Judges Scientific PLC: Geotek & Multi Core Scanning Industry

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To start with Geotek's history, given that you were there for such a long time, I'm keen to know more. My understanding is that Geotek kind of pioneered Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) scanning. Could you walk me through the basics of multi-core scanning, why it is important, and how Geotek changed the market to some extent? That would be very useful.

Mining is where most core scanning marketing is done. Geotek still has competitive offerings in this space and has built on its historical functions, developing its portfolio to compete in various geoscience market sectors. Geosciences are divided into different components. You've got mining, oil and gas, geotechnics, which is sort of engineering and construction and the construction of the subsurface. And then you have research and academia who deal with all of those different components in their own special ways, and particularly in climate change and paleoclimate.

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To start with Geotek's history, given that you were there for such a long time, I'm keen to know more. My understanding is that Geotek kind of pioneered Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) scanning. Could you walk me through the basics of multi-core scanning, why it is important, and how Geotek changed the market to some extent? That would be very useful.

Geotek is unique in accessing all these markets. Geoscience is a niche market within medical, life science, and industrial sectors, but within that niche are other niches. Geotek is involved in every component, unlike other players in the market who focus on specific niches within geoscience.

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I'm curious about how core scanning was done before. You mentioned there wasn't any core scanning done before Geotek emerged. How were some of these measurements taken before core scanning technology emerged? How did Geotek change the status quo and improve operations for these mining companies?

Core scanning solves three main problems. One, it's not destructive, which most of those original sampling techniques were. Two, it enables you to take handheld technology and remove the human bias of subjective sampling or sampling bias by automating it. Three, it enables you to add multiple different techniques onto one system to collect objective or data rich data. So whenever I talk about core scanning, I mention four key reasons why people do it. The first one is that you have consistent measurements like we just spoke about. You have objective measurements because the system can only do what it says. It's a robot., at the end of the day. You've got a data rich output because you can collect hundreds of thousands of data points every meter or however you want to collect it. The fourth component of it is portability.

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