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Ideon Technologies Launches in Chile to Enhance Mining Safety and Productivity

Ideon Technologies

New Business Development Director Joins Team in Santiago

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--

Canadian subsurface intelligence leader Ideon Technologies today announced its official launch into the Chilean market, accelerating the company’s international growth and deepening its commitment to one of the world’s most strategically important mining regions.

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With a proven record of deploying innovative, field-ready solutions for the world’s largest miners, Ideon is bringing the REVEAL™ Subsurface Intelligence Platform® to Chile to tackle the industry’s toughest subsurface decisions — faster. As the world’s largest copper producer, Chile is a leader in adopting advanced technologies that can drive sharper decisions in the face of rising complexity, deeper orebodies, and unrelenting productivity demands.

Ideon has partnered with companies including Rio Tinto, Freeport McMoRan, BHP, Glencore, and Vale Base Metals on programs spanning exploration, resource characterization, geotechnical engineering, cave mining, and heap leaching. “We build solutions that unlock faster, better decisions for our customers to be able to compress resource development times, improve recovery, and provide safer working environments,” said Gary Agnew, Co-Founder and CEO at Ideon, speaking at the World Copper Conference in Santiago this month. “Chile is a global mining leader. We’re here to bring a new level of decision-grade subsurface intelligence to enable miner operators to solve the challenges that define the next decade.”

To accelerate growth and execute its go-to-market strategy in Chile and across Latin America, Ideon has appointed Manfredo Manfredi as Business Development Director. Based in Santiago, Manfredo is a senior mining technology executive with more than 25 years of experience launching, scaling, and consulting for international deep-tech companies in the region, including LithologIQ, Envirosuite, Joy Global (Komatsu), Groundprobe, and Modular Mining Systems, among others.

“Chile accounts for approximately 21% of global copper reserves and 24% of total output,” notes Manfredi. “Local mining investments are projected to exceed USD 104B by 2034, driven primarily by production expansion to meet rising global demand, it is critical that Chile leverage that investment to accelerate adoption of cutting-edge technology solutions. I look forward to supporting Ideon’s expansion in Latin America, helping mining companies scale up safely, efficiently, and sustainably.”

The Ideon REVEAL™ Platform delivers subsurface intelligence end-to-end—combining proprietary, ruggedized hardware, integrated imaging systems, and AI-powered analysis. REVEAL uses naturally occurring sub-atomic particles called muons to see deep beneath the Earth’s surface and generate high-resolution, 3D and 4D subsurface models. The platform also includes patented multi-sensor fusion capabilities that streamline data collection and integration—so teams can move from uncertainty to decisions with speed and confidence.

The following Ideon REVEAL™ applications are available for activation in Chile:

• REVEAL™ for Caving: Continuously image and track cave propagation, air gaps, and material flow in block cave operations to optimize production, reduce risk, and improve operational predictability.
• REVEAL™ for Leaching: Rapidly optimize heap leach recovery by generating high-resolution 4D (time-lapse) density models that reveal fluid distribution within the pad, enabling more precise raffinate injection and improved metal extraction.
• REVEAL™ for Resources: Enhance orebody knowledge by accurately characterizing and delineating mineralization, accelerating resource-to-reserve conversion and improving mine planning.
• REVEAL™ for Geotech: Map and monitor subsurface structures and ground conditions to detect hazards, improve stability assessments, and enable safer mine design and operations.
• REVEAL™ for Exploration: Rapidly identify and prioritize mineral targets by generating high-resolution 3D density models that reduce reliance on extensive drilling and improve discovery confidence.

Learn more (in English or Spanish) at www.ideon.ai.

About Ideon Technologies (www.ideon.ai)

Ideon Technologies uses energy from supernova explosions to see deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Ideon is the global leader in subsurface intelligence, pioneering the development and adoption of cosmic-ray muon tomography for industrial markets. By turning geophysical data into reliable, multi-dimensional subsurface models, Ideon helps geologists identify, map, characterize, and monitor geological features with confidence. This reduces the risk, cost, and time associated with traditional methods—while improving returns and minimizing environmental impact across the mining value chain. Ideon’s work is helping accelerate the world’s shift to low-impact mining and transform how companies find the critical minerals required to power the clean-energy transition—improving lives and strengthening economic prosperity.

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Media Contact: Ideon Technologies: Kim Lawrence | Email: [email protected]