INTELLIGENCE, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION
Intelligence ᐧ Innovation ᐧ Collaboration
Exploration 27 brings together geoscientists, researchers, and industry leaders from around the world to reflect on a decade of progress in mineral exploration and consider the path forward. Held once every decade since 1967, this flagship event highlights advances in geoscience, artificial intelligence, geophysics, geochemistry, and responsible exploration strategies that have shaped the field.
As new mineral and metal discoveries become increasingly challenging, the next era of discovery will require greater intelligence, sustained innovation, and deeper collaboration across disciplines. Exploration 27 spotlights the technologies, data-driven approaches and partnerships that will shape the future of mineral exploration.





Intelligence • Innovation • Collaboration
Exploration 27 explores the scientific and technological advances shaping mineral discovery worldwide. These key topics reflect significant developments in data science, geoscience and exploration methodology, and their implications for the next era of discovery.

AI-driven mineral prospectivity modelling, data fusion, and predictive targeting across multi-scale geoscience datasets.

Understanding the geological controls, exploration methods, and lessons learned from major discoveries.

Advances in technology, modelling, and inversion transforming how we image the subsurface.

New analytical techniques, data integration, and geochemical vectors for discovery.

Bringing geological, geophysical, and geochemical datasets together for stronger models.

Public–private partnerships, multidisciplinary integration, and global cooperation driving exploration forward.