SIGHTPOWER INC

SightPower: Transforming Mining Through Digital Twins and Spatial Intelligence

Founded in Ottawa, Canada, in 2010, SightPower is a privately owned technology company specializing in software and hardware solutions for the collection, management, analysis, and visualization of spatial and operational data. For more than fifteen years, the company has helped mining, infrastructure, and engineering organizations transform data into actionable intelligence through Digital Twin technologies.

At the core of SightPower's offering is DIGITAL MINE™, a proprietary digital transformation methodology developed specifically for the mining industry. DIGITAL MINE integrates historical, real-time, and planned information into a unified digital ecosystem, creating a comprehensive Digital Twin of mining operations. By combining geological models, mine plans, LiDAR scans, GIS data, CAD designs, monitoring systems, sensor networks, and production information, organizations gain a complete view of their assets, processes, and performance. This enables improved planning, risk management, operational optimization, safety enhancement, and informed decision-making.

The implementation of the DIGITAL MINE methodology is powered by MINE ADVISOR™, SightPower's platform for geological, engineering, operational, and spatial information management. MINE ADVISOR is built on the company's XGIP (Extended Geospatial Information Platform), an open framework for integrating, managing, analyzing, and visualizing large-scale spatial information. It extends XGIP with mining-specific workflows, planning tools, data models, analytics, and decision-support capabilities designed for mine operators, consultants, and engineering organizations.

A key element of the DIGITAL MINE methodology is seamless integration with existing technology investments. MINE ADVISOR connects with third-party mining, GIS, CAD, ERP, scheduling, fleet management, monitoring, and IoT systems, consolidating information from multiple sources into a shared operational environment and eliminating data silos.

The platform addresses one of the mining industry's greatest challenges: managing massive volumes of spatial information. Advanced technologies for data structuring, compression, indexing, visualization, object recognition, and 3D reconstruction enable the integration of geological, engineering, GIS, monitoring, and operational information within a single environment. Support for more than 30 spatial data formats ensures interoperability with leading industry applications.

SightPower has also developed specialized solutions based on the MINE ADVISOR platform. MS3 (Mine Shaft Scanning System) is a hardware-software, laser-based inspection and monitoring system that combines high-resolution LiDAR scanning, machine vision, AI-assisted analytics, and Digital Twin technologies to generate accurate 3D models of mine shafts and underground infrastructure. The system supports condition assessment, structural monitoring, defect detection, asset inventory management, and life-cycle analysis while reducing personnel exposure to hazardous environments.

Additional solutions include among other verticals Tunnel Pro-Vision LiDAR processing and spatial analytics for underground tunnels, Freeze Wall Modeller for simulation of ground-freezing processes associated with shaft sinking and tunnelling, and Smart City for creating urban Digital Twins that integrate surface and underground infrastructure.

Today, SightPower employs more than 30 professionals whose combined experience exceeds 300 years across mining, oil and gas, construction, and infrastructure sectors. The company's clients include De Beers, Harmony Gold, Impala Platinum, Northam Platinum, Siyanda Platinum, Nutrien, Mosaic Co, Metso, Autodesk, DMT, and Altynalmas. Through continuous innovation and deep industry expertise, SightPower helps organizations unlock the full value of their operational data and achieve safer, smarter, and more efficient operations.