MRead conducts Field Trials in Southern Angola with The HALO Trust

So many people have helped us develop this exciting new technology, however, it was the input of the HALO humanitarian deminers on the ground that was so instrumental in developing our thinking and how we take the sensor to the next level so that we can deploy it soon thereafter. They were simply marvellous and just wonderful to work with.

The threat of landmines in Southern Angola is very real and HALO Trust and the other NGOs such as Norwegian People's Aid / Norsk Folkehjelp and MAG (Mines Advisory Group) in Angola are doing a simply marvellous job of helping these communities recover from the terrible and indiscriminate effects of war.

We deployed with our CSIRO scientists Peggy Schönherr and Lewis Robertson who have been so intimately involved with us on this journey in the development of a sensor that is truly ground-breaking in every sense of the word! We are very grateful to DR David Miljak for releasing them to support the field trials and for his excellent scientific input and advice in the technology.

Thanks again to HALO Trust, both the R&D Team under Adam Jasinski and Michael Nevard, but also to the HALO Angola in-country team and the deminers themselves. This was a major commitment by The HALO Trust in a very challenging area with people who are very busy. It was very much appreciated.

We are really looking forward to the next stage and will post a more formal Angola wrap up with The HALO Trust shortly.