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News & Events

24.09.2021 News
BLOG | GisSOM for Clustering Multivariate Data

The second article in the three-part blog series about applying GisSOM for Clustering Multivariate Data has been published

15.09.2021 Events
FINAL EVENT | NEXT shows final results

How innovative solutions and concepts will foster exploration success in Europe and beyond? On 15. September, ...

13.09.2021 Events
WORKSHOP | Save the date for our final Stakeholder Workshop

The event brings the opportunity to share new knowledge and showcase the new exploration technologies that have been developed by the NEXT project.

13.09.2021 News
EXPLORATION | Findings from Rajapalot exploration site

NEXT shares findings of its new exploration technologies applied to the Rajapalot test site in Finland

10.09.2021 News
POLICY | NEXT publishes 2nd Policy Brief

In our new Policy Brief the factors affecting local attitudes to mineral exploration are discussed and recommendations given

06.09.2021 News
PROSPECTION | Mineral prospectivity mapping

Transforming Regional-Scale Predictions to Target-Scale Detections – Empowered by Advanced Statistical and Machine Learning Methods

30.08.2021 News
UPDATE | Final Event only online

Due to the ongoing COVID crisis and travel limitations, we have decided to hold the Final Event & Results Day on 15.09.2021 as an online event only.

27.08.2021 News
ARTICLES | Multilingual access

Articles published about NEXT news and developments are also available in different languages


PUBLICATIONS

Our publications address scientific knowledge about the geology of our test sites, latest technical and methodological innovations for mineral exploration, as well as research results about the importance of practices used to assess social impacts and interact with local communities.

Download articles about the formation of ore deposits, new machine learning tools to detect hidden ore bodies, novel geophysical measurement systems with drones, latest improvements in processing and analysing of satellite remote sensing and portable devices data, and innovative approaches for geochemical analyses e.g. in glaciated terrain. Look at the results of interviews with local stakeholders as well as exploration companies, and read our Research Brief on the Social License to Explore (SLE) concept.

2021/09
INNOVATIONS | Results from Rajapalot, Finland

Mawson reflect on NEXT new technologies applied to their Rajapalot test site in Finland

Download: EN | ES | FR |

2021/09
POLICY BRIEF | Factors affecting local attitudes to mineral exploration

The importance of exploration technology, social and safety risks, and early participation of civil society

Download: EN |

2021/09
PROSPECTIVITY | Mineral prospectivity analysis

Transforming Regional-Scale Predictions to Target-Scale Detections – Empowered by Advanced Statistical and Machine Learning Methods

Download: EN | ES | FR |

2021/08
SATELLITE DATA | Satellite Image Crawler (SIC)

Concept Design of universal software tool for data search, acquisition, analysis, storage and post-processing

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2021/08
REMOTE SENSING | New satellite-imagery derived products

NEXT develops new satellite-imagery derived products for mineral exploration and environmental monitoring

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2021/07
EXPLORATION | New software for portable devices

NEXT produces a novel software to process data obtained from handheld devices for mineral prospectivity mapping

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2021/07
DRONES | Radai adds further safety features to its novel drone prototypes

Significant progress made in the development of our drone-based magnetic field survey system

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2021/07
OUTCOMES | Interviews with Exploration Companies

NEXT shares outcomes of interviews with mineral exploration and mining companies

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2021/06
INSIGHT | Interviews with local stakeholders

Sharing outcomes of interviews with local organized actors in Finland and Sweden

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2021/05
EXPLORATION | Mineral predictive mapping

NEXT advances mineral predictive mapping with Self-Organizing Maps

Download: DE | EN | ES | FR |

2021/05
EXPLORATION | Advanced surface geochemical exploration

NEXT advances mineral exploration in glaciated terrains

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2021/04
EXPLORATION | How do ore deposits form?

NEXT uses mineral systems modeling to improve our understanding

Download: DE | EN | ES | FR |

2021/03
EXPLORATION | Surface Geochemistry

Mineral prospecting with unconventional sampling material: Snow sampling

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2021/02
EXPLORATION | From a bird's eye view

Radai’s pioneering research on non-invasive geophysical mineral exploration technologies with drones

Download: DE | EN | ES | FR |

2020/10
PUBLICATION | Research Brief on Social License to Explore (SLE) Concept

Research brief on the importance of practices used to assess social impacts and interact with local communities

Download: DE | EN | ES | FI | FR | SE |

2019/09
Publications | Scientific Abstracts Compilation and Field Guide to Raja Prospect

Peräpohja Belt, Finland

Download: EN |


Deliverables

Download our public project deliverables

2021/11
D5.5 | A Practical Toolkit addressed to Mineral Exploration and Mining Companies

Download: EN |

2021/10
D5.3 | Report on the role of exploration technologies and associated social and safety risks for social licensing

Download: EN |

2020/01
D4.11 | Open-source stand-alone SOM software along with system concept

Class diagram / software design, Testing report, User’s manual

Download: EN |

2020/01
D5.1 | Mapping key factors influencing effectiveness of social license during the exploration phase

Download: EN |

2018/10
Deliverables | 7.2 Corporate Design

Project Website, Brochures, Leaflets, Newsletter

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2018/09
Deliverables | 7.3 Report on Social Media

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2018/09
Deliverables | 7.4 Report on Activities of the Press Bureau

Download: EN |


Video

Our video explains how NEXT will develop new geomodels and novel sensitive exploration technologies which are fast, cost-effective, environmentally safe and potentially socially accepted.

2020/12

NEXT Project Presentation | In this video we give a complete overview about NEXT - New Exploration Technologies project

2020/12

NEXT WP2 | Mineral Systems Modeling

2020/12

NEXT WP3 | Novel Exploration Technologies

2020/12

NEXT WP4 | Data Fusion

2020/12

NEXT WP5 | Social License to Explore

2020/12

NEXT WP6 | Clustering

2020/12

NEXT WP7 | Dissemination and Exploitation

2020/09

NEXT Project Overview | In this video our project manager Juha Kaija and our scientific coordinator Vesa Nykänen explain our project objectives and concept to develop new innovative exploration technologies


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NEXT New Exploration Technologies
Torsten Gorka
Mail: info@new-exploration.tech
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