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New technology must be used to modernise South Africa’s mining business

7th August 2026

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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Instead of relying primarily on traditional geological interpretation, South Africa must urgently turn to artificial intelligence (AI) for help, in the same way as has been done so successfully in Zambia.

South African mining remains our principal engine of economic growth but that will only continue to be the case if we reverse the negativities of deepening and increasingly complex orebodies, and the absence of new deposits and new mines. Zambia’s use of AI has quickly resulted in ground already being broken for the building of a $2.3-billion copper mine at Mingomba.

Amazingly, AI was successful in analysing vast amounts of geological, geophysical, drilling and historical exploration data and point out a high-grade opportunity with amazing accuracy.

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