The CorePlan Mining and Exploration Teams Blog

Exploration Teams

Lost in Transaction: How to Save Hours and Sanity in Drilling Cost Reconciliation

CorePlan streamlines exploration cost management, offering clear, efficient data handling. Discover its impact on your financial operations.

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Drill Programs vs Projects: What does this mean on CorePlan?

Understand the difference between drill programs and projects to optimise your workspace with CorePlan.

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Drilling cost software: Get more out of your exploration drilling budget

Turn dollars into metres with drilling cost software. Optimise drill program spend and make better drilling cost estimates.

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Drilling planning software for exploration managers explained: A quick guide for program success

Set your team up for success using drill program planning software to plan, execute and optimise your drilling campaigns.

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How to spend more time on geology with drilling reporting software

Get your geos out of the office and into the field by automating repetitive paperwork with drilling reporting software.

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Your exploration program will never be on schedule. Here’s a playbook to fix it.

The way exploration drilling is scheduled is broken. Break down the status quo and get the bit on the bottom faster using this playbook!

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Why now is a great time to review your exploration tech stack

Your tech stack is crucial for interpreting data and ensuring money spent on drilling is worthwhile. Is yours doing this for you - well?

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Your exploration company needs a digital strategy. Here's why.

A digital strategy can help you avoid the common mistakes mining companies make with technology. Find out what to include for success here!

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14 Reasons Why Every Exploration Manager Needs to Shift to Digital Now

Exploration Managers know that a lot is riding on the results of their drill programs. So why not give yourself the best chance of success?

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What is the difference between CorePlan and AcQuire?

If you're using AcQuire, read this! Get the answers to your questions about the differences between CorePlan and Acquire here.

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What drilling professionals wish you knew about hiring drilling contractors. Read this before hiring your next contractor!

Discover the secrets to hiring the best contractor for your drilling campaign - as told by a drilling professional of 40 years!

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5 strategies geologists can use to ace data capture and management from exploration to JORC resource

Avoid regrets on the road to inferring a JORC resource with these drill hole data management tips for the exploration phase.

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The Exploration Manager's ultimate guide to digital transformation

Explore the ultimate guide to successful digital transformation for Exploration Managers and their teams, including what NOT to do!

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Streamlining data management in mineral exploration

Data management in Exploration is critical. Times have changed and mineral exploration software will make or break your project timelines.

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Top reasons to pick a CorePlan drilling contractor for your next project - whether you use CorePlan or not!

Unlock advanced data management, analytics, and streamlined workflows by choosing a CorePlan drilling contractor for your next project.

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Remote field management: How technology is helping to rethink one of exploration’s longest-standing challenges

Running exploration programs in remote corners of the world? Staying in touch with the team can be tough, but modern tools can make it easy.

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How to scale your exploration project without compromising on data quality and operational performance

Need to add more rigs to your project but worried about how your team will keep up? So did Chalice Mining. See how they did it here.

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Junior Explorers: don’t settle for spreadsheets!

See how Junior explorer Viking Mines are using plod automation to ditch spreadsheets and focus on discovery.

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Let’s talk about your drill contractor experience

Find out how boosting your drill contractor's experience can transform project coordination, guarantee quality, and slash costs!

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How to run smooth drill programs as a Junior Explorer in the modern age

See how Viking Mines uses CorePlan to run their drill programs, speed up decision-making and keep a team of contractors on the same page.

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Is CorePlan a Database?

Why would you use CorePlan if you already have a database like MX Deposit, DataShed or GeoBank?

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Introducing the world's first field activity app for geology teams!

Get the lowdown on the world's first field activity app for geology teams and how it can help managers and field crews work better together.

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How to stop wrangling drill contractor data in one easy step

Does processing drilling data make you question why you became a geologist? See how Chalice Mining hit fast-forward on it.

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How to run a geology-led drill program as a Junior explorer on a tight budget

Running a geology-led drill program is difficult without the right tools. See how Junior explorer, Maronan Metals, did it on a tight budget.

Exploration Teams

How to translate $ spent into metres drilled as a Junior Explorer

Every Junior wants money spent to translate into metres drilled. Tech is one way that Exploration Managers can make sure this happens.

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