Heap Leach Pad Surface Moisture Monitoring Using Drone-Based Aerial Images and Convolutional Neural Networks: A Case Study at the El Gallo Mine, Mexico

An efficient metal recovery in heap leach operations relies on uniform distribution of leaching reagent solution over the heap leach pad surface. However, the current practices for heap leach pad (HLP) surface moisture monitoring often rely on manual inspection, which is labor-intensive, time-consum...

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Main Authors: Mingliang Tang, Kamran Esmaeili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/8/1420