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Future Explorers Challenge Winning Team Announcement! It's been an incredible journey working alongside such talented teams to push the boundaries of data-driven exploration. A huge thank you to Dundee Precious Metals Inc., Humyn.ai, Holly Bridgwater, and Justin Strharsky for their support and for organizing this fantastic challenge! #Innovation #Mining #DataScience #Exploration #GeoNomads #FutureExplorersChallenge #DPM #DundeePreciousMetals #HumynAI

For the last 6 months, 15 top teams combined #ML, #AI, and #geoscience to create new methods for data-driven exploration for important minerals. Why does it matter? Did you know that one tonne of #copper brings functionality to 40 cars, powers 100,000 mobile phones, enables operations in 400 computers and distributes electricity to 30 homes?! But #mineralexploration currently has a less than 1% success rate globally, so we need new methods to find increasingly scarce resources such as copper. Now these winning teams have just won a share of $250,000 in prizes for their new approaches to data-driven exploration. Congratulations to the winners of the Future Explorers Challenge from Dundee Precious Metals Inc.!

Congratulations to the winners of the Future Explorers Challenge from Dundee Precious Metals Inc.! The challenge offered a USD $250,000 prize pool and attracted hundreds of #AI and geoscience specialists from 37 different countries to uncover new targets for mineral recovery using DPM data. For the last 6 months, the 15 finalist teams competed to build the best new approaches combining machine learning, AI, and geoscience. “We are thrilled to congratulate all of the teams on their phenomenal work during the challenge,” said Francis Stewart, Director, Innovation at Dundee Precious Metals Inc. “We are also proud of the multiple DPM teams who came together to successfully deliver a cross-functional and multi-disciplinary collaborative data challenge, a first for our organization. The main objectives were to develop new exploration capabilities and the potential discovery of significant new deposits, and we now look forward to collaborating with these top innovators to unlock additional value from our data.” The judging panel, consisting of DPM’s technical specialists and outside experts, awarded prizes for the following categories: - Best Overall: Digital Discovery team, led by Drew Heasman, P.Geo - Runner Up: Midas Touch team, led by Sam Thiele - “Genius Prize” (creative, unique, “out of the box: solutions): GeoNomads team, led by Yerniyaz Abildin - “Data Hound” (best use of publicly available data sources in combination with DPM’s private data): The Dream Team, led by Boris Khvostichenko - “Next Generation Explorers” (best submission by a youth team): Sz.I.D.E. EXP-Syndicate team, led by Szabolcs Orban - “AI Creativity” prize: Caldera Analytics team, led by Michael Rodda - Novel Approach prize: Hybrid Exploration team, led by Joel Burkin - Notable Submissions (6 teams):  MineMind Maestros team, led by Konstantina K. Four Point team, led by Marek Wilgucki Golden Oredigger team, led by Jiajia Sun Digital Twinning team, led by Jay Patel New Gradient team, led by Ewan McMillan GeoWizards team, led by Ross Corben The first place team, Digital Discovery, was awarded US$75,000 for combining mineral systems analysis with machine learning in a model that generated well-reasoned targets. “We are honored to receive the Future Explorers first prize from Dundee Precious Metals Inc. and extend our gratitude to Humyn.ai for organizing this challenging competition," said Digital Discovery team leader, Drew Heasman, P.Geo. "Working on the Chelopech data has been rewarding and has pushed the boundaries of our workflows using data science, #machinelearning, AI, and geomechanical modeling to generate innovative mineral exploration targets. We are excited about seeing this work applied to real targets and its positive impact on future #exploration efforts. Thank you for this incredible recognition and invaluable experience.”

Who will develop the best new method for predicting #gold and #copper deposits?   A panel of expert judges from Dundee Precious Metals Inc. has selected 15 top teams from over 200 participants to advance to Stage Two of the Future Explorers Challenge!   These teams will compete for a share of the $250,000 prize pool and the glory of creating an innovative approach to exploration targeting. The diverse backgrounds and skills of the participants made this challenge into a true global phenomenon. People from an incredible 37 different countries participated in Stage One. The quality of approaches proposed was simply outstanding - world class! There were teams from top universities, private companies, and startups. Perhaps even more exciting, there were new teams that came together for the first time, combining deep #geology expertise with top data science and #ml skills. That made it an especially difficult task for the judges to select only 15 teams for Stage Two. Well done to all who participated in Stage One, and best of luck to those embarking on Stage Two! Follow along to learn how the 15 teams progress and find out who will take the top prize. Winners will be announced on May 25!  

Congratulations to Dundee Precious Metals Inc. and their 231 new friends! #datascientists and #geologists from an incredible 37 different countries participated in Stage One of the Future Explorers Challenge. Each team described how they would apply innovative new approaches including #ai and #ml to identifying new mineral exploration targets. The quality of new approaches is simply outstanding - world class! There were teams from top universities, private companies, and startups. Perhaps even more exciting, there were new teams that came together for the first time, combining deep geology expertise with top data science and ML skills. As a result, Dundee Precious Metals Inc. has made an significant contribution to innovation in how we explore for the critical mineral resources we all need. Thank you to each of you who participated for making Stage One of the Future Explorers Challenge a resounding success, and for proving that when minds from around the world come together, the possibilities are limitless.    Congratulations for turning this challenge into a remarkable showcase of talent from every corner of the globe!   What's next? A panel of expert judges will now select 15 of these talented teams to participate in Stage Two of the Challenge, during which they will develop their new approaches and test them on a massive data set. Exciting!