News
Febuary 23, 2022
Sisprobe Completes Data Acquisition Phase of ANSWT Survey at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility
Sisprobe SAS and their subcontractor, SAExploration, has finished field work for an ANSWT imaging survey for NASA and Navarro Research and Engineering at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The goal of the survey is to map the top of volcanic basement buried beneath 30m to 700m of alluvium and to image faulting within the basement. Sisprobe deployed about 400 three-component seismometers (nodes) for a month to collect ambient seismic noise which is used to produce a velocity/structure model of the subsurface. The ANSWT method was pioneered by the founders of Sisprobe and is an environmentally friendly, low-impact method of mapping the subsurface in many types of geological settings.
January 31, 2022
Sisprobe, in partnership with Geolinks, is currently processing a slope stability passive seismic monitoring project at the Diamond mine of Jwaneng (Botswana) as a proof of concept for future early warning systems. 20 stations were deployed on the slope of the pit. This is a very exciting project made possible by Deswana and Cowburn.
November 30, 2021
Sisprobe installed 6 permanent seismic stations at the “Point A” ore transit site. Recorded data is now being sent continuously to Sisprobe’s servers.
The system will continuously monitor the operation of this important part of the mine.
November 15, 2021
Sisprobe, the global pioneer in ambient noise-based seismic monitoring and imaging, joins the Egis group
Egis acquires the start-up Sisprobe, the world leader in seismic exploration and monitoring based on the acquisition and processing of ambient seismic noise. With offices in France, the USA and Australia, Sisprobe enhances Egis’s offering in the geotechnical services field. This new acquisition is part of the Egis group’s strategic plan – Impact the Future – which aims to make Egis one of the world leaders in construction engineering.
Sisprobe is the only company in the world focused on ambient seismic noise processing for industrial applications, using algorithms and unique know-how resulting from 20 years of research conducted at the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre) at Grenoble Alpes University, France.
Sisprobe, technical prowess deployed for subsurface imaging and site monitoring
Unlike active seismic imaging, which uses an artificial source such as Vibroseisã trucks or explosives, the innovative passive seismic imaging techniques employed by Sisprobe harness ambient seismic noise, i.e., waves generated by natural sources (wind, sea swell, etc.) or human sources (urban or industrial noises). This technique produces high-resolution images of the sub-surface, in an easy, cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner.
Head-quartered on the University campus, Sisprobe’s mixed team of engineers/doctors and world-renowned researchers pursue the development of innovative solutions for the conception of seismic studies, data acquisition, data processing and interpretation, all applied to renewable energy (geothermal resources), geotechnical engineering, and mineral and hydrocarbon exploration.
Sisprobe provides its services worldwide, chiefly in France, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada and Australia. It works in a wide range of industries such as petroleum, mining, geothermal, geo-engineering, water resources, and geo-hazards
With Sisprobe, Egis consolidates its offering in geotechnical and geodynamic expertise, opening up new avenues to innovative structure-monitoring methods. Geotechnical engineering, which encompasses an array of specialities, is one of the Egis group’s standout activities, deployed in many major projects.
“We are well-acquainted with the experts at Sisprobe who are joining us. On many occasions, we have been fortunate enough to benefit from their technical prowess on key projects with industrial clients or safety authorities. The acquisition of Sisprobe is a genuine opportunity for Egis to offer our clients innovative solutions to meet installations safety requirements, or to acquire crucial data for the development of certain mining or geothermal energy projects. This technology reinforces our synergies and development on the overseas market, most notably in the United States, a lever for our Group’s Impact the Future strategy.”
Luc Boutonnier, director of geotechnical operations at Egis
“We are delighted to be joining Egis, a group with renowned technical excellence, and contributing our unique skills to a wide range of projects for Egis customers’ wordwide.”
Nicholas Arndt, President of Sisprobe
With nearly 10 acquisitions completed since the beginning of the year in the areas of railways, buildings, nuclear power, mobility and digital technology, Egis continues to pursue its growth ambitions and consolidate its position as a leading player in engineering in France and abroad.
October 14, 2021
July 19, 2021
Where is Sisprobe working ?
June 29, 2021
Sisprobe is happy to announce that abstracts about the capacity of the Ambient Noise Surface Wave Tomography for cover mapping were accepted for both EAGE 2021 (Amsterdam) and SEG 2021 (Denver). We look forward to see you there for great discussions!
April 22, 2021
Sisprobe has purchased 72 new Smart Solo 3C nodes. We now have a total of 271 which we use for our projects – most are now on their way to Canada, then on to Australia. When not in use, they are available for rent
April 6, 2021
Passive seismic helped map a ~450 m-deep sediment-filled canyon in the Rhone Valley. The Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Security (IRSN) commissioned this ambient noise surface wave Tomography (ANSWT) survey to better understand the seismic hazard around key infrastructures located in the area. The 400-sensor survey covered a 10 x 10 km rural area and was conducted by Sisprobe, in collaboration with EGIS.
March 4, 2021
PDCA 2021 – Sisprobe virtual Booth
Sisprobe will be present, in spirit if not in person, at PDAC 2021. By visiting our virtual booth using the link below, you will learn about our latest exciting activities using passive seismic for cover mapping, monitoring of tailings facilities, and exploring water resources and natural hydrogen.
Febuary 16, 2021
Last week, Charles Beard a Sisprobe postdoc gave a very successful talk about developing passive seismic techniques for environmentally friendly and cost-efficient mineral exploration
January 25, 2021
Sisprobe is extremely proud and honoured to have won the Eramet-EIT Monitoring Challenge. We look forward to interacting with Eramet to realise the exciting projects we developed with the valuable assistance of our Eramet mentors, Denis Richard and Marie-France Meschi-Daniel. We spare a thought for the other two finalists, Markus Häupl of abaut GmbH and Marc Banaszak of Mecorad who gave excellent presentations describing their interesting and innovative projects. It is a great pity we could not all have won.
March 4, 2021
PDAC 2021 – Sisprobe virtual booth
Sisprobe will be present, in spirit if not in person, at PDAC 2021. By visiting our virtual booth using the link below, you will learn about our latest exciting activities using passive seismic for cover mapping, monitoring of tailings facilities, and exploring water resources and natural hydrogen.
January 25, 2021
Sisprobe is extremely proud and honoured to have won the Eramet-EIT Monitoring Challenge. We look forward to interacting with Eramet to realise the exciting projects we developed with the valuable assistance of our Eramet mentors, Denis Richard and Marie-France Meschi-Daniel. We spare a thought for the other two finalists, Markus Häupl of abaut GmbH and Marc Banaszak of Mecorad who gave excellent presentations describing their interesting and innovative projects. It is a great pity we could not all have won.
December 8, 2020
RenovRisk Erosion
Sisprobe is proud to have participated in this great project by renting its nodes to the BRGMs.
November 24, 2020
Mineral Exploration
Sisprobe is happy to release an updated capability statement for passive seismic surveys for mineral exploration. Please contact us for a free proposal – let us help you to better understand the regional geology of your exploration site.
November 10, 2020
Sisprobe attended the SEG 2020, that was held online between the 11th and 16th of October. We had a great success and plenty of questions about imaging the geological structures in a copper-deposit area in Canada. In the meantime, new geophysical information from our partner Generation Mining confirmed this great result and work is still ongoing.
November 3, 2020
Rio Tinto’s Boron Mine
Sisprobe has set up a seismic network at Rio Tinto’s Boron Mine in California to monitor ground motion cause by mine operations and regional earthquakes. The Boron mine is approximately 100km from the epicenters of the 2019 Ridgecrest M6.4 and M7.1 earthquakes. Shown is one of the seismic monitoring stations that provides real-time monitoring, event alert, and ground motion analysis
October 28, 2020
Using drilling as a seismic noise source
Sisprobe has shipped 100 nodes to a location near Freiberg in Germany where the Canadian compagny Excellon Resources Inc. (NYSE: EXN, TSX: EXN) is conducting exploration drilling for silver ore deposits. We will record noise emitted from the drill bit and assess whether this provides a useful source of high-frequency noise for near-borehole seismic imaging. The project will be conducted in conjunction with the PACIFIC and INFACT Horizon 2020 projects.
October 22, 2020
A video tour of the Marathon PGE-Cu deposit
In the PACIFIC project, Sisprobe did a passive seismic survey of the Marathon PGE-Cu deposit, Ontario, Canada. Seismic velocity models help to define the geometry of the gabbroic intrusions that host the mineralisation and represent an economical and environmentally friendly exploration technique.