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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, with our own backpack drill.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
LAS, DXF, SHP and PDF are standard.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
The claim is forfeited by law. If the ground is still open, we can restake it. (Claim staking)
Through August 31. We pay the fees the day your payment clears our account, so earlier is safer.
It covers the federal requirement. Some states also require a yearly filing with the county.
Our fee, plus the BLM and any county fees. For more information, give us a call or fill out our form.
Yes. Our backpack drill takes hard-rock core in remote places a rig can't reach.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
Yes, once we complete the additional MSHA training the site requires.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
Yes. We prepare the reclamation cost estimate and the bond paperwork, and we can post the bond for you if we manage your project.
Yes, alongside the federal ones.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
A landman finds out who owns land and mineral rights and negotiates the agreements to use them.
Yes. In the eastern states we handle prospecting permits and mineral lease agreements.
Then we negotiate a mineral lease agreement and a surface use agreement directly with the landowner.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
We do. Collection, processing and interpretation are all done in house.
Yes. We run EM surveys on foot with a Geophex GEM-2.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
LiDAR can map the ground through gaps in vegetation. Photogrammetry can't, so on brushy ground LiDAR is the better choice.
No. Our surveys are for mapping, planning and exploration. A property boundary survey has to be done by a licensed land surveyor.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
The drone and its key parts are not made by a covered foreign manufacturer, so it can be used on federal contracts and federally funded projects.
No. DJI is on the federal list of covered manufacturers.
Yes, on private and other non-federal work, where it is allowed.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
Elements and weather contribute to the time it takes to survey a land. We plan out the best we can with the tools we have such as Maps to estimate a timeframe, something we will go over with you in the proposal.
Yes, on NDAA-compliant aircraft. (NDAA-Compliant Drone Survey)
No. Our surveys are for mapping, planning and exploration. A property boundary survey has to be done by a licensed land surveyor.
Yes. For more information give us a call or fill out our form.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
Yes, we can. We can pick up at any point in a project that has already been started, just give us a call and we can help you.
Ideally, we work with our own equipment. However, we can also adapt to any job.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
All staking depends on the job size, which we will go over in the discovery call with you.
New claims must be recorded with the BLM state office within 90 days of the location date. They must also be recorded with the county under state law, and some states require that sooner, within 30 or 60 days.
Yes, as the weather and elements permit us, we can stake all year round.
We track them through adjudication. After that, the BLM maintenance fee is due every year by September 1. (claim renewal)
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.
Claim staking, mineral rights and landman work, permitting, drone survey (topographic, magnetic and radiometric), underground LiDAR scanning, soil and rock chip sampling, and full exploration project management.
Yes. Many clients start with a single job, like staking a group of claims. Others hire us to run the whole program.
Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. In the eastern states, we handle prospecting permits and mineral lease agreements.
Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date.
Every project is led by our founder, Michael Murphy, a Registered Landman and FAA licensed drone pilot with 34 years of experience.
Yes. We own and run our survey drones, magnetometer, gamma-ray spectrometer, LiDAR scanner and GPS equipment.
Yes. We carry $1M aviation liability and $1M commercial auto liability.
Request a proposal. Tell us where the ground is, what you need, and when you need it.
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