GDD In A Nutshell…

GDD specialise in Master Technical Data Management; helping you to assemble the data sets you NEED to assemble to meet your data-reliant project goals.

Master Technical Data Management

• GDD specialise in the management and analysis of technical data across the entire resources project spectrum and several other industries.
• More than 120 technical database systems in 40-odd organisations, ranging from small explorers and consultants to the majors.

Technical Resources Consulting

40 years experience in exploration and mining data analysis, mineral resource and ore reserve estimation, technical reviews and auditing, with CP credentials covering gold, base metals, iron ore, coal and other commodities

Training

A logical and transparent approach to data and database design and management is reflected also in the training GDD offer all of the above areas; our goal is simply to make your people stewards and masters of their own technical data

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GDD’s Data Philosophy

Over the years GDD have discovered what works, and what doesn’t, what holds water, and again what doesn’t. A key focus has always been on disciplined, logical, transparent and auditable data management, which has grown in importance with the advent of AI and other new tools.

Examples include –

• • Understanding the TWO master technical data sets
  • Clear, transparent and unambiguous technical data structure and organisation
  • Linking and making use of ALL your data types
  • The technical data life cycle – Collect, Manage, Analyse
  • Technical data standards, procedures and data governance
  • Embracing new technologies such as AI, …wearing welding gloves!

Our resident technical data philosopher has been putting together a series of Technical Beige Papers on each of the key data management aspects. (So far he’s up to 42).

These will appear as part of the (re)launched GDD newsletters which may help others master their master technical data, raise its value and help reduce technical risk (or at least provide some entertainment…)

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GDD Data Management Applications

Based initially on a series of large technical database systems built for Placer Dome mining operations some years ago, GDD have developed a significant collection of applications to manage technical data across the whole spectrum of technical disciplines.

The resulting systems and functions fall into three groups –

gPick Database Applications

Complete data management systems for specific data domains (Surface, drill hole, geotechnical or environmental data for example)

geoUte Data Utilities and Tools

Individual utility tools that assist greatly in the identification, previewing, categorisation, assembly, integration and preservation of an audit trail related to the source data files for migration into the database. And other clever stuff

gNeric Generic Database Functionalities

A range of specific data functionalities shared across the gPick and geoUte tools. These are used for customisation of the GDD applications for specific projects, and for the rapid development of new ‘bespoke’ applications

This experience has informed the development of our range of technical database management systems and data processing tools that likewise span the mining life cycle and beyond

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Community Service Projects

The GSA Rocks and Mineral Sets Project

A Geological Society of Australia (QLD) initiative, the ‘Roxette’ project assembles mineral and rock specimen kits for schools.

Hosted and run by GDD since it’s inception in 2018, the project has delivered over 1300 sets to schools and educational institutions around Australia, with some sets also going overseas

This is a community service project; the sets are assembled by a team of volunteers, with all materials donated by various organisations and individuals, (or pilfered from somewhere by the volunteers…)

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