SGS Geological Services
Integrated Geological, Mining Engineering & Software Services
Discover a range of services and support for your mineral deposit and mining project. With over 35 years of experience, SGS Geological Services is known globally as the expert in ore body modeling and reserve evaluation.
35+
Years of experience
1000+
Consulting projects worldwide
3
International reporting standards
What We Do
A Complete Range of Mining Services
We bring the disciplines of geology, geostatistics, and mining engineering together to provide you with accurate and timely mineral project evaluation solutions, while reducing risk and enhancing value.
- Exploration services including customizable software solutions
- Ore body modeling and resource estimation within our own GENESIS software
- Mine engineering including optimization, design and scheduling
- Mine audits including resources, reserves, mine to plant reconciliation and technical due diligence
- Desktop studies and Technical Reports (NI 43-101, JORC and SAMREC)
- Sample selection for metallurgical tests to ensure representativity
- Training and education on themes discussed above
Expertise
1000+ Projects Completed Worldwide
SGS Geological Services is well equipped to minimize your operational and financial risks. We have provided modeling and resource estimation solutions for a wide array of commodities including:
- Gold and precious metals
- Base metals
- Iron ore
- Rare Earth Elements, Niobium, Tantalum
- Uranium
- Coal
- Industrial minerals (bauxite, barite, limestone for cement and lime, salt, sands with titanium bearing minerals etc.)
As part of the larger SGS Minerals group, we can draw upon our massive network of laboratories, metallurgists, process engineers and other professionals to help bring your mineral project to the next level.
Software
Discover GENESIS — A Powerful, Affordable Alternative
Built for geologists, engineers, and mining professionals, our SGS Genesis software provides all the essential tools to support your entire workflow — from geological interpretation to resource estimation and technical reports.
Whether you're modeling complex deposits, optimizing open pits or underground stopes, or preparing data for compliance-level reports, our solution combines power, precision, and ease of use in a cost-effective package.
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Service
Geological Modeling
An orebody modeling project starts with a critical review of geological interpretation according to existing drill hole and surface or underground data and maps. Drill hole and/or sample databases are constructed along with all the quantitative and qualitative information available to build a resource model.
Many tools have been developed in our specialized GENESIS software including implicit modelling, variable ellipsoids and "fast-mode" modelling — providing rapid and flexible solutions that give SGS Geological Services a decisive edge.
Service
Geostatistics & Resource Estimation
Accurate resource estimation by a Qualified Person (QP) is an essential part of due diligence and is the cornerstone of international reporting standards such as National Instrument 43-101 and JORC. SGS Geological Services is an experienced leader in geostatistical techniques.
Our approach uses variograms to characterize the nugget effect and inherent variability within ore domains, enabling sophisticated estimation algorithms — including kriging (simple, ordinary, lognormal or indicator) and conditional simulations.
- Retention of high-nugget samples during interpolation to minimise metal loss
- Reduce the overall error in resource and reserve estimation
- Quantification of error and probability metrics for stopes and blast blocks
Service
Mining Engineering
SGS has a team of mining engineers with an array of experience which can ensure that your mining project is fully optimized with a production schedule to maximize your returns. We have completed a multitude of pit optimizations to help evaluate the limits of economic extraction and maximize revenues.
Detailed and practical mine design for underground and open pit mines can be developed either for a producing entity or for detailed technical studies such as PEA, Prefeasibility or Feasibility studies.
Service
Technical Reports
SGS Geological Services can provide reports that meet the specific needs of the client — from Desktop Studies to full Technical Reports according to international standards such as NI 43-101 (Canada), JORC (Australia) or SAMREC (South Africa).
We have completed all levels of study from exploration reports and resource reports to Preliminary Economic Assessments (PEA), Prefeasibility and Feasibility Studies. Each successive level effectively reduces the technical and financial risk associated with the project.
Partner with SGS Geological Services
At SGS Geological Services, we have earned our leading position in the industry with our blend of professionals with practical mining and geological experience, world-renowned geostatistical knowledge, and pioneering software technology. Let us reduce your financial risks and optimize your mineral projects.