Metatek Group has won a multi-disciplinary airborne geoscience contract from the Philippines Department of Energy, covering data acquisition, processing and interpretation. The company said it was selected through a competitive international tender process. Metatek describes itself as the exclusive global provider of Enhanced Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (eFTG) and Digital Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (dFTG), the airborne technologies the program will use.
First program in the Philippines
The award is Metatek's first program in the Philippines. The company said it expands its sovereign government portfolio across Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim, where it now runs eFTG-led programs for five national governments. Chief executive Mark Davies said the strategy behind the deal is government partnerships that build geoscience data governments can use to find resources, draw investment and support economic development.
Why the Philippines
Davies called the Philippines one of Southeast Asia's largest and most geologically prospective countries, with "significant potential across a broad range of mineral and energy systems." He said exploration has taken place in many regions, but large areas still lack modern, high-resolution airborne geophysical surveys. The program is meant to give the Department of Energy a new geoscience foundation for future exploration, investment and resource development.
Timeline
Metatek plans to mobilize its FTG system and begin in-country operations in the fourth quarter of 2026. Davies said national geoscience programs are usually delivered in phases over several years, as governments extend coverage, fold in existing datasets and narrow down areas for follow-up exploration. He said the timing and scope of any further work in the Philippines will depend on government priorities and funding.
About Metatek
Metatek is a geophysical services company that maps subsurface strategic and critical minerals, energy resources including hydrocarbons, and helium and hydrogen, for exploration and development. The company says it delivers data acquisition, processing and interpretation across air, land and sea, and that its work supports national energy security, the discovery of hydrocarbons, and the mapping of minerals such as lithium, nickel and copper, along with reservoirs for natural hydrogen and geothermal energy.
