How LoderaIQ binds an ore body’s identity and volume to a tamper-resistant chain of custody.
Ore tracking on LoderaIQ answers three questions about a parcel of material at once: what it is, how much of it there is, and where it has been. Field-portable XRF supplies defensible elemental grade at the point of sampling, AI photogrammetry sizes the pit or stockpile the material came from, and the Postagy for Mining custody sub-module carries that identity and quantity with every truck and load from mine face to export port. Because all three feed one registry, one map, one audit trail, custody is shown through captured evidence rather than asserted after the fact. This page explains the mechanism; for why it matters to your role, follow the cross-links to the Solutions pages.
Request a briefingDefensible grade from field-portable XRF
Grade is established with a field-portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyser that reads the elemental composition of a prepared sample in the field, returning a quantitative assay against factory and site calibrations. Unlike spectral imagery, which indicates surface mineralogy and alteration but is not an assay, XRF measures the material itself and produces numbers a geologist can defend. Each reading is stamped with location, time, instrument and operator, then attached to the parcel’s record in the shared registry so grade travels with the ore instead of living in a separate spreadsheet. The honest limit is fundamental to the method: XRF measures only what is presented to it, so representative sampling and preparation govern the result.
Point-of-sample assay
Elemental grade is captured in the field on the parcel, not reconstructed later from memory or paperwork.
Traceable readings
Every assay records instrument, calibration, operator, coordinates and timestamp for audit.
QAQC discipline
Standards, blanks and duplicates frame each batch so a reading’s confidence is explicit, not assumed.
Honest limit
XRF characterises what is sampled; defensible grade still depends on representative sampling and physical check assays.
Volume from AI photogrammetry and DEM-differencing
Quantity comes from measuring the shape of the pit or stockpile, not from estimating it by eye. LoderaIQ builds a digital elevation model from overlapping imagery through photogrammetry, then differences it against a dated baseline surface to compute the volume of material moved or held. Multiplied by a working density, that volume becomes an indicative tonnage that can be reconciled against weighbridge captures downstream. As the aerial drone-survey layer rolls out, higher-resolution ground truth tightens these surfaces further; satellite imagery continues to supply wide-area awareness between flights.
Photogrammetric DEM
Overlapping imagery is turned into a dense elevation surface of the pit or stockpile, from satellite stereo today, with drone photogrammetry tightening vertical accuracy as the aerial layer rolls out.
Baseline differencing
The current surface is compared to a dated prior surface to quantify material added or removed.
Volume to tonnage
Measured volume and an applied density give an indicative tonnage for reconciliation, not a resource statement.
Rolling ground truth
Drone survey, rolling out next, sharpens surface accuracy while satellite covers the wider area.
Chain of custody with Postagy for Mining
Once identity and quantity are attached to a parcel, the Postagy for Mining sub-module carries them intact along the route. Loads and trucks are tracked mine to warehouse to export port, with weight capture at gates, QR and RFID tags on loads, and digital trip approvals that must be granted before movement continues. Each handoff writes to the same audit trail as the grade and volume records, so a break, a swap or an unapproved trip is visible as a gap rather than hidden in a paper log.
Tag at source
Loads receive QR and RFID identifiers tying physical material to its registry record from the first movement.
Capture weight
Weighbridge readings at gates and hubs record mass at each stage for downstream reconciliation.
Approve the trip
Trips are requested and approved by the authority, with royalties settled upfront, before a QR/RFID movement permit is issued, then verified at every checkpoint from mine gate to road to port. Movement leaves an authorising signature, not just a departure.
Reconcile end to end
Grade, volume and every weight and scan resolve against one another from mine face to export port, where an export permit closes the cycle.
One registry, one map, one audit trail
The reason ore tracking holds together is architectural: XRF grade measurements, AI volumetrics and Postagy custody events are not three products bolted together but three inputs to a single shared record. A parcel has one identity that accumulates evidence as it moves, and that evidence renders on one map and one tamper-evident audit trail that any authorised party can inspect. This shared spine is what turns disparate measurements into a coherent, tamper-resistant history for each parcel of ore.
Shared registry
Grade, volume and custody events attach to a single parcel identity rather than living in separate systems.
Single map
Source pit, stockpile, route and destination are viewed in one spatial picture.
Tamper-evident audit trail
Each capture is time-stamped and sequenced, so alteration or omission shows as an inconsistency.
Commercial model
The layer runs on a live national mining programme; we scope your deployment and share a commercial offer built around it.
Honest limits and the role of the competent person
Ore tracking strengthens the evidence base for grade, quantity and custody, but it does not by itself constitute a resource or reserve. Spectral imagery indicates surface mineralogy and alteration and is not an assay; an AI-derived target is a prompt for investigation, not a defined resource. Defensible grade requires XRF combined with physical sampling under a proper QAQC regime, and indicative tonnage from volumetrics must be reconciled against physical measurement. In every case the platform supports, rather than replaces, the competent person or qualified person whose sign-off carries the result under JORC or NI 43-101-style codes.
Where ore tracking creates value
This page explains the mechanism. For the business case in your context, follow the relevant Solutions page.
Mining & exploration companies
See how defensible grade, measured volume and unbroken custody support operational control and competent-person reporting across your sites.
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See how a shared audit trail from pit to port gives independent, evidence-backed assurance over what a project is producing and shipping.
Learn more →See ore tracking on your material
We can walk through how XRF grade, AI volumetrics and Postagy custody would bind to a parcel across your route, from mine face to export port, on one registry and one audit trail.
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