Leapfrog® Named Official 3D Modelling Partner in Integra Gold Corp’s $1m Crowd-Sourcing Gold Rush Competition
CHRISTCHURCH, NZ, 20 August 2015 – Leapfrog® (www.leapfrog3d.com) has been named the official 3D software modelling partner in the Integra Gold Corp. (ICG) (otcqx:ICGQF) Gold Rush
Competition to uncover the next big gold discovery in Canada’s Val-d’Or, Québec. The announcement was made today by
Integra Gold Corp, and Leapfrog developer ARANZ Geo.
Integra Gold will release a digital database built from 6 terabytes of proprietary mining and exploration data it owns
on gold production on the Sigma/Lamaque mines in Val-d’Or, Quebec, in a public crowdsourcing challenge to uncover the
next big gold discovery in the region.
Leapfrog Gold Rush licenses
A Gold Rush edition of Leapfrog software will be provided to all Challenge participants to help them analyse and
interpret the data, and to come up with a plan on where they think Integra has the best chance of making a major gold
discovery for a share of a CAD $1,000,000 prize.
Shaun Maloney, CEO of ARANZ Geo says, “We know that many of our Leapfrog users will be keen to take part in the
Challenge. By offering all participants a Leapfrog Gold Rush license for the duration of the competition we’re creating
an even playing field and opening up the competition to a wider pool of online prospectors including students and others
who haven’t got access to a company licence for a private project.”
Integra Gold’s President and CEO, Stephen de Jong, says, “The Integra Gold Rush is one of the largest mining industry
focused crowdsourcing analytical competitions ever. We want competitors to have the tools in hand to bring the most
innovative and exciting proposals to the table. Leapfrog was our number one geological modelling choice and we’re
excited to see what the competition and Leapfrog uncovers.”
Competitors will have access to over 70 years of historic mining and exploration history. Integra Gold will be looking
for the most original and innovative ideas to lead them to the gold.
The right tool for the job
Leapfrog is the ultimate geological modelling tool for dealing with large, complex data sets and is the most intuitive
modelling software on the market. Leapfrog’s FastRBF™ engine is able to handle well over a million points and
interpolation is completed in one go on a standard PC.
Maloney says, “Leapfrog will let competitors get truly creative and fully explore their ideas and develop multiple
models and hypotheses. Getting started with new modelling software just wouldn’t be achievable with other solutions but
Leapfrog is intuitive enough for first timers to get to grips with over the duration of the competition."
Crafted thoughtfully for the geologist, Leapfrog has a beautifully simple interface with logical workflows. Leapfrog
delivers direct from data modelling to make use of the latest information. Users retain full control over the
constraints, obviating the need for time consuming manual wire framing. The unrivalled speed of Leapfrog’s FastRBF™
engine enables multiple models and hypotheses to be considered, allowing geologists to take an incremental, more robust
and scientific approach.
Help for new Leapfrog users
Leapfrog will provide ‘Getting Started’ videos and run webinars regionally from Leapfrog’s offices around the globe to
help new users. Participants are free to use any other modelling software for the competition but the Leapfrog GoldRush
licences are a great opportunity to try Leapfrog says Maloney.
Integra Gold Rush Challenge
Participants can compete individually or as part of an online prospecting team in Integra’s Gold Rush Challenge (www.integragold.com/goldrush).
In 2000 Goldcorp set a similar challenge and it proved very profitable for the company and also enabled participants to
gather tens of thousands of dollars in prize money.
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