The Gold Sniffer
Jim Kendall, Ph.D., P.Eng.
President
Kendall Technology Inc.
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The Gold Sniffer
 The Gold Sniffer is a portable optical gold detector
 For use in the field for exploration and mining
 Currently no device can do this function
 Detects the unique colour of gold
 Can detect micron sized gold particles
 Provides gold analysis on-site in minutes
 Presently days to weeks to use an assay lab and
scanning electron microscope
 Makes mining and exploration more profitable
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The Gold Sniffer
 Gold Sniffer uses Canon 70D camera, MP-E 65 lens,
custom LED flash and proprietary gold detection
software
 Useful in a core shack for drill core analysis
 Can be used in the field and in mines
 Gold Sniffer on sale April 2015 for $55,000 Cdn
 Gold Sniffer being developed by Kendall Technology
in collaboration with Conestoga College and
Laurentian University, with support from several major
Canadian gold mining companies
 For more information see www.goldsniffer.com
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The Unique Optical Properties of Gold
 Gold (Au) has a unique colour
 Colour of electrum Gold - Silver (Ag) also unique
 Detect both using colour at micron dimensions
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The Problem
Gold Mineral Exploration
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Gold Mineral Exploration
 Picture of exploration camp Jim Kendall built and
operated camp as CEO
 Located in NW Ontario
 Operating cost $100-200k / month
 Gold Sniffer’s gold analysis on-site in minutes can
save weeks to months of exploration
 Saves $100k’s in exploration costs
 Find gold deposits faster and less expensively
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Mineral Exploration Savings
 At $100k per month, exploration cost is $3,300 / day
 Gold Sniffer does on-site gold analysis in minutes
 Geologists can make better exploration decisions
 If 17 days are saved then Gold Sniffer at $55,000
pays for itself
 Gold Sniffer can screen assay samples for no gold
 If 50% of assays have no gold at 2000 assays per
year then Gold Sniffer saves $25,000 per year
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The Problem: Gold Mining
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Gold Mining
 Picture of mining face in a gold mine
 Gold Sniffer can provide gold grades at the face
 Miners know what is there before they blast
 Leads to more efficient mining and ore processing
 More profitable gold mining
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Gold Mining Savings
 Gold Sniffer can be used by mine geologist to
measure gold grades across the mining face
 Information used for disposition of ore to crusher for
high grade, run of mine heap leach for low grade, or
waste pile
 In open pit mine a bench can be blasted and divided
into sections for more accurate disposition
 With a 1% improvement in gold recovery for a
100,000 ounce per year mine at $1200 / ounce
break even time for Gold Sniffer is 17 days
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The Problem: Seeing
Gold Particles
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Seeing Gold Particles
 Picture is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
 Used to observe gold particles
 SEM is $1.5 million and can only be used in a lab
 Gold Sniffer observes micron sized gold particles
 Gold Sniffer takes SEM-like capability into the field
 Unpolished drill core optically best for Gold Sniffer
and this is the primary application
 Reason is that gold particles reflect light like
mirrors while rough surface scatters light
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Gold particles (5–50um) on pyrite from unpolished core:
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Gold Sniffer vs. SEM
 Gold Sniffer detects gold particles similar in size,
shape and location to those detected by the
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
 Gold Sniffer moves the analytical power of the
SEM into the field for exploration and mining
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Gold in Quartz
The Gold Sniffer detects the surface features of a gold
particle in quartz measuring 74 um wide x 81 um high with
micron resolution of detail (gold shown as magenta).
Sample was cut by a diamond saw and is unpolished.
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Intellectual Property
Kendall Technology Inc. owns the following granted IP:
– Canadian Patent 2,746,605 J.D. Kendall, “Method and
Apparatus for Gold Detection”, Oct. 9, 2012.
– US Patent 8,416,418, J.D. Kendall, “Method and
Apparatus for Gold Detection”, April 9, 2013.
– PCT Application WO/2013/006955, J.D. Kendall, J.H. Cole,
A.J. Bucek, “Method and Apparatus for Gold Detection”.
– Canadian Trademark 1,541,436 “Gold Sniffer”
– Australian and South African Trademarks “Gold Sniffer”
The following IP is pending:
– Canadian, US, Australian, South African and European
patents derived from PCT application
– US Trademark “Gold Sniffer”
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Summary
 Gold Sniffer makes exploration faster and more
efficient
 Provides more gold analysis data to increase
operational mining efficiency
 Makes mining and exploration more profitable
 For more information see www.goldsniffer.com
 For sales inquiries contact [email protected]
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