Challenge
Monthly stockpile reconciliation required a survey crew with GPS rovers for 5 days of fieldwork, often delaying reporting and tying up surveyors needed for active production work. Volumetric accuracy was within tolerance but the turnaround time was hurting financial reporting.
Solution
Remote Robotic deployed two Matrice 350 RTK aircraft — one with the Zenmuse L2 LiDAR for stockpile geometry and one with the P1 photogrammetry payload for orthomosaics. Two existing surveyors completed our RTK + LiDAR training course. Processing runs in DJI Terra and is delivered to the corporate GIS via a documented export pipeline.
Outcome
Monthly stockpile cycles dropped from 5 days to 6 hours of flight + 4 hours of processing. Volumetric accuracy improved against the audited reference survey, and surveyors were freed to focus on pit advance and bench design.
“The first full month, we closed our stockpile reconciliation a week early. The number my GM cares about is days-to-close, and we cut that almost to zero.”