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The European Union Horizon 2020 project NEXT, was created to develop new geomodels, novel sensitive exploration technologies and data analysis methods which together are fast, cost- effective, environmentally safe, and potentially more acceptable to local actors and communities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEXT project has not only been successful but exceeded expectations. NEXT results have been already used by mineral exploration companies with a great success\u201d, says Science Coordinator Vesa Nyk\u00e4nen <\/strong>from Geological Survey of Finland (GTK).<\/p>\n

Great achievements<\/h4>\n

\u201cWe had seven work packages and ten objectives to start with. Results show that cooperation between partners has been fruitful and we have achieved excellent results in all work packages\u201d, says Project Manager Juha Kaija <\/strong>from GTK. \u201cSeveral outcomes from the project bring innovative<\/p>\n

methods into mineral exploration and, most importantly, improve target generation and have the ability to increase the exploration productivity\u201d, states Exploitation Manager Torsten Gorka <\/strong>from DMT GmbH & Co. KG.<\/p>\n

One of its outcomes has already been picked by European Commission Innovation Radar. Independent experts of the Innovation Radar ranked the Novel electromagnetic (EM) survey system on UAV for mineral exploration, as a top innovation product developed in the NEXT project with a high market potential in the near future. \u201cThis survey system is a remarkable result of the NEXT project. The Finnish company Radai Oy started the development of it within the NEXT project and already it has proven to be highly versatile. Now the team at the Radai SME are developing the system further for commercial use\u201d, Nyk\u00e4nen explains.<\/p>\n

The other remarkable achievement of NEXT are the SOM (Self-Organizing Maps) Software Tools. The aim in the NEXT Project was to develop a new modern software and tools for data processing and integration. A new open-source software tool, GisSOM, for geoscientific data integration in combination with artificial neural works and self-organizing maps is available in GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGTK and the German company BEAK worked jointly to create data fusion tools. GTK is responsible for the open-source SOM software tool and the BEAK is keen to develop it further for commercial use in their advangeo\u00ae software suite\u201d, Nyk\u00e4nen explains.<\/p>\n

An impressive number of publications<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe large number of publications in the project is particularly gratifying. There are more than 40 peer reviewed articles already published or submitted to scientific journals in the NEXT project\u201d, informs Nyk\u00e4nen. All the publications will be released on open access platforms.<\/p>\n

Social License to Explore (SLE) is nowadays an important element of exploration activities. In the NEXT project, three case studies in different contextual settings in Sweden and Finland were explored. Interviews with local organized actors and surveys among the local residents were conducted to investigate which factors shape a local communities\u2019 attitudes towards mineral exploration. This research concluded that new sensitive technologies are generally welcomed by local people, but other factors affecting local actors\u2019 attitudes are more important.<\/p>\n

Proactive information and active community engagement at the outset of a project can help build good relations and hand on demonstrations of the new technologies can generate active interest among local actors. The outcomes of the research on the SLE thematic as well as write-ups on the new tools and improved insights on the way ore deposits are formed have been collected in the NEXT Practical Toolkit addressed to mineral exploration and mining companies. This publication has been purposely written in an easy-to-grasp language and is complemented with recommendations which are foremost addressed to mineral exploration companies about what to communicate about the new exploration technologies, why, how, when and where during the mineral exploration stages.<\/p>\n

Help for clustering<\/h4>\n

Clustering with other ongoing EU funded projects was one of the objectives of the NEXT project. Although not originally foreseen at the outset, the NEXT project developed a new open-access module “Projects Map” on the Cordis portal. This was achieved through the active cooperation of the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) team, based in Luxembourg and the University of Lorraine in France. The new module, https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/datalab\/p2co.php?lv=en<\/a>, allows to explore synergies in a highly efficient manner and should prove valuable not only to the domain of mineral exploration and mining, since the search function permits to look for potential synergies on any topic of scientific research the \u201cjungle\u201d of EU funded research projects.<\/p>\n

The NEXT consortium was coordinated by the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and consisted of 16 partners from research institutes, academia, service providers and mining industry from the six EU member states Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, Malta and Spain. The NEXT budget amounted to 6.9 Million Euro, funded through the Horizon2020 Framework Programme.<\/p>\n

The NEXT Final Event took place in September 2021.<\/p>\n

Further information:
\nhttps:\/\/new-exploration.tech\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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