Stop Drowning in Drill Hole Tables, Assay QA/QC & Core Photo Cropping.
Let Us Run Your Geological Data Management & Field Back Office.
From collar, survey, lithology, and assay table hygiene to certified reference material (CRM) standard/blank tracking, core tray depth registration, QGIS/ArcGIS spatial mapping, mining tenement filings, and NI 43-101 / JORC technical report formatting. Direct drilling campaigns while our managed virtual assistants and dedicated Project Manager run the geological data engine.
Stop Trading $150+/hr Geoscience Expertise For $15/hr Spreadsheet Cleanup
Your value as a consulting geologist, QP (Qualified Person), or exploration manager lies in interpreting structural geology, defining mineralization vector models, targeting diamond drill targets, and signing off on resource models—not manually aligning laboratory assay CSVs, fixing collar elevation typos, or cropping 500 core box photographs.
Zero Management Overhead
You don't have time to micro-manage junior data clerks or unvetted freelancers while logging core on a remote drill rig. Your dedicated Sagedoer Project Manager oversees drill table formatting, verifies assay certificate matching, and ensures field deliverables finish on schedule.
- PM validates collar, survey & assay databases prior to export
- Single point of contact across all exploration and environmental projects
Up to 70% Operating Cost Savings
Hiring a full-time domestic GIS tech or database geoscientist costs $65,000–$90,000/year plus field per-diem, benefits, and idle downtime between seasonal drilling campaigns. Sagedoer delivers rigorous, protocol-driven technical support at a transparent $6–$7/hour flat rate.
- Flat $6 - $7/hr transparent billing
- Zero recruiter commissions or placement retainers
Strict Mining Concession & Assaying NDAs
Pre-discovery drill intercepts, mineral lease staking coordinates, geochemical anomalies, and non-public resource calculations demand military-grade secrecy. All Sagedoer team members operate under legally enforceable NDAs and role-based 2FA credential vaults.
- Enforceable NDAs protecting proprietary mineral exploration IP
- Zero local file persistence; operate exclusively inside your cloud storage
What Your Geologist Virtual Assistant Handles
Delegate heavy drill hole database maintenance, assay QA/QC monitoring, core photo rectification, tenement administration, and technical report formatting with complete confidence.
Drill Hole Database QA/QC
Collar, Survey, Lithology & AssayMaintain audit-ready, import-compliant drill hole databases for 3D modeling in Leapfrog or Micromine.
- Validating collar coordinates (East, North, RL) and checking downhole deviation survey records
- Checking from-to interval overlaps, duplicate sample IDs, and maximum depth consistency
- Formatting geotechnical tables: Rock Quality Designation (RQD), recovery percentage, and fracture counts
- Reconciling field paper drill logs or Excel entry sheets into structured CSV/Access repositories
Assay Lab QA/QC & CRM Tracking
Standards, Blanks & DuplicatesEnsure analytical laboratory certificates pass NI 43-101 / JORC compliance thresholds.
- Ingesting digital Certificate of Analysis (CoA) CSVs from ALS Geochemistry, SGS, and Bureau Veritas
- Plotting Certified Reference Materials (CRMs/standards) against accepted mean and $\pm 2\sigma / \pm 3\sigma$ failure limits
- Generating Shewhart control charts, field blank contamination plots, and pulp duplicate scatter plots
- Converting below-detection-limit values (e.g., $< 0.01\text{ ppm}$) to half-detection values for resource modeling
GIS Mapping & Tenement Management
QGIS, ArcGIS & Claim FilingsKeep exploration concession maps updated and safeguard mining licenses against missed renewals.
- Digitizing geological field traverse waypoints, outcrop strike/dip measurements, and surface grab samples
- Tracking mining claim expiration dates, annual assessment work expenditure filings, and rental deadlines
- Formatting shapefiles, georeferencing historical scanned maps, and generating PDF drill collar plan maps
- Exporting clean KML/KMZ files for exploration teams and executive investor presentations
Core Photo Archiving & Registration
Core Shed Asset LogisticsTransform hundreds of raw drill core tray photos into organized, depth-labeled digital libraries.
- Renaming, cropping, and cataloging wet/dry diamond drill core photos by hole ID and box number
- Extracting start/end depths from wooden core block markers and linking to depth-registered databases
- Ingesting photographic assets into Imago, Core shed software, or cloud shared drives
- Assembling photographic appendices for geotechnical inspection and external auditor review
Environmental Logs & Monitoring
Phase I/II ESA & HydrogeologyStructure soil boring, groundwater monitoring, and environmental compliance records.
- Digitizing field soil boring logs (USCS soil classifications, blow counts, PID headspace readings)
- Logging groundwater level elevations, low-flow purge parameters (pH, DO, ORP, turbidity), and well construction specs
- Formatting environmental analytical tables against regional regulatory comparison criteria (EPA MCLs, regional screening levels)
- Generating LogPlot / gINT borehole log sheets for geotechnical and Phase II environmental reports
Technical Reports & Compliance Packs
NI 43-101, JORC & SEC S-K 1300Collate multi-hundred-page technical reports, historical literature reviews, and mineral tenure exhibits.
- Formatting technical report chapters according to NI 43-101, JORC Code, or SEC Item 1300 standards
- Collating historical mining assessment reports from government geological survey archives
- Indexing and cross-referencing significant drill intercept tables (gram-meters, true thickness)
- Compiling hyperlinked PDF exhibit binders and Qualified Person (QP) certificate pages
Integrated Directly Into Your Geological Software Ecosystem
Zero training lag. Our virtual assistants arrive proficient in the industry-standard geological database formats, GIS mapping platforms, assay portals, and borehole loggers your exploration consultancy relies on.
A Frictionless 4-Phase Operational Workflow
No prolonged staffing agency screening cycles or freelancer ghosting. Delegate drill hole data entry, assay verification, and mapping in under 48 hours.
Submit Requirements
Share your project details (commodity, drilling stage, software stack, assay turnaround, incoming backlog) via Email, Contact Form, or WhatsApp.
Finalise The Deal
Our dedicated project manager reviews your database schema, aligns on mutual non-disclosure NDAs, data validation rules, and finalises the partnership details.
Expert Execution
Your project manager takes full charge of operations, getting drill tables updated, assay certificates verified, and maps drafted seamlessly through vetted assistants.
Pay Only For Output
We log and charge exclusively for the virtual assistant's actual working time. Your dedicated project manager's supervision and deliverable audits are completely free.
Transparent Hourly Billing. Free Technical Supervision.
No staffing agency placement retainers, platform markups, or seasonal subscription fees. Pay strictly for pure hours of active execution on your exploration and mining accounts.
Est. $560 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
- Pay only for hours of pure work
- Dedicated Project Manager included
- Free management supervision
- Zero setup or onboarding fees
- No monthly membership charges
Est. $960 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
- Pay only for hours of pure work
- Dedicated Project Manager included
- Free management supervision
- Zero setup or onboarding fees
- No monthly membership charges
Traditional Platforms vs. Sagedoer
See why exploration VPs, independent consulting geologists, and environmental engineering firms choose our managed model over unregulated freelancer marketplaces.
| Feature | Traditional Platforms |
THE SMART CHOICE: Sagedoer
|
|---|---|---|
| Platform & Management Fees | Up to 40% in hidden markups, bidding, and memberships | 0% Hidden Fees. Pay strictly for hours worked. |
| Daily Team Management | You must juggle and supervise multiple freelancers | Dedicated Project Manager acts as your single point of contact |
| Quality Assurance | Hit-or-miss talent with unverified credentials | Internally vetted, rigorously trained technical specialists |
| Hiring & Deployment Speed | Endless cycles of interviewing and testing candidates | Instant delegation. We immediately assign the right specialist. |
| Billing & Invoicing | Complex, multi-freelancer invoices with currency headaches | Simple, unified, centralised USD invoicing |
| Staff Turnover & Replacements | Start the hiring and training process all over again | Seamless internal replacements with zero workflow disruption |
Trusted by Exploration Managers, QP Geologists & Environmental Leads
Read how mineral exploration juniors, gold project managers, and environmental geoscience consulting teams scale capacity with Sagedoer.
"We ran a 20,000m diamond drilling campaign in northern Nevada. Digitizing paper drill logs, checking collar coordinates, and verifying ALS assay certificates into our master Leapfrog database was taking 20 hours a week from our project geologists. Sagedoer's VA kept our tables 100% clean and validated daily."
Calvin Lindstrom, P.Geo.
VP of Exploration, Orogenic Gold Corp, Vancouver
"When compiling our NI 43-101 technical report, managing the assay QA/QC charts (Shewhart standard curves, field blank pass/fails, pulp duplicate scatters) was a massive bottleneck. Sagedoer's team generated clean, publication-ready charts in Excel with zero formula errors."
Dr. Rachel Evans, QP
Principal Resource Geologist, GeoVest Mining Advisory, Perth
"We had 3,500 core tray photographs that needed cropping, renaming by from-to depth intervals, and archiving for our virtual data room. Sagedoer completed the entire backlog in 10 days under their PM's supervision. Flawless execution and zero file mix-ups."
Marcus Sterling
Exploration Operations Lead, Andes Copper Ltd, Santiago
"In our environmental hydrogeology practice, structuring continuous water level datalogger CSVs and formatting LogPlot boring logs used to consume my evenings. Having a dedicated assistant manage QGIS layer updates and regulatory tables at $6/hr doubled our capacity."
Tyler Brooks, P.G.
Managing Hydrogeologist, ClearWater GeoSciences, Denver
"We ran a 20,000m diamond drilling campaign in northern Nevada. Digitizing paper drill logs, checking collar coordinates, and verifying ALS assay certificates into our master Leapfrog database was taking 20 hours a week from our project geologists. Sagedoer's VA kept our tables 100% clean and validated daily."
Calvin Lindstrom, P.Geo.
VP of Exploration, Orogenic Gold Corp, Vancouver
"When compiling our NI 43-101 technical report, managing the assay QA/QC charts (Shewhart standard curves, field blank pass/fails, pulp duplicate scatters) was a massive bottleneck. Sagedoer's team generated clean, publication-ready charts in Excel with zero formula errors."
Dr. Rachel Evans, QP
Principal Resource Geologist, GeoVest Mining Advisory, Perth
"We had 3,500 core tray photographs that needed cropping, renaming by from-to depth intervals, and archiving for our virtual data room. Sagedoer completed the entire backlog in 10 days under their PM's supervision. Flawless execution and zero file mix-ups."
Marcus Sterling
Exploration Operations Lead, Andes Copper Ltd, Santiago
"In our environmental hydrogeology practice, structuring continuous water level datalogger CSVs and formatting LogPlot boring logs used to consume my evenings. Having a dedicated assistant manage QGIS layer updates and regulatory tables at $6/hr doubled our capacity."
Tyler Brooks, P.G.
Managing Hydrogeologist, ClearWater GeoSciences, Denver
Geological Consulting Operations FAQ
Direct, honest answers regarding exploration data security, assay validation protocols, drill campaign surges, and Dedicated PM oversight.
Confidentiality is fundamental to mineral exploration and mining investment. Premature release of drill assay grades or prospective claim staking coordinates can compromise millions in market capitalization. Every Sagedoer virtual assistant and project manager operates under legally enforceable Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). We enforce clean-desk InfoSec protocols: team members access your databases and GIS files via role-based credentials managed through 1Password or Bitwarden with mandatory 2FA. Working files, drill hole CSVs, and GIS shapefiles reside strictly within your authorized cloud infrastructure (Google Workspace, Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, AWS) with zero unauthorized local persistence on remote endpoints.
Our virtual assistants do not act as Qualified Persons (QPs), Competent Persons (CPs), or licensed Professional Geologists (P.Geo / P.G.). They do not sign off on resource estimates, construct geostatistical variograms, or make final geological interpretations. Instead, they handle the heavy operational scaffolding: validating drill hole survey depths, checking duplicate sample IDs, plotting standard insertion curves, clipping and cataloging core photos, drafting basic QGIS plan maps, and formatting regulatory appendices. All scientific evaluations and legal sign-offs remain 100% under your professional supervision.
Yes. Our technical assistants understand the standard data schemas required by 3D mining software (such as Leapfrog Geo, Micromine, Datamine, and Surpac)—specifically the strict formatting rules for collar, survey (dip/azimuth), lithology intervals, and assay tables. They know how to format shapefiles in QGIS and ArcGIS Pro, digitize soil boring logs in LogPlot/gINT, and build Shewhart control charts in Excel for Certified Reference Materials (CRMs).
You never have to manage or train your virtual assistant directly. Your dedicated Project Manager serves as your operational technical lead. You supply high-level directives (e.g., "Ingest the 8 new ALS assay certificates for Holes DH-24-01 through 08, run standard CRM checks, flag any $\pm 3\sigma$ failures, and update the Leapfrog CSV export by Thursday"), and your PM turns that into structured checklists, cross-checks sample IDs, verifies calculation formulas, and delivers an audit-ready review package—100% free of charge.
Geoscience workloads naturally pulse with seasonal field programs—such as summer diamond drilling campaigns in Alaska or Canada generating massive weekly assay batches, followed by quiet winter modeling and reporting phases. Because Sagedoer maintains a deep bench of pre-vetted specialists, you can seamlessly scale between part-time (20 hrs/week) and full-time (40 hrs/week) or activate secondary sprint assistants on demand with zero long-term commitments, onboarding charges, or cancellation penalties.
Reclaim 20+ Hours Every Week for High-Impact Field Discovery
Stop losing valuable exploration days and weekends to manual drill hole database formatting, assay certificate matching, and mining claim tracking. Let Sagedoer power your geological back office with institutional precision.
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