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The geoscience community
are using XRFs

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quite simply to save time and money,

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getting that result in the field,

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being able to make a decision.

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Over the past few years

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we’ve seen the uptake of

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portable x ray fluorescence analyzers

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in lab and downstream applications.

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Companies have realized

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that this technology
is fast, reliable,

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and very cost effective.

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A mine geologist is making

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multi-million dollar
decisions everyday.

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He needs the most accurate,

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the most precise instrument
that he can buy.

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Portable XRF for
geosciences.

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Having worked in a
mining environment

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on a drill rig before,

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dusty, dirty, oily,
terrible conditions,

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very hazardous for people
and for equipment.

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Having the Vanta being
able to be dropped

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from a four foot height
and still survive

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is a great feature.

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The Delta was already

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the most rugged analyzer
on the market

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and the Vanta just takes ruggedness

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to a really new level.

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Downtime can mean hundreds
of thousands of dollars

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or a week or two without an analyzer.

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By making it more rugged

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and preventing the number of times

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that you are going to
have a service event

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either through
the analyzer being dropped

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and having to send it in,

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or through a detector puncture,

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or dust ingress or water ingress

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really means that over time

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you are going to reduce
the overall cost of ownership

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from eliminating

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or minimizing those service events.

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An analyzer that’s IP 64 65 rated,

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that’s drop tested to
U.S. military standards,

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that has a shutter protector,

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all these features I want to have

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as a geo standing next to a rig.

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What we’ve done with this analyzer

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is really re-imagined how
hand held XRF is designed.

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So it’s not just an improvement

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on an older model,

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it’s a totally re-imagined design.

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We did that with feedback
from the customer,

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especially in the mining industry.

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We showed the Vanta
at a conference recently

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and the feedback from our customers

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about the modernization
of our user interface

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with the Linux operating system,

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the smart phone swipe features,

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the accuracy of the instrument,

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and the speed with which we were

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getting results was amazing.

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The feedback we are
getting from customers

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on wifi is excellent,

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being able to download
your data really fast

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and then send it
into your own database.

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You can just easily connect
to your wifi network

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and quickly tap the screen
to update the software.

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You can have someone remotely log in

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and help you assess what’s going on

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with your analyzer.

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So to move our instrument
onto that platform

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just makes it a lot more modern

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and that should reduce the
amount of training time

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that is needed to train
operators on this instrument.

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Having the Vanta with
it’s new Axon technology,

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with faster testing times,

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more precise and
accurate measurements,

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an operator will be able
to get through more tests,

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more times during the day,

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leading to greater productivity
and cost savings.

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We’ve seen a lot of work
in the laboratory of late,

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and I think that’s somewhere
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will really excel with
the Axon technology.

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The greater stability, precision,

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accuracy that that’s going to give us

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will largely eliminate any variability

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between analyzers that are

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coming out of our factory.

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The fleet management
aspect of the analyzer

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is really interesting in that
you can set up

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all your analyzers
to be exactly the same.

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For customers to be able to say

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this instrument is performing
the same today

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as it will in six months,

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as it will in twelve months,

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and their second instrument,

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their third instrument,
and their fourth instrument

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perform in exactly the same way.

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Now with the on-board GPS,

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and the ability to pinpoint
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exactly in the mine,

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we can now really sell to customers

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the ability to map blast holes.

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We’ve got customers
in northern Finland

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trying to operate in
sub-zero temperatures

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and we’ve got customers in
the Pilbara in iron ore mines

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operating up near our
new limit, 50 degrees C.

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So in these hot,
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the operator has the confidence

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that the Vanta will be
able to remain stable,

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accurate and precise
throughout the day.

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As a geologist I need to know

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when the stratigraphy changes.

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I need to know if
copper is going to go

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above an anomalous concentration

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so I can instruct the rig
to keep going, to stop.

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Our focus has been
supplying an analyzer

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to a mine geologist

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who is making multi-million
dollar decisions.

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We need to get that person
the most accurate,

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the most precise analyzer so that

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every single decision
he makes he can rely on.

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Because the Vanta is faster,

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more reliable and more accurate,

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these labs will now be able

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to provide their customers
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a greater return on investment.

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I’ve worked in portable XRF

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in the mining and
mineral exploration field

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for the last fifteen years.

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The wish list is simple –

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it’s ruggedness,
it’s reliability,

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it’s accuracy, precision,

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and configurability flexibility

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and I truly believe
we have achieved this

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at Olympus with the Vanta.