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Barrick Gold Corporation

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Barrick Gold is implementing FlexiCadastre as its global land management solution.  It is currently being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.  >>
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Spatial Dimension has successfully completed of hundreds of projects for clients such as the World Bank, United Nations, European Development Fund, Nordic Development Fund, government agencies and private sector companies around the world.

Spatial Dimension has the capacity and experience to undertake projects ranging from short term consultancy projects to multi-year turnkey integrated spatial information system implementations.

Below are summaries of some of our the recent projects. Detailed project summaries and references are available on request from info@spatialdimension.com.

  Angola
 
Name GIS Implementation
Client Angolan Ministry of Geology and Mines
Funder BHP Petroleum
Date 1998 - 2001
Sector Mineral Resource Management
Partners BHP Engineering, Australia

BHP Petroleum provided funding to undertake a GIS Implementation within the Ministry of Geology and Mines. This included an User Requirements Analysis, Infrastructure Development, Institutional Development, System Development and Capacity Building and Training.

  Angola
 
Name GIS Implementation
Client ENDIAMA
Funder Internal
Date 1999 - 2001
Sector Mineral Resource Management
Partners  

ENDIAMA contracted Spatial Dimension to undertake a user requirements analysis of their GIS needs. A GIS system was then established using ESRI products, a Mining Cadastre System and a Mineral Information System were developed, work flow procedures implemented and extensive training and support provided.

  Argentina
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Australia
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Placer Dome
Funder Internal
Date 2005
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Placer Dome contracted Spatial Dimension to implement a pilot Global Land Information System based on its FlexiCadastre Mineral Rights Solution and Placer Dome's Western Australian operations.

  Canada
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Chile
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Columbia
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Democratic Republic of Congo
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Democratic Republic of Congo’s Cadastre Minier (CAMI)
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Cadastre Minier (CAMI) contracted Spatial Dimension to replace their existing Mining Cadastre System with a modern and scalable solution based on the FlexiCadastre mineral rights platform.

  Ecuador
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Egypt
 
Name Implementation a Field GIS Application
Client Egyptian Survey Authority
Funder Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Date 2004
Sector Land Management
Partners Scan Agri (Finland)

The Egyptian Survey Authority (ESA) identified the need to develop an application to assist people making requests to purchase land parcels. A system was developed using a combination of field GIS software and GPS units along with digital parcel maps and orthophotograph’s to enable officers to locate their position and to see the appropriate parcel maps and orthophotos in real time.

  Ghana
 
Name Mineral Sector Support Program
Client Ghanaian Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Funder European Development Fund (EDF)
Date 2005 - ongoing
Sector Environmental Management
Partners Swedish Geological

Swedish Geological is the lead firm of the consortium consisting of 4 companies, which has been commissioned to undertake a National EIA and SEA study of the mining sector in Ghana. Spatial Dimension is contracted to design, develop and implement a GIS link to the Environmental Management database.

  Greenland
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum
Funder Internal
Date 2006 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

The Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum contracted Spatial Dimension to implement FlexiCadastre to manage both the Mineral and Hydrocarbon sectors in the country.

  Mozambique
 
Name Environmental Management System
Client Mozambique Ministry of Mineral Resources
Funder World Bank
Date 2006
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Spatial Dimension was contracted by the Work Bank to develop an Environmental Management and Information System (EMIS) for the Ministry of Mineral Resources in Mozambique.

  Mozambique
 
Name New Mining Cadastre System
Client Mozambique Ministry of Mineral Resources
Funder World Bank
Date 2003 - 2005
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners Swedish Geological

Spatial Dimension and Swedish Geological implemented a new Mining Cadastre System within the Ministry of Mineral Resources. The project was funded by the Word Bank as part of the Mozambican Mineral Resource Management Capacity Building Project. Spatial Dimension migrated its Mining Cadastre System, FlexiCadastre, to the .NET software platform to allow for the full benefits of recent advances in intranet technology. Both Web forms (ASP.NET) and Windows forms (VB.NET with ArcObjects) have been used in this implementation of FlexiCadastre.

  Papua New Guinea
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Papua New Guinea
 
Name Promotion of PNG's Mineral Sector
Client Mineral Resource Authority of Papua New Guinea
Funder European Development Fund
Date 2007-2012
Sector Mineral Sector Development
Partners Swedish Geological and the Raw Materials Group

Spatial Dimension, together with partners Swedish Geological and the Raw Materials Group, are engaged in a five year European Development Fund tender to support the Mineral Resource Authority in Papua New Guinea. The specific objective of this project is to promote PNG's mineral sector to international investors.

  Peru
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Saudi Arabia
 
Name Tourism GIS Evaluation
Client Saudi Arabia Supreme Commission for Tourism
Funder Internal
Date 2005
Sector Tourism
Partners Al- Moammar Information Systems (Saudi Arabia)

The Saudi Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) identified the need to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to enhance their current systems by developing a tourism information system geared towards delivering and distributing relevant tourism data. The technology, resources, data standards and maintenance procedures were established to facilitate the efficient integration and distributing of information.

  Somalia
 
Name Urban Settlements Governance and Management Programme
Client Hargeisa Town Council, Somalia
Funder United Nations
Date 2004
Sector Land Management
Partners Soil and Water (Finland) & Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (Kenya)

Spatial Dimension developed an integrated land management solution for the Urban Settlements Governance and Management Programme in Somalia. The application integrates both desktop and mobile GIS systems with Quickbird satellite imagery and robust data capture, validation and integration tools for the collection and management of property data.

  South Africa
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Anglo Coal
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Anglo Coal has contracted Spatial Dimension to implement the FlexiCadastre mineral rights management solution within Anglo Coal's South African operations.

  South Africa
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Department of Minerals and Energy (DME), South Africa
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) has contracted Spatial Dimension to implement the FlexiCadastre mineral rights management solution within its Hydrocarbons Chief Directorate.  FlexiCadastre will be used to manage petroleum licences in terms of the Petroleum Products Amendment Act, 2003 (Act 58 of 2003).

  South Africa
 
Name Alexkor Information Management System
Client Alexkor Mining Company
Funder Internal
Date 2002 - current
Sector Mineral Resource Management
Partners Mineral Services

Alexkor outsourced its Mineral Resource Department, GIS Department and Marine Contractor Management to Mineral Services and Spatial Dimension. Spatial Dimension developed the Alexkor Information Management System (AIMS) to manage all information relating to the company's technical data, sub-contractor information, land and marine operations, production and environmental information. The system provides Management with a real-time 360° view of its operations.

  South Africa
 
Name Environmental Change Detection
Client AngloGold Ashanti
Funder Internal
Date 2005
Sector Environmental
Partners  

AngloGold Ashanti contracted Spatial Dimension to undertake an environmental change detection study over some of its operational mine sites.  Using remote sensing techniques the nature and degree of change in vegetation, land cover and seepage zones over time was undertaken using time series satellite data.

  South Africa
 
Name Central Contracts Register
Client BHP Billition
Funder Internal
Date 2002
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners Computer Sciences Corporation

The new Mining Rights Information System (MRIS) and its associated Central Contracts Register (CCR) was designed to be more user friendly than the previous system and is based on the latest technology and is linked to BHPBilliton’s Geographic Information System (GIS). The new system enhances corporate governance and creates a one-stop-shop for employees across the globe to access group contracts via the intranet. The system is accessible to all BHPBilliton offices worldwide.

  South Africa
 
Name Traffic Intersection Management System
Client City of Cape Town
Funder Internal
Date 2001
Sector Transport
Partners  

The Transportation and Traffic Directorate of the City of Cape Town identified the need to develop a Traffic Intersection Management System (TIMS) to streamline their business practices. Spatial Dimension was contracted to design, develop and implement efficient field data capture routines and workflows and an integrated web-based data dissemination and management tool.

  South Africa
 
Name ATLAS Document Management System
Client Energy Africa
Funder Internal
Date 2003
Sector Oil and Gas
Partners  

ATLAS is an advanced data & document management system designed specifically for the petroleum industry. The application provides an easy way to capture, maintain & search metadata, to find data & documents of interest. Users are able to save their searches, and build collections of regularly used documents.

  South Africa
 
Name Biodiversity Information Management System
Client South African National Biodiversity Institute
Funder Internal
Date 2005
Sector Environmental
Partners  

The South African National Botanical Institute awarded Spatial Dimension a contract to analyse the existing biodiversity information systems within South Africa and to implement an integrated and centralised data management system. Spatial Dimension has subsequently developed SIBIS focusing on building an easy to use, web-based interface allowing authorised personnel to view, add, update, map and report on data directly from a central server running SQL Server, ArcSDE and ArcIMS. The system was developed in ASP.NET.

  South Africa
 
Name DOX Document Management System
Client Peace Parks Foundation
Funder Internal
Date 2004
Sector Environmental
Partners  

The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) uses a property acquisition register for land bought. This data existed in Microsoft Excel tables and had no spatial component. A requirement was identified to spatially enable the existing data to allow for more effective property. The critical project output was to distribute data, spatial and non-spatial, through a single web front-end connected to a centralised database. ESRI’s ArcIMS was chosen for the mapping component and SQL Server, in combination with ArcSDE, for the backend database.

  South Africa
 
Name Intranet Based Information Management System
Client Saldanaha Bay Municipality
Funder Internal
Date 2000 - current
Sector Land Management
Partners  

Spatial Dimension assisted Saldanha Bay Municipality convert from a CAD to a GIS based infomation system. The project involved specific GIS training courses, application development and GIS support. A number of database design and development projects were undertaken to optimise workflows within the Council.

  Tanzania
 
Name New Mining Cadastral Information Management System
Client Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals
Funder World Bank
Date 2005 - 2007
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners Swedish Geological, Swede Survey & InfoBridge

As part of the Tanzanian Mineral Sector Development Technical Assistance Project (MSDP), the Nordic Development Fund awarded a consortium made up of Swedish Geological, Spatial Dimension, Swede Survey and InfoBidge a contract to establish a new Mining Cadastral Information Management System (MCIMS) in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania.  Spatial Dimension's FlexiCadastre product is being used to provide real-time access to the centralised database in Dar es Salaam from the 21 Zonal and Resident Mines Offices spread throughout the county.

  Tanzania
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  United Kingdom
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Rio Tinto Exploration
Funder Internal
Date 2007 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Rio Tinto Exploration has contracted Spatial Dimension to implement the FlexiCadastre mineral rights management solution within its Africa & Europe Region.

  United States
 
Name FlexiCadastre Implementation
Client Barrick Gold Corporation
Funder Internal
Date 2006 - 2008
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners  

Barrick Gold Corporation is using FlexiCadastre as the platform for its global Barrick Land Information Systems (BLIS) roll-out. FlexiCadastre is being deployed into Barrick's North American, South American, African and Australasian Regions.

  Zambia
 
Name New Mining Cadastre System
Client Zambian Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development (MMMD)
Funder European Development Fund
Date 2006 - 2007
Sector Mineral Rights Management
Partners Swedish Geological

Spatial Dimension and Swedish Geological have been engaged by the European Development Fund to implement a new Mining Cadastre System based on Spatial Dimension's successful FlexiCadastre product.  The initial phase of this project will enable all head-office staff to have real-time access to relevant data although the system has been designed to allow staff in the regional offices to access the centralized information.

  Zambia
 
Name Geospatial Land Use Application
Client Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines - IH
Funder European Development Fund
Date 2004
Sector Mineral Resource Management
Partners Swedish Geological & SWECO

Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) identified the need to develop a system to monitor and report on status and impacts of their mining assets and affected settlements using high resolution satellite imagery. Spatial Dimension developed a system to monitor a range of issues, such as: (i) the extent and growth of existing and new tailings deposits, as well as their progressive rehabilitation; (ii) progressive erosion of tailings facilities and other assets; (iii) the possible silting up of rivers and dams; (iv) the possible loss of farming land and (v) the possible destruction of forest cover within the newly privatised mining areas.

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