Vale to apply machine learning at Coleman nickel mine

Brazil's mining major Vale is set to start applying machine learning to identify new drilling targets at its Coleman nickel mine. Coleman Mine, which is the flagship asset of Vale in Ontario, Canada, is part of the company's base metals operations. Vale has selected technology company GoldSpot Discoveries to examine and analyse the vast amount of data acquired by it over decades of mining at Coleman. GoldSpot Discoveries' team of geologists and data scientists will also discover previously unrecognised data trends, which may point to unknown areas of in-depth mineralisation. By using its geoscience and machine science expertise, GoldSpot Discoveries' team will clean, unify and analyse exploration data from Vale's Coleman Mine.