Spectrem Air | 2025 End-of-Year Message From Louis Polome, CEO
There’s an Aesop fable I’ve always appreciated – the one about the boar sharpening its tusks on a calm and lazy summer afternoon. When questioned, the boar simply said, “When the moment comes, it will be too late to prepare.” In many ways, 2025 has been that kind of year for Spectrem Air. The industry […]
2024 A YEAR IN REVIEW FOR SPECTREM AIR
As 2024 wraps up, Louis Polomé, General Manager of Spectrem Air, reflects on the year’s challenges and opportunities in geophysics mining exploration. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR INSIGHTS ON THE GEOPHYSICS AND MINING EXPLORATION LANDSCAPE IN 2024? WERE THERE ANY SURPRISES (GOOD OR BAD)? Mining exploration remains tied to fluctuations in global markets, which […]
Advancing the search for critical minerals using airborne electromagnetic technology by Spectrem Air
By Louis Polome, General Manager at Spectrem Air. Amid the global shift towards a low-carbon future, the need for lower-carbon sources of energy is growing rapidly. This has created massive demand for certain commodities and has intensified the search for these critical minerals and metals. Demand for minerals is expected to grow in the coming years […]
Spectrem Air attends 2023 Mining Indaba
Spectrem Air attends 2023 Mining Indaba Geophysical airborne service provider Spectrem Air intends to not only engage with its clients, but “understand what the theme of ‘Unlocking the Future of mining’” will mean for the company. Click to read full article
Spectrem Air pioneering most advanced airborne tech
Spectrem Air pioneering ‘most advanced airborne electromagnetic tech Consultancy Spectrem Air has pioneered the industry’s most advanced airborne electromagnetic (AEM) technology to collect, process and deliver rapid understanding and reliable data for exploration operations.
Expected demand brings airborne survey system back to Africa
There are many mining and exploration opportunities in Southern Africa, with exploration work growing as more mining companies are focusing on the region, says South African airborne geophysics technology provider Spectrem Air GM Louis Polomé. Read More Here
Spectrem Air pioneering ‘most advanced airborne electromagnetic tech’
Geophysical airborne service provider Spectrem Air has pioneered one of industry’s most advanced airborne electromagnetic (AEM) technology to collect, process and deliver rapid understanding and reliable data for exploration operations, says geophysics manager Brad Pitts. Read More Here
S African company taking ‘next big step’ in airborne geophysics
Airborne electromagnetic technologypioneer Spectrem Air, together with mining majors and main shareholders Anglo American and De Beers, is developing a superconductor magnetic gradiometer, known as Squid, that will greatly enhance the capability of the sensors used in airborne geophysical surveys. Read More Here
Spectrem Air
With a DC3 fixed-wing aircraft and range of airborne geophysical equipment, including its Squid magnetic gradiometer sensor, Johannesburg-based airborne geophysics technology provider Spectrem Air is well equipped to deliver integrated three-dimensional (3D) solutions for geological mapping, minerals exploration targeting, as well as geohydrological and geo-engineering applications. Read More Here
Mining Business Africa – Sept 2021
Mining Business Africa (MBA) is Pan-African bi-monthly publication that focuses on latest developments in mining and allied industries in Africa. The publication covers the scope of critical activities from pit to port – mineral exploration (prospecting), mine planning and development, extraction, mineral processing, storage transportation, as well as beneficiation. Read More Here