New Trimble R12i fitted to an UltraTEM-IV metal detector for unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection at the LXML Sepon mine site in Laos.
Michael Laneville, Senior Geophysicist, LXML UXO Department, said “we were clearing UXO with different types of equipment depending on soil properties.
“This placed restrictions on mining below 1.25m in some areas. UltraTEM can detect UXO up to 2.5m in a single pass in all soil types, increasing speed and accuracy. I am very proud that LXML is using cutting-edge detection technology, providing safer, more efficient, UXO clearance solutions.”
Since 1996, LXML has invested US$52 million in UXO clearance and destroyed nearly 60,000 items, of which 90% of these are UXOs. In 2021 alone, 1,368 unsafe items were destroyed and over 7 million square metres of land was cleared of UXO.
First photo is an unexploded 750 lb bomb, at a depth of 3m. Photo credit Palivath Inthavong.
