG-RS and its technology partner AKTEK are currently implementing a 12 month Pilot of AMP with a multi-national gold mining client.

Talk to us and discover how to get ahead of the curve as well and use new technologies to help you gain visibility and actionable insights in your remote operations and remove blind spots.

To discuss and arrange a demonstration, please email:

solutions@ag-rs.com

Above ground risks are the greatest challenge now to extractive projects and operations, according to the latest annual survey by E&Y.

“Mitigating geopolitical risk requires mining and metals
companies to take a proactive, diversified approach.

Now is the time to:

• Integrate political risk into broader strategic planning:
consider the impact of geopolitical trends when making
strategic decisions, and ensure there is clear ownership of
political risk within the organization.
• Engage with stakeholders: companies should proactively
seek opportunities for closer engagement with stakeholders,
including governments, to demonstrate how mining creates
long-term value for communities.”

AKTEK Limited today entered into a new strategic partnership with Above Ground Risk Solutions (AG-RS) with global aspirations to provide innovative tools tailored particularly to the mining sector.

A Strategic Partnership for an Efficient Mining Solution

The mining sector is critical for the economy of many developing states and carries a series of challenges linked to its operations. Under pressure from societal pressures and rising resource nationalism, managing shared value for all and maintaining one’s social license to operate can be a serious challenge.

Miami-based Above Ground Risk Solutions (AG-RS) is a dynamic risk and resilience consultancy providing services to the mining sector globally, with a significant presence across the Latin American region. It has years of experience helping clients in over 10 countries become proactive rather than reactive: by above-ground risk planning, leveraging early warning systems, and building long-term resilience.

Leveraging AKTEK’s game-changing AKTEK IO technology, paired with AG-RS expertise, both firms aspire to deliver innovative value-adding risk management solutions focused on key industry needs. In particular, the two partners have their sights on delivering an Early Warning System tool previously piloted in Peru and Argentina with multi-national corporations, as well as Small Scale Mining tracking and Global Standards Compliance Tracking.

AG-RS Managing Director Nick Copeland commented: “Since pioneering Early Warning tools at mining operations from Peru to Patagonia to help break down silos and get ahead of extractive industry challenges, we have searched long and hard for the best technology platform to enable and elevate our fieldwork approach. With the speed and agility of AKTEK, we have now found it. By working together we can fuse our on-the-ground expertise with powerful data AKTEK IO technology. Our combined mission: to assist our clients further and smarter in reducing serious costs, delays, and reputation damage arising from above-ground risks and to assist alignment to industry Environmental Social, and Corporate Governance  (ESG) and Security best practices.”

AKTEK’s CEO Elliott Verreault commented: “We’ve always seen the mining sector as an attractive target for our data management technology. Gaining a more holistic and real-time picture of above-ground risks is key to intelligently managing social license to operate and ensuring that ESG criteria are upheld across the chain. We believe our technology can make it both easier and more cost-efficient for mining companies to collaboratively monitor operations and risks, as well as to report on compliance against a growing body of international standards and satisfy ever more demanding investors. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Above Ground Risk Solutions to bring these innovative systems to market and generate a tangible, positive impact on a very global and interconnected industry.”

About AKTEK Limited:

Founded in 2016 in London, UK, AKTEK offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, AKTEK IO which enables public and private sector clients to capture risk and other operation-related information from internal and external sources and produce accessible and visually informative situational dashboards for timely decision-making support. This is increasingly essential in volatile, high-risk business environments where AKTEK focuses its efforts. Its technology is currently being used by government agencies, international organizations, and Fortune 500 companies in the UK, Colombia, Kenya, Libya, Somalia, Ukraine, and more.
More information on www.aktek.io.

About Above Ground Risk Solutions:

Above Ground Risk Solutions (‘AG-RS’) helps meet the rising hurdles of implementing successfully high-impact mining, energy, infrastructure, remote production, and development projects. We join our clients in navigating through non-technical risks in increasingly connected and complex environments so they fully realize market opportunities. High-impact projects unearth a potent mix of risk and opportunity. AG-RS strives to ensure they benefit all stakeholders, especially the host communities affected, creating shared purpose and success.

For more information: please contact: solutions@ag-rs.com

https://www.aktek.io/industries/mining