A Quick Word
on Accountability
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox stated in 2007: "Sarbanes-Oxley helped restore trust in U.S. markets by increasing accountability, speeding up reporting, and making audits more independent."
CampControl is a Web Service which enhances accountability and streamlines communication, record-keeping and report generation for all parties in an Exploration Team.
High levels of accountability and streamlined communication are the
goals of all well-run companies, but they are difficult to achieve
when large distances separate head offices and field activities.
CampControl makes it so much easier to achieve
these goals.
As for "independent audits" - this we leave to
company management to arrange. CampControl plays its part by
ensuring that there are good, easily-accessible records to audit.
Controlling Labour Costs with
CampControl
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CampControl's Worklogs are flexible timesheets
which can be configured to any project codes and activity codes.
For auditibility reasons, once worklogs have been "approved" by
a supervisor, they may not be changed by the worker without the
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Labour is one of the higher cost elements of minerals
exploration.
People are expensive. Ensuring that all levels of workers
record what work they have done for their employer or their
client serves two important purposes: (1) It motivates the
worker to be productive - because written worklogs/timesheets
make it easier to see when they are not productive. (2) It
facilitates accurate planning of human resource needs - allowing the planning to be based on sound productivity
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Exploration Best Practice Tips
CampControl makes it easy to implement best practices in
exploration. They are built in to the CampControl workflow, as
shown in the useful tips below:
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Drill Progress Logs
When the drills start turning, management need to be kept
abreast of progress made. Drill Progress Logs record that progress and
communicate it efficiently to those who make the decisions, no
matter where in the world they may be.
Click
here
to see an example of a CampControl Drill Progress Log.
(The "Core Log Communication" section below explains how
CampControl looks after detailed core logs.)
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Core Log Communication
CampControl's sophisticated Document Manager provides a secure,
convenient and easy-to-access location to store borehole core logs,
where they can be made visible only to those who need to see
them. Click
here
to see a screenshot of the the Document Manager. To experiment
with the Document Manager, and to see examples of stored
exploration documents, click on the "Exploration Company Manager"
demonstration accessible from the
CampControl
home page.
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Core Photos Communication
Photographs of drill core provide invaluable geological
documentation. CampControl's Photo Gallery provides an
efficient means of sharing these photos amongst members of an
exploration team - with access to the photos controlled by the
configurable permissions of the CampControl system.
Click
here
to see a screenshot of the Photo Gallery module. To view
examples of core photos in CampControl,
click on the "Exploration Company Manager" demonstration accessible
from the
CampControl home page and follow these steps:
(1) Click "Photographs" in the menu on the left; (2) Click
"Photo Gallery"; (3) Click on the "Drake Exploration Inc"
thumbnail; (4) Click on the "British Columbia" thumbnail;
(5) Click on the "Borehole 8" thumbnail; (6) Click on any of the
core photo thumbnails, or use the "Slideshow" facility to view
all the core photos in a self-advancing slideshow.
CampControl Tradeshows
CampControl will be at the following tradeshows this
year:
- AMEBC Mineral Exploration
RoundUp
Vancouver: 26 - 29 January, 2009 - Booth B43 on 27,
28, 29 January.
- Prospectors and Developers
Association of Canada Convention (PDAC)
Toronto: 1 - 4 March, 2009 - Booth 601
See last month's newsletter
here.
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