Archives: Mineral exploration

In a major development for the Chilean mining industry, Codelco and SQM have announced a public-private partnership to jointly develop productive and commercial lithium activities in the Salar de Atacama for the coming decades. This association, to the extent that certain conditions are met, will materialise as of January 1, 2025, and will be structured[…]

MSALABS, a global provider of geochemical laboratory services for the exploration and mining sectors, has cemented a major, five-year new contract with Nevada Gold Mines in the US that will see the majority-owned subsidiary of Capital operate a state-of-the-art hybrid laboratory on the gold miner’s behalf. The lab will incorporate both Chrysos PhotonAssay™ technology and[…]

International Directional Services (IDS), a Granite Company, and Veracio, a leading mining technology company, have announced a partnership to offer Veracio’s complete suite of driller-operated tooling to IDS clients. Veracio says it is making significant steps toward leveraging advanced geological technologies to enhance the mining lifecycle. While IDS and Veracio have an existing relationship, the[…]

Humyn.ai has partnered with Dundee Precious Metals to launch a crowd-sourced open data competition looking to fast track the discovery of mineral deposits. The competition, which will run until May 2024, is a worldwide call for geologists and data scientists to collaborate with the DPM team and develop innovative ways to accelerate mineral discoveries. Humyn.ai[…]

Canadian subsurface intelligence company, Ideon Technologies, has been named an industrial affiliate of Stanford University’s Mineral-X program – an exclusive research community uniting the fields of geosciences, resource economics, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to inform optimal decision making along the critical minerals supply chain. As an affiliate, Ideon will engage with faculty and[…]

A joint-development project by Australian and Swedish engineers is changing the working environment for exploration contractors at the same time as it offers faster, more efficient operations for the mining industry. For decades, automation technology has mostly been focused on production drilling, for obvious reasons. Exploration, on the other hand, has lagged behind. In fact, with[…]

A partnership between IMDEX and drilling analytics company Krux is driving a digital transition to improve productivity in exploration and production drilling, according to the ASX-listed mining tech company. With recent figures revealing a reduction in metres drilled despite record mineral exploration spending, IMDEX and Krux say it is time for the mining industry to[…]

Boart Longyear, the leading provider of exploration equipment and performance tooling, has announced the launch of an upgraded Surface Roller Latch Wireline System. Extending the successful Roller Latch family of wireline tooling, Boart Longyear says it focused on safety, reliability, and productivity. Since its original release, Roller Latch technology has been adopted by the industry’s largest[…]

Chrysos Corporation has announced that it has forged a partnership with one of the world’s largest gold miners, Barrick Gold, and fast-growing international laboratory business MSALABS, to deliver its PhotonAssayTM technology to Barrick mine sites across four continents. The partnership will commence with the deployment of three MSALABS contracted PhotonAssayTM units to the Nevada Gold[…]

Fleet Space Technologies, a leading Australian space company, has announced three innovative features to its mineral exploration technology, EXOSPHERE BY FLEET®, each purpose-built to enhance the agility and accuracy of data-driven exploration efforts worldwide. Starting today, for all in-progress or future surveys, exploration customers will be able to download several new data intelligence assets on-demand[…]