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  • Exploration management

    Smartone’s exploration team has wide experience in some of the world's important metallogenic terrains. The team has a strong focus on the analysis, synthesis and interpretation of exploration data. Smartone's expertise includes management of exploration programs, sampling quality protocol design and audit, detailed assessment of multi-element geochemical data, and the collation and synthesis of information using GIS methods.

    Geology services provided include:

    • Design and management of exploration program
    • Management of drilling programs
    • Geologic mapping
    • Data acquisition and validation
    • Geological interpretation
    • Orebody identification and delineation
    • Geophysical data (surface and U/G) analysis and interpretation
    • Geochemical and mineralogical investigation
    • Definition and assessment of geotechnical zones
    • Grade prediction
    • Orebody modeling
    • Structural analysis of ore deposits
  • Drilling services

    Smartone provides drilling services on land and offshore including drilling rigs, project management and rental tools to the mining industry.
    Smartone owns more than 30 drill rigs of different systems and different capacities.
    Smartone’s expertise extends to most of the regions in western China covering the exploration of coal, copper, gold, and other commodities.
    Smartone aims to gain customers' trust and satisfaction through its proven reputation for performance, quality, innovation, safety and integrity.

  • Engineering services

    Through cooperation with major engineering companies in China, Smartone executes various types of mine project development studies, followed by engineering, procurement & construction management (EPCM), commissioning & start-up, and services for operating plants.

    Smartone has extensive experience in both open pit and underground mining methods and undertakes evaluation, design, development and management of mining projects, from hard rock operations through industrial minerals.

    Mining engineering services include:

    • Resource model interfacing
    • Pit optimization and sensitivity analysis
    • Detailed pit design
    • Development and production planning and scheduling
    • Equipment selection
    • Evaluation of open pit/underground interface
    • Detailed 3D modeling
    • Conceptual design and scoping studies
    • Mining method assessment
    • Detailed mine layout and design
    • Operating and capital cost estimation
    • Ventilation system design
    • Blast design
    • Backfill system specification, design, commissioning and audit
    • Cut-off grade studies

    Smartone provides these services and products with a commitment to health, safety, and the environment. Smartone’s major engineering partner is China Enfi Engineering Corporation ( http://www.enfi.com.cn/index_En.aspx)

  • Commodity trading

    Smartone trades various commodities such as coal and nonferrous metals.
    Customers include miners, industrial consumers, smelters, and refineries, as well as banks and government entities.
    Smartone’s trading arm operates primarily from offices in Hongkong and Beijing.