July 10, 1992 IOS Services Géoscientifiques is founded by six PhD students at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
1992
Initiated the creation of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Mining Fund
1992
Developed expertise in microanalytical techniques for indicator minerals
1994
Developed the first geomatic applications for mineral exploration
1995
Completed its first major exploration mandates
1997
Won the first Cambior Award from the APQ, recognizing the excellence of the company’s services
1998
Restructured to a single-shareholder company
1999
Acquired current offices on St.-Paul Blvd., Chicoutimi
2003
Conducted the first regional geochemical sampling surveys
2005
Mass deployment of prospecting teams for non-traditional commodities in northern Quebec
2007
Participated in a series of feasibility studies
2008
Purchased an industrial building for laboratory, logistics, and storage purposes
2009
Participated in the development of the KASKOO-X04 all-terrain vehicle
2011
Purchased its first scanning electron microscope (SEM)
2013
Integrated AI software (Hypercube) for application to mineral exploration
2014
Commercialized the ARTGold method
2015
Purchased its second SEM, a field-emission SEM (on the left)
2017
First involvement in coordinating an environmental impact study
2018
Global commercialization of the ARTMin technology
2019
Commercialization of the ARTSection technology applied to mineral exploration and geoenvironmental issues
2020
Purchased an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) detector to support existing products and to develop new techniques
2021
Hiring of a second generation of employees which mom took their maternity leave as employee of IOS a while back
2022
Restructured to allow for employee-led ownership by a group of five employees
2023
Standardized the probabilistic approach in exploration geochemistry
2024
