📋 Tender Overview
BGR from Germany held a course for participants from Ecuador, Chile and PeruWith the participation of 47 professionals from Ecuador, Chile, and Peru, the International in-person training on the use and management of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) for environmental surveillance in the mining sector concluded. It was held within the framework of the inter-institutional cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) and the Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources of Germany (BGR).
The course brought together professionals from the Geological Energy Research Institute (IIGE) of Ecuador, the National Geological and Mining Service (Sernageomin) of Chile, and officials from the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET) and the MINEM participated from Peru.
The in-office training, with presentations and conferences, was conducted by experts from the Regional Cooperation for the Sustainable Management of Mining Resources in the Andean Countries (MinSus-BGR), the Post-Mining Research and Development Center (FEZB) and the Peruvian Environmental Consultant GEOMATIC.
Meanwhile, the field training, on manual flight and flight plan of the Mavic 3 Enterprise and Matrice 350 drone with PPK, was carried out in the mining environmental liabilities (PAM) of the former Cata mining unit, located in the Coayllo district, Canete province (Lima), with the objective of assisting with the management of PAM in inaccessible areas that hinder the line of sight, generating possible risks to professionals.
Andrea Alban, from the Geological Energy Research Institute of Ecuador, said that the management of these technological tools will contribute to improving the identification of information for the management of tailings, water contamination, the vegetation index, among others.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth Sandoval, from the National Geology and Mines Service of Chile, described it as a valuable experience to have interacted with her colleagues from Peru and Ecuador to enhance these tools in the use of these RPAS. The PAMs are a problem that all Andean countries share, she said.
Meanwhile, Cesar Calderon, from INGEMMET, said that the course will optimize the geological mineralogical characterization studies that are carried out in the PAMs sub-type tailings. Currently, in coordination with the MINEM, BGR and INGEMMET, we are developing specialized studies of the PAMs in different regions such as Cajamarca, Puno, Lima, La Libertad and Ancash, he said.
Finally, Achim Constantin, director of the MINSUS - BGR Project, said that the German collaboration with the MINEM dates back many years, and that it seeks to promote more sustainable mining to strengthen better research and management of the PAMs in Peru. As part of this collaboration, the MINEM is donating a Mavic 3 Enterprise Drone and its accessories for specific field work on mining environmental liabilities, he stressed.
