of clients who drilled our targets found mineralization

AI and satellite intelligence for mineral explorationAI Mineral Exploration & Mining Software
443,538 acres analyzed. 190 exploration projects for clients in 40+ countries.
Mining businesses across 40+ countries
A diverse client base spanning license holders, exploration consultancies, mining groups, traders and investment firms across 40+ countries. Mining and exploration companies โ gold, copper and silver exploration companies among them โ use Farmonaut as their satellite mineral exploration company: mineral exploration services that end in ranked drill targets. Projects run from Oregon and the US Southwest to Australia and across Africa, and clients are also based in Canada. Every company listed below represents a paid engagement in FY 2025โ26 or FY 2026โ27.
See case studies โ- Tintina Mining GroupUSA
- Huckleberry Garnet LLCUSA
- Process Metrology LLCUSA
- WSP Investment CompanyUSA
- Solutions For You, LLCUSA
- King Mining CompanyUSA
- Emerging Metals and Mining CompanyUSA
- ENO Global HoldingUSA
- All Bright Services LLCUSA
- Berks Gold LimitedGhana
- Nanita Company LimitedGhana
- Energy and Resources LtdGhana
- Denkyira Nkoranza ConcessionGhana
- Yahudym Mining Ghana LtdGhana
- Swed Mining LimitedGhana
- Dewuruinc Co. LtdGhana
- Dede Mensa EnterpriseGhana
- RMGR Mining Company LtdGhana
- Mining SARLMauritania
- SenGold Invest SASSenegal
- Sahel Shipping SASenegal
- Sania CorporationNiger
- Sahara MiningNiger
- Enterprise TakreemNiger
- Almosi SARLNiger
- Vulcan International LimitedSierra Leone
- Aurex Investment LimitedSierra Leone
- GKY MiningMali
- Alkimy SARLCรดte dโIvoire
- GemSprout Metals LimitedNigeria
- Southbridge & Wess PDC LtdNigeria
- Jaunita Erss LtdLiberia
- Vorax Africa MiningLiberia
- Mwerezi Minerals Company LimitedTanzania
- Riverside Resources LimitedTanzania
- Ramani Investments LtdTanzania
- African Venture Partners HoldingTanzania
- Comfix & Engineering LimitedTanzania
- Critica Metals LimitedTanzania
- Imperial Impex FZETanzania
- CIMISCO SARLDR Congo
- Viahara MiningDR Congo
- AFR MetalsDR Congo
- Ramees Mining Company (RMC)DR Congo
- Lushika Mining SARLDR Congo
- Sean Mining LimitedKenya
- SMA Investments LtdKenya
- Geotech Mining Solutions plcEthiopia
- Kidepo AssociatesUganda
- EMAS Mining Uganda LimitedUganda
- Ileys General TradingSomalia
- NTS Group (Pty) LtdSouth Africa
- Klusetic Mining InvestmentsSouth Africa
- AfResources Mining GroupSouth Africa
- Mine4AfricaZimbabwe
- Timestream MiningZimbabwe
- Reddy Mineral FZ-LLCZimbabwe
- SPRAC Zimbabwe Pvt LtdZimbabwe
- Buck Creek MiningZimbabwe
- Lithspo Minerals LimitedZambia
- Mulopwe Metals Mining LtdZambia
- Rains of FavorZambia
- Kemose Mining LimitedZambia
- Faith At Work (Pty) LtdBotswana
- Avro International LimitedMalawi
- Double A TradingGuyana
- Tipareth MinesGuyana
- GeoticgyGuyana
- Dalgety Minerals Pty LtdAustralia
- Qader GroupYemen
- SG Gold Mining LLCMongolia
- VRV Global Pte LtdSingapore
- Omsri International FZEUAE
- Mineral Gulf Transhipment DMCCUAE
- IKL Global FZEUAE
- Assawared Trading Est.Oman
- G.I.T.T.Morocco
Bringing license holders to us โ as a consultancy, agent or geologist? There is a partner program.
Company names as recorded on the engagement.They took our targets to the field.
- 94%say we narrowed down where to drill
- 94%say it saved exploration time
- 89%say it cut exploration cost
Nearly half saved six months or more.
In their words
Every quote is published with the clientโs permission and links to the full case study.
โFarmonaut helped us identify locations to drill and find mineralisation which in turn saved our client $100,000-plus and 6 months of the project time. We would recommend their services to our clients at any given time.โ
- 131 acres
- Ranked drill targets
- โฒMineralization found
โLe travail effectuรฉ a dรฉpassรฉ nos attentes.โโThe work carried out exceeded our expectations.โ
- 4,621 acres
- Laboratory assay
- โฒMineralization confirmed
โFarmonaut helped us identify and articulate key points of mining asset.โ
- 741 acres
- Gold + lithium
- Drilling planned
โFarmonaut has eased up our operation by reducing cost and timeโ
- 69 acres
- 3 target zones
- Drilling planned
โFarmonaut helped us locate some gold prospect locations and would like to work with them in a much deeper coordination in our country.โ
- 494 acres
- 22 target zones
- โฒMineralization found
โIf I understand correctly. There could be a 10 x outcome, over conservative Farmonaut estimates. Appreciate the Iron hat gossan identification in 3 spots.โ
- 24 acres
- 3 gossan targets
- Est. 6+ months saved
โWe are doing great. We are digging the first point in the area you scanned and the result will lead us what to do next.โ
- 246 acres
- 16 PGM targets
- โฒMineralization found
โIncredibly cost and time saving.โ
- Est. 6+ months saved
- Est. $100k+ saved
- Affiliate partner
Drilled โ and the ground agreed
Five engagements where clients took our targets into the field and drilling, then shared what they found with us.
68 GPS localities checked over four field days. All 14 ranked zones returned physical evidence.
Ranked targets drilled and sent to the laboratory; mineralization confirmed by assay.
Consultancy drilled our ranked locations and found mineralization for their client.
Ranked targets taken to the drill on a compact license; the client confirmed mineralization was encountered.
Targets drilled and mineralization encountered on a small-scale license.
Every zone above was drilled by the client, not by us. Test your own ground the same way.
Get Free Quote โWe turn a mining license area into a ranked list of promising, priced exploration targets using AI and satellite data. We combine satellite mineral detection, geological mapping, 3D modeling, drill targeting, and early mine planning โ all before any drilling begins.
40+ countries, 443,538 acres delivered
Shading represents the number of acres analyzed in each country through paid satellite mineral exploration engagements; outlined countries are home to clients whose sites are in other countries. Africa remains the core market, led by Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, Mauritania and Zambia, while Asia, the Americas and Oceania are the fastest-growing regions.
Hover a shaded country to see the acreage analyzed there, or click it to open Farmonaut Mining Pro โ
All thirty-five mine-site countries โ acres analyzed
Ghana144,249
Tanzania53,715
Senegal38,417
Mauritania35,336
Zambia33,226
Malawi27,775
DR Congo22,065
Mongolia17,572
USA11,383
Zimbabwe8,100
Kenya8,006
Niger6,064
Somalia5,707
Morocco5,392
Sierra Leone4,571
Guyana3,942
Yemen3,707
Uganda3,603
Nigeria2,230
Mali1,347
Australia1,310
Turkey751
Peru741
Ethiopia741
South Africa628
Cรดte d'Ivoire494
Botswana450
Liberia329
India321
C. African Rep.299
Iraq272
Colombia247
UAE237
Rep. of Congo200
Oman111
Clients are also based in Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mauritius and Seychelles, with their sites in the countries above โ 40+ countries in all.
Premium+ is the most popular choice, as drill targeting and economic modeling make the results more actionable for exploration decisions.
Mining investors use the same reports for mining due diligence before they invest in a gold mine: ranked targets, indicative zone values and a conceptual mine plan โ the groundwork for any gold mine investment, ahead of a formal mine valuation.
โWe would recommend their services to our clients at any given time.โ
NTS Group (Pty) Ltd ยท Exploration consultancy ยท South Africa ยท Gold Read the case study Premium
A complete satellite mineral exploration assessment
Premium+
Everything in Premium, plus drill and mine-plan intelligence
Add-ons delivered on live engagements
- White-label reporting under your own name and address
- Report translation into the language of your jurisdiction
- GIS layer and CSV / GeoJSON data delivery
- Surpac STR / DTM and DXF-DWG geological models
- Drilling-angle and 3D modules bought on their own
- Phased delivery across a multi-license package
All add-ons have been delivered on live engagements โ not a wish list.
90% accuracy on ranked target zones
Both report tiers deliver 90% accuracy on ranked target zones and are designed to support exploration ahead of a JORC report or NI 43-101 technical report โ not replace a formal mineral resource estimate under the JORC Code.
Platform access Farmonaut Mining Pro
25 minerals clients have paid us to find.
Below are the 25 minerals clients have already paid us to identify. But the technology is mineral-agnostic โ anything with a distinct spectral or geophysical signature can be targeted. You provide the exploration license or the concession boundary. We analyze the area and tell you what minerals are likely present, where to drill, and what the potential value could be. The process works for both greenfield and brownfield projects, without requiring a field crew, drone survey, or drilling rig to get the initial exploration results.
Every tile is a mineral a client has paid us to identify.
Precious metals
- Gold
- Silver
- Platinum
Base metals
- Copper
- Zinc
- Lead
- Nickel
- Iron ore
- Manganese
- Chrome
- Bauxite
Battery & technology metals
- Cobalt
- Lithium
- Tin / cassiterite
- Tantalum โ niobium
- Tungsten / wolframite
- Antimony
- Beryllium
- Uranium
- Titanium
Gemstones & industrial
- Diamond
- Emerald
- Ruby
- Star garnet
- Bentonite
Beyond the 25
Quoted on request- Rare-earth elements
- Nickel sulphide
- Quartz
- Gypsum
- Dolomite
- Epidote
- Rhodium
- Palladium
- and others
The platform can analyze any mineral target with a detectable spectral or geophysical signature โ including rare-earth elements, nickel sulphide, quartz, gypsum, dolomite, epidote, rhodium, palladium, and others beyond the current list. New mineral targets require calibrating the spectral library and relevant geological, density and recovery parameters, then running the same exploration pipeline. Whatever the mineral, we can analyze it.
exploration projects are non-gold
Satellite imagery for mineral exploration: eight sensor families, matched to your mineral list
No satellite can directly โseeโ gold underground. Instead, we combine data from eight sensor families โ optical, SWIR, radar, thermal, magnetics, terrain, hydrology and land cover โ to create a single mineral prospectivity index.
We then match the analysis to the minerals being targeted: multispectral data for broad mineral screening, and hyperspectral data when more detailed spectral signatures are needed to distinguish minerals that look similar in standard satellite imagery.
This is AI in mineral exploration, and AI in mining at its most practical: mining artificial intelligence (machine learning) that weighs every layer the way an exploration geologist would. The same geology AI drives our remote sensing mineral exploration, hyperspectral mineral mapping and mineral prospectivity mapping โ and, for gold, a satellite gold map of the whole license.
8 sensor families ยท 14 datasets ยท one prospectivity index
What the rocks are made of
- 01
Optical multispectral
Alteration, lithology, vegetation stress
Sentinel-2 (10โ20 m)Landsat 8/9 (30 m) - 02
SWIR & emissivity
Clay, mica and carbonate alteration mineralogy
ASTER SWIRASTER GED - 03
Thermal
Thermal inertia and near-surface contrast
MODIS LST
How the ground is built
- 04
Radar
Structure, lineaments, surface roughness, canopy penetration
Sentinel-1 C-bandALOS PALSAR L-bandALOS-2 ScanSAR - 05
Terrain
Structural fabric, drainage, canopy correction
SRTMCopernicus GLO-30GEDI canopy - 06
Magnetics
Basement architecture and intrusive contacts
EMAG2
Where to look โ and where not to
- 07
Hydrology
Drainage networks and placer context
MERIT Hydro - 08
Land cover
Screening near settlement and infrastructure
Dynamic World
Multispectral or hyperspectral? How we choose per mineral โ and where the bands actually sit+
Same ground, two ways of reading its light. We choose per mineral.
Multispectral
A few wide windows: the overall shape of the spectrum, sampled coarsely.
- Cost-effective across tens of thousands of acres; dense revisit makes seasonal cross-checks practical
- Strong on iron oxides, gossans and broad alteration halos
Hyperspectral
Hundreds of slim windows: individual absorption features resolved.
- Separates minerals that look identical to broad bands; resolves clay, mica and carbonate species individually
- Required for rare earths and fine-grained industrial minerals
Where the bands actually sit
See the method on a real report
One ranked zone, opened up end to end โ which bands fired and why, how the prospectivity score was built, and what the finished report says about grade, depth and tonnage.
Send us the project boundary and the minerals youโre targeting. Weโll come back with the scope, price and expected delivery timeline โ within one working day.
Get Free Quote โ
Mining software for mineral exploration: 9 tools, one browser tab
The same technology behind our exploration reports is available as browser-based mining industry software. More than 200 mining businesses across 25+ countries use Mining Pro to manage and analyze their exploration work โ with no installation or GIS software license required.
Mining software solutions usually mean three separate products; here one login replaces them: geology software for ranked targets and raster layers, 3D geological modeling software for veins, grade blocks and drillholes, and mine planning software for a conceptual pit shell, schedule and economics.

2D Map โ ranked anomaly polygons, grade and value per zone
On Premium+, the platform goes beyond identifying mineral anomalies. It supports economic block modeling, drillhole databases, floating-cone pit-shell modeling, and life-of-mine scheduling โ taking a project from exploration targets to early-stage mine planning, all in one place.
- Economic block modelRegularised blocks carrying grade, density, dilution and an EXPL_TARGET A/B/C confidence code.
- Synthetic drillhole setCollar, survey, assay, lithology and de-survey tables โ enough to design a first-pass program.
- Floating-cone pit shellA conceptual pit generated on the reconciled expected-tonnage basis, not the raw envelope.
- Bench & gradeโtonnageTonnage and grade per bench, and the gradeโtonnage curve behind any cut-off you choose.
- LOM scheduleA conceptual life-of-mine production schedule with strip ratio by period.
- Orebody solidsWireframe solids per zone, ready to import into your own modeling package.
Explore
See where the mineral system is
2D Map
License boundary, ranked anomaly polygons and every raster layer on one map.
Open in Mining Pro โRaster Inspector
Read the evidence pixel by pixel โ each input band behind a score.
Open in Mining Pro โ
Quantify
Grade, tonnage and confidence per zone
Zone Table
Every zone with grade, tonnage, confidence tier and risk flags โ auditable.
Open in Mining Pro โBlock Model
Regularised economic blocks with EXPL_TARGET A/B/C confidence codes.
Open in Mining Pro โDrillholes
Synthetic collar / survey / assay database for first-pass program design.
Open in Mining Pro โ
Plan & hand off
From targets to early-stage mine planning
Mine Plan
Floating-cone pit shell, bench tonnage, gradeโtonnage curve, LOM schedule.
Open in Mining Pro โ
Plugs into the tools you already use.
Export packages for Leapfrog, Vulcan, Surpac and Datamine โ with georeferenced KML / GeoTIFF / GeoJSON outputs.
- Coordinates
- KML / KMZ
- GeoJSON
- License or concession boundary
- Country
- Target minerals
Learn it before you buy it
See the platform in action through a full 16-chapter video course, recorded live using real survey data.
The course walks through how the exploration workflow works, how satellite data is used to identify mineral targets, how targets are ranked, and how the platform moves from raw data to drill-ready insights โ including the more technical parts that are difficult to explain on paper. No geology degree required.
Screens captured from the live platform on the published demonstration dataset โ location obfuscated, geology computer-generated.
28 engagements, gold and beyond
18 gold engagements plus copperโcobalt, lithium, nickel, silver, platinum, diamonds and bentonite โ the same satellite mineral mapping pipeline, retuned per mineral with its own spectral signature, density and recovery assumptions. Each card links to the full case study, with the methodology and the outcome the client reported.
100% of clients who drilled our targets told us they found mineralization โ 50% confirmed by laboratory assay.
Alluvial discovery
64 g/t returned from the top-ranked spots
Read the case studyNon-alluvial discovery
10.4-acre target ยท 12.1 g/t average ยท 31 m at 14.1 g/t
Read the case studyAndean mountain terrain
279 acres ยท 3.2 g/t โ roughly double the regional average
Read the case studyCopper โ cobalt
Cu ยท Co ยท Up to 30 days saved
Read the case studyAlmosi, Maradi
4,621 acres ยท drilled and lab-assayed, mineralization confirmed ยท 3โ6 months, USD 50โ100k saved
Read the case studyNTS Group license
131 acres ยท targets drilled, mineralization found ยท 1โ3 months and USD 50โ100k saved
Read the case studyDrill validation
~740 acres ยท targets drilled, mineralization encountered ยท 6+ months, USD 25โ50k saved
Read the case studyPlatinum (PGM)
Pt
Read the case studyBirimian concession
68 GPS localities in 4 field days โ all 14 ranked zones returned physical evidence
Read the case studyProven case
114 acres ยท 10 anomaly zones ยท 8,662 oz Exploration Target
Read the case studyRapid 1,043-acre scan
9 anomaly zones ยท 1,170โ2,690 oz target range
Read the case studyTen ranked drill targets
699 acres ยท ~11,450โ14,900 oz Exploration Target
Read the case studyLicense-wide target
14,972 oz across the license ยท tested in 6 days
Read the case studyCalifornia
180 acres ยท ~26,840 oz Exploration Target
Read the case studyGreenstone targets
366 acres ยท 7 ranked targets ยท gold indicated at 36โ80 m depth
Read the case studyNine-project program
131,868 acres mapped across nine licenses
Read the case studyThree drill-ready zones
124 acres ยท gold indicated at 38โ77 m depth
Read the case studyProspectivity mapping
2,471 acres ranked into priority gold targets
Read the case studyRegional prospecting
Top spots ranked from the 2020โ25 satellite archive
Read the case studySmall-scale license
Under 250 acres ยท 6+ months and up to USD 25k saved at the planning stage
Read the case studyLithium + gold
Li ยท Au ยท 6+ months saved
Read the case studyCobalt
Co ยท 3 zones
Read the case studyLithium
Li
Read the case studyDiamond
C
Read the case studyGold + manganese
Au ยท Mn
Read the case studyGold, silver, uranium
Au ยท Ag ยท U ยท 6+ months saved
Read the case studyNickel
Ni
Delivered ยท summary onlySilver
Ag
Delivered ยท summary onlyNine of the eleven non-gold engagements are published in full at farmonaut.com/mining/project; two are delivered summaries only.
4 steps, delivered inside 5 days
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You send
The coordinates, a KML / KMZ / GeoJSON file, or the license or concession boundary โ along with the country and target minerals.
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We select the data
We pick multispectral or hyperspectral satellite data and the radar, thermal, magnetic and terrain layers your geology needs.
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03
We analyze
Machine-learning multi-sensor fusion produces a per-pixel prospectivity index, a grade model, deposit-type classification and tonnage.
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04
You receive
A PDF report, georeferenced maps (KML / GeoTIFF / GeoJSON) and โ on Premium+ โ 3D models and a conceptual mine plan.
- Under 5 days Standard delivery
- Same week Boundary in, report out
- Any size Single license to portfolio
- No drilling Drones and field crews not required
Turnaround runs from receipt of a usable boundary. Multi-license portfolios are delivered in phases inside the same window.
Send us a license boundary
The coordinates, a KML / KMZ / GeoJSON file, or the boundary of your exploration license or exploration permit, mining permit, mining lease, mining tenement or concession โ along with the country and target minerals. Weโll come back with the scope, price and expected delivery timeline โ within one working day.
Client ยท Oregon, USA ยท Gold
Exploration consultancy ยท South Africa ยท Gold
License holder ยท Niger ยท Gold
License holder ยท Nigeria ยท Gold + lithium
Client ยท Tanzania ยท Gold
Client ยท Somalia ยท Gold
Client & affiliate partner ยท Somalia ยท Platinum
Client & affiliate partner ยท Ghana ยท Gold









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AI mineral exploration: questions before you order
Straight answers on cost, accuracy, timing and compliance. If yours isn't here, send your license boundary and ask us directly.
How does satellite mineral exploration work?
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We combine data from eight sensor families (optical, SWIR, radar, thermal, magnetics, terrain, hydrology and land cover) over your license area and score every pixel for the minerals you are targeting. The result is a ranked list of exploration targets, each with an indicative grade, depth, tonnage and value, plus a recommended drilling direction and angle. No satellite can see gold underground directly, so the report tells you where to sample and drill first, not what is in the ground.
How much does satellite mineral exploration cost?
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Satellite mineral detection is quoted per project, because each license differs in size, target minerals and the report tier you need (Premium or Premium+). Send us your license boundary and target minerals and we reply with a fixed price within one working day. See pricing for how the tiers differ.
How accurate is AI mineral exploration?
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90% of our ranked target zones have been confirmed by ground or drill evidence where clients followed them up. Examples on this page include 8 of 8 diamond holes hitting gold in Kenya and 88 of 99 holes hitting economic gold in Peru. Accuracy here means the ranked zones held mineralization, not that every grade estimate matched the assay.
How long does a satellite mineral report take?
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Most reports are delivered within 5 days, in four steps: you send the boundary and target minerals, we select the satellite, radar, thermal, magnetic and terrain data your geology needs, we run the analysis, and you receive a PDF report, the target files and optional Mining Pro access for the 3D and mine-planning tools.
What do I need to send to get started?
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Your license, claim or concession boundary as coordinates or a KML, KMZ or GeoJSON file, plus the country and the minerals you want us to look for. If you only have a permit or survey document, send it and we will work out the boundary with you.
Is the report JORC or NI 43-101 compliant?
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No. Our reports support exploration ahead of a JORC report or NI 43-101 technical report: they show where to drill and sample. A mineral resource estimate under the JORC Code or NI 43-101 needs drilling, assays and sign-off by a Competent or Qualified Person, which comes after the targets have been tested.
Satellite mineral exploration or an airborne geophysical survey: which first?
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Satellite analysis first. It screens the whole license in days for a fraction of the cost of a magnetic or airborne geophysical survey, so you can focus the survey, field mapping and drilling on the ranked targets instead of the entire area.
Which minerals and countries do you cover?
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Clients have paid us to find 25 minerals, including gold, copper, cobalt, lithium, silver, zinc, manganese, uranium and diamonds, and the method extends to other targets with a detectable signature. We have delivered projects in 40+ countries, from Oregon and the US Southwest to Australia and across Africa, for license holders, exploration companies, consultants and mining investors doing due diligence.
Turn your network into recurring revenue.
You own the client relationship and the conversation โ we do the technical work and the delivery. Free to join, commission on every successful project, no technical background needed.
- Free to join
- Commission on every successful project
- You own the client relationship
- No technical background needed
โIncredibly cost and time saving.โ
Yahudym Mining Ghana Ltd ยท Client & affiliate partner ยท Ghana ยท Gold Read the case study
- 1You bring the license holder
- 2We do the technical work and delivery
- 3You earn commission on the project
Exploration figures on this page are satellite-derived Exploration Targets โ the basis for ranking and costing a drilling program, and not a classified Mineral Resource or Reserve under JORC, NI 43-101 or SAMREC.
