Mining IQ Exploration Insights 2025 examines top technologies and exclusive data to reveal emerging trends in mineral exploration.

Following the Executive summary, the report analyses key findings of our Exploration Survey, including the biggest challenges on the path to discovery, as chosen by more than 200 exploration professionals.

The third section provides an overview of the top technologies and techniques companies are deploying to boost discovery rates. The report then reviews the year’s most important discoveries, featuring interviews with the companies behind those successes.

The final sections provide a catalogue of the best intercepts.

Methodology

Mining IQ Exploration Insights 2025 was put together using a selection of research techniques.

Our Exploration Survey, which attracted responses from more than 200 industry professionals, was conducted from February to April. The questions probed views on themes ranging from the most promising new technologies to spending priorities and challenges around access to capital and permitting.

The Technology & Techniques review was built on Mining Magazine’s in-house expertise, and companies were contacted directly to provide additional insights on their recent drilling successes in the Discovery Highlights section.

Data on the top intercepts was taken from an analysis of about 3,000 company drill results announcements and exploration results from more than 100 top-pick projects highlighted by survey respondents.

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