1. Peter Smith Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry Perth 26 June 2014

2. Perhaps there are some great successes military ISR Perhaps not there are some spectacular failures fisheries (early) Suspiciously impetus has largely come from the supply side Auspiciously more initiatives are now from innovative users Realistically its still early days Optimistically the rate of technological adaptation is awesome Practically it depends on the need. 3. Almost every day a new UAS application Example - Phantom and Go-pro from toy to tool Are there resource industry parallels? 4. Predator 2,000,000 hours Shadow 900,000 hours Global Hawk 100,000 hours Aerosonde 70,000 hours 5. Massive Variety What could they do for mining? 6. You tell me its your money! Ultimately the criterion will be user value propositions Can UAS do something new? Persistent, covert surveillance Can UAS do something better? Infrastructure inspection Can UAS do something safer? Wind turbine inspections Can UAS do something cheaper? 3D topographic survey 7. An industry in itself? Which one would you like? Which are relevant to mining? 8. In manned aircraft terms, about 1950 rapid advance in technology due to a war - first generation turbine aircraft Several million operational hours flown Proven life saving asset for surveillance (ISR) Limited armed capability (Predator only) Optimised for uncontested environments Accepted as a genuine alternative to manned aircraft Ambitious future technology goals 9. Early days of implementation Consensus huge promise in the right roles Early adopters Sport Meteorology Media Maritime surveillance Infrastructure inspection Mining Survey Environment Science First responders Real estate Certification and operation in the national airspace high priority Unlicensed operations a worldwide problem small surrender? 10. Better understanding of customer needs (not a solution in need of a problem) Routine operations in the national airspace with manned aircraft Situational awareness/sense-and-avoid Standards for certification, operations and training Cost-effectiveness rather than capability at almost any cost Affordable long range communications and control Increased autonomy to reduce crew costs Releasing and adapting military technology for civil use Integrating new technologies for civil operations 11. Thank you.