Survey Design
Rigorous pre-acquisition design ensures optimum site spacing and attention to the critical frequency bands most sensitive to the structures of interest — maximising value before a single cable is laid.
About the company
ManoTick GeoSolutions
ManoTick GeoSolutions offers comprehensive consulting services across the full lifecycle of natural-source electromagnetic projects, covering both ground-based magnetotellurics (MT) and airborne methods (ZTEM, MobileMT, QAMT). Services span survey design and optimisation; contractor selection; in-field and office-based quality control; data processing and response appraisal; 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D modelling and inversion; model appraisal; and specialist training at all levels.
MTGS works with clients in the minerals, geothermal, and oil & gas sectors, providing technically rigorous, cost-effective solutions that advance exploration and development goals.
MTGS holds a firm conviction that project success is determined long before interpretation begins. Every engagement starts in the field: with rigorous survey design, careful contractor selection, and high-standard data acquisition monitored throughout. Acquisition is followed by state-of-the-art processing and analysis, and by inversion carried out with close attention to ensuring that data residuals are free of spatial and frequency correlation — a critical indicator of model adequacy. At every stage, the principle is the same: the quality of what goes in determines the quality of what comes out.
Principal consultant
Professor Alan G. Jones, P.Geo.
Co-editor,
The Magnetotelluric
Method
Cambridge Univ. Press
Alan G. Jones is a world-leading authority in magnetotellurics, with more than 50 years of experience spanning academia, government, and industry. His publication and citation record is unmatched in the discipline.
Alan served as co-editor of The Magnetotelluric Method: Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press), the definitive standard reference in the field, widely adopted in both academic courses and industry practice.
Alan delivers tailored MT training courses — from two to five days — at clients' offices worldwide or at the MTGS office in Ottawa. Courses include hands-on practical components and can use standard or client datasets. Multi-week online video courses are also available, all designed around each client's specific technical background and objectives.
P.Geo. #2790 (PGO)
MTGS PGO Cert. #90354
50+ years in MT
200+ publications
What we offer
MTGS Services
Quality Control
Independent QC of acquisition, processing, analysis, inversion, and interpretation by a third-party contractor, carried out daily in the field and throughout the office processing workflow.
Data Analyses
Specialised methods for appraising and analysing MT data — including objective data-quality measures, automatic editing, dimensionality analysis, and extraction of optimum estimates for inversion.
Inversion
Full-spectrum inversion of ground-based MT and airborne (ZTEM, MobileMT) data. Isotropic and anisotropic 1-D, isotropic 2-D, and anisotropic 3-D frameworks with rigorous statistical model appraisal beyond normalised RMS misfit.
Training
Tailored MT short courses from introductory to advanced level — one day to one week, tutorial or hands-on, at the MTGS office or in-house at the client's location. Multi-week online video courses also available.
Interpretation & Reporting
Integration of MT results with complementary geophysical, geological, and geochemical datasets to deliver actionable exploration insights, peer-review-ready technical reports, and final client deliverables.
Recent talks
Presentations
- Jones et al., 2025. Mineral exploration with natural-source EM: comparing ground and airborne methods. EAGE NSG Annual Meeting, Naples, 7–11 September 2025.
- Jones, 2025. Discovering and imaging mineral systems at all scales using natural-source electromagnetic methods. SAGA Seminar, 13 November 2025.
- Jones et al., 2026. Magnetotellurics in a challenging environment. KEGS Annual Symposium, Toronto, 28 February 2026.