ü Geologists need to be available to do geology not data management.

ü Vital geological and analytical information worth millions of dollars already existed in reports but was in hard copy format.

ü Accuracy of all data capture is of upmost importance and a full validation process must be done.

ü Flexibility with hours was required as data management is not always a fulltime role.

ü Companies were not interested in hiring a consulting firm and paying unrealistic fees.

rOREdata pty ltd provides a complete data management service to the mining and resource industry.  Services range from the design and implementation of geological databases, to data entry of large and complex datasets.

rOREdata was established in June 2005 after the Director, Julie Shadbolt realised there wasn’t a service that specialised in geological data capture and management.  After liaising with several companies, both large multinationals and junior explorers, it was discovered that: