The MINEYE project’s overall ambition is to increase access to critical and strategic minerals and metals in Europe while also considering environmental and social impacts, by providing the mining industry with proven and validated solutions for the uptake of Earth Observation data and technology. The challenge of reducing the environmental impacts of mining will be achieved by developing new Earth Observation methods and tools for the entire mining value chain. Therefore, MINEYE aims to develop innovative and competitive technologies for the mineral exploration, operational, closure, and post-closure stages.
The MINEYE technologies will be demonstrated at 3 pilot sites in Europe:
(i) Tharsis Mining (Spain) with massive sulphide deposits
(ii) Norrbotten County (Sweden) with rare-earth elements potential
(iii) SO.RI.CO.M. mines (Albania) with metal ore deposits
The technologies will therefore be demonstrated in a variety of mining contexts, from greenfield to brownfield, to secondary deposits, and at different phases of the mining life cycle (exploration, exploitation, reclamation).
The MINEYE technologies include novel data fusion and processing algorithms that will build on Earth Observation data from a wide range of sources, including satellite constellations, airborne and ground-based geophysical measurements, as well as geological drilling and mineralogical and geochemical data. The project will provide the mining industry with proven and validated technological solutions for uptake of these data.
