Autonomous Drone Platform for Mining Safety and Operational Excellence

Deploy automated drone inspections of equipment, conveyors, haul roads, and blast zones—reducing costly downtime through preventive maintenance while enabling continuous operational oversight.

Schedule Demo

A large open-pit mine with multiple terraced levels and mining trucks driving along the winding road.

Transform mine safety from reactive response to continuous oversight

Emergency repairs to planned maintenance

Continuous equipment monitoring enables condition-based maintenance scheduling, reducing spare parts inventory while preventing production-stopping failures.

Ground surveys to aerial intelligence

Automated missions capture comprehensive site data without mobilizing survey crews, eliminating production disruptions and accelerating decision-making.

After-hours vulnerability to continuous protection

Nightly perimeter patrols with thermal detection identify intrusions and equipment theft attempts, protecting high-value assets without additional security personnel.

Slow clearances to rapid verification

Post-blast hazard assessment happens immediately after all-clear, identifying misfires and unstable ground before personnel re-entry and production resumption.

FlytBase drone control interface showing close-up of a power line tower on the left and a map with drone location on the right.

FlytBase drone interface showing a mining site inspection with live video feed of mining trucks and an aerial map route of the drone's flight path.

FlytBase drone operation interface showing thermal and aerial views of a mining site with an unauthorized vehicle detected and flight mission details.

Mining site with aerial drone inspection on the left showing workers and rock excavation, and a top-down map on the right displaying drone flight path over a quarry.

Large mining excavator loading earth into a heavy dump truck in an open-pit mine.

Equipment and asset inspections

Automated inspection missions capture high-resolution imagery of conveyors, crushers, haul trucks, and excavators detecting wear and failures.

Large open-pit mine with excavators, drilling machines, and mining trucks amid dust and rock debris.

Pre-blast and post-blast operations

Systematic aerial surveys identify hazards from safe distances before personnel re-entry, accelerating clearance while maintaining safety standards.

Aerial view of a large open-pit mine with terraced roads and heavy mining machinery operating on multiple levels.

Active pit and haul road monitoring

Continuous aerial oversight of work zones identifies equipment proximity issues and developing hazards before incidents occur.

Aerial view of an open-pit mine with terraced excavation levels, multiple yellow dump trucks, excavators, and a large conical pile of mined material.

Stockpile volume measurement

Automated photogrammetry missions generate accurate volume calculations without survey crew mobilization or production disruption eliminating traditional surveying delays.

Aerial thermal image of an open-pit mine showing terraced excavation levels, mining trucks, and water bodies adjacent to the site.

Tailings facility monitoring

Scheduled flights with thermal imaging detect seepage patterns and structural anomalies enabling proactive maintenance before escalation.

Open-pit mine with heavy machinery, including dump trucks and excavators, and power transmission towers on dirt roads.

Infrastructure condition inspection

Regular aerial missions inspect power lines, pipelines, roads, and remote facilities documenting maintenance needs with comprehensive visual records.

Open-pit mining site with construction equipment and two workers standing near a white pickup truck beside a dirt road.

Emergency response coordination

On-demand aerial dispatch provides incident commanders with immediate situational awareness to assess hazards before committing responders.

Thermal image of an open-pit mine showing excavation vehicles, equipment, and workers emitting heat.

Perimeter security and theft prevention

Automated nightly patrols detect unauthorized vehicles, equipment tampering, copper theft, and fuel pilferage protecting high-value assets at remote sites.