Mining Geotechnical
Rock-mass characterisation, slope and excavation design, and stability analysis for open pit and underground operations.
- Open pit & underground design
- Rock mechanics & domaining
- Numerical modelling (RS2/RS3, Map3D)
Independent Geoscience Specialists · Perth & Accra
Askopite Resource Services delivers integrated geotechnical, mine water management, surveying and wireline borehole logging — optimised, value-adding solutions for the mining industry, from exploration through to closure.
Incorporated in Perth, Australia and Accra, Ghana in 2021, Askopite is an independent geoscience establishment providing specialised, end-to-end geotechnical, geological and hydrogeological services to the mining and construction industries — built on decades of multi-commodity experience across five continents.
We pair global technical pedigree with in-region delivery, working collaboratively with drill & blast, survey and water teams to turn every metre drilled into decision-ready engineering intelligence.
Multidisciplinary expertise delivered as one connected service — not siloed offerings.
Rock-mass characterisation, slope and excavation design, and stability analysis for open pit and underground operations.
Numerical groundwater modelling and integrated water-balance studies for mining, environment and energy.
Our own ALT probe fleet, run and interpreted by our own engineers: oriented, in-situ borehole data for mining, exploration and infrastructure clients.
A dedicated geomatics team delivering mine, engineering and bathymetric / aerial survey services.
Risk-based geotechnical and hydrogeological support for closure structures across the mining cycle.
Monitoring programs designed, installed and reviewed by one team, plus on-site operational support. Authorised Geobotica dealer.
Field programs, target generation and end-to-end coordination of logistics, expenditure and reporting.
Tailored mentoring and training for site geotechnical engineers — from core logging to software.
Target generation, drilling programs, data acquisition & resource definition.
Scoping to feasibility, rock-mass characterisation, slope & excavation design.
On-site support, instrumentation, monitoring, surveying & technical audits.
Risk-based closure planning, landform stability & long-term monitoring.
Select a discipline to explore what our team delivers.
Our own ALT probe fleet, owned and operated by Askopite in-country, run and interpreted by the same engineers who design with the data. The only West-African provider that both logs the hole and designs with it.
Broken ground, core loss and failed orientations are exactly where the rock mass matters most. Televiewer and geophysical logging recover oriented, continuous, in-situ data from those intervals, and from open and percussion (RC) holes where there is no core at all.
One pass down the hole feeds resource geology, slope design and ground control. Every image log is processed in WellCAD and calibrated against core.
We don't sell probes.
We deliver answers.
Our own ALT probes, run by Askopite crews in diamond, RC and open holes.
Oriented 360° ATV / OTV images, FWS and gamma, processed in WellCAD.
Dip / dip-direction picks, structure sets, stereonets, RQD, RMR, Q and GSI inputs.
Slope design, ground control, resource and 3D fault models, foundation design.
360° oriented amplitude & travel-time imaging: structure, breakout, acoustic caliper and casing inspection in fluid-filled holes.
True-colour 360° borehole image: lithology, mineralogy and structure in dry or clear-water holes.
P- and S-wave velocities for in-situ dynamic elastic properties (Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio): rock-mass strength, rippability, blast and foundation design, plus a fracture / permeability indication.
Total-count natural gamma for lithology, clay content and reliable hole-to-hole correlation.
Mining, exploration and infrastructure clients, including geotechnical site investigations, served in-country from our Accra office.
Structural picks, RQD, RMR, Q & GSI inputs, structure sets, stereonets and 3D fault models, delivered straight into your mine-planning workflow.
Industry-standard ALT / Mount Sopris probes and WellCAD processing, with Askopite's own engineers in the field and on the interpretation.
Our dedicated survey team provides geomatic engineering services to clients across mining, infrastructure and the environment — from routine mine-map updates to bathymetric and aerial surveys.
Askopite Resource Services is an independent, end-to-end geoscience consultancy serving the mining and construction industries across West Africa and Australia. Our team is drawn from major mining operators and consultancies, with decades of experience across multiple commodities and geological settings.
We design and implement monitoring programs for open pit and underground operations, including telemetry to off-site, then stay on to inspect, review the data and communicate hazard and risk.
Authorised Geobotica dealerGeobotica, Brisbane, Australia
For underground and open-pit mines, slopes, tailings dams, landslides and infrastructure. Built-in WiFi with an offline mode for local alarms, and RockDetect filtering that ignores non-rock movement such as people and machinery to cut false alarms.
Heatmaps, 3D views, velocity analysis and automated alerts, connected over WiFi, 4G or Starlink.
Millimetre-scale surface-change and volume monitoring, streamed to the cloud.
One sensor, four ways to set it up.
A compact, quick-set mount, shown here underground, where the IP68-rated NanoRadar watches the backs and walls.
Mounts on a standard survey tripod for scanning slopes and faces in the open.
A simple post mount for a fixed monitoring position.
Solar-powered housing for stand-alone deployments away from site power.
One team, end to end. Monitoring designed, installed and reviewed by the same engineers, with telemetry to off-site and periodic inspections.
Headquartered in Accra with an office in Perth, and field programs in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire.
Askopite operates under the following insurances (AUD). Certificates can be furnished upon request, and our teams are trained to the highest HSEC standards.
Share a target hole, a programme or a project, and we'll return a tailored plan.