Speech of Mr. David Sumich, CEO of DMC, the 7th of July 2008


RTF is helping the Australian Mining Company DMC to settle in Congo Brazzaville and manage the Iron Mine operations of Mayoko in the Chaillu Range.

DMC Iron Congo will export the Iron Ore within the next two years thanks to the existing COMILOG rail connected to the harbour of Pointe-Noire, on the Atlantic Ocean.

"His excellency Pierre Oba, Special guests, Ladies and Gentlemen DMC is proud to be involved at the Mayoko Iron project and also proud to be one of the first Australian mining company to come to Congo...

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Dr Alain Gachet on FRANCE3 TV

Alain gachet made an interview on FRANCE3 TV News.

He explains how WATEX
© technology revealed significant aquifers not visible from the surface in Africa.

(Only in French with no subtitle).

Video online very soon.

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WATEX© presented to the US Congress report in 2007
Groundwater, sustainable water supplies in three Darfur states, Sudan.
How WATEX
© revealed significant aquifers not visible from the surface.

"USAID/OFDA, US Geological Survey, UN and NGO Progress Addressing Groundwater-derived Sustainable Water Supplies for Potable Water and Sanitation Needs in Three Darfur States, Sudan.

Significant progress has been made in addressing basic potable water and sanitation needs in the three Darfur states since USAID‘s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) first sent out Disaster Assistance and Response Teams in 2004. OFDA, NGOs, UN agencies and implementing partners have made considerable advances providing water/sanitation to the ..."


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Water and new camps for the Sudanese IDP's in Darfur
Radar Technologies France has developped WATEX©, a new patented radar geo-scanner which can be applied anywhere in the world. WATEX© led to discover new buried aquifers for the displaced people of Darfur in Sudan over an area covering 135 000 Km². This project was funded by USAID, implemented by USGS and supported by UNESCO Khartoum.

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Program in Oman for SHELL to detect new soils for agriculture Dhofar Desert : GPR grid of 250 km
A ground penetrating radar survey of 250 km has been successfully conducted by RTF in the desert of Dhofar, Southern Oman in December 2007 over rugged terrane, outside existing tracks. The secret of such a success was the original design of a sledge carrying the antenna of 400 Mhz, insuring a continuous contact between soil and antenna in spite of the heterogeneities of the survey area : rocky surface, rocks spread all over the survey area, bushes and sand dunes.

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