BHP and Microsoft use AI to lift Escondida copper recovery
A new collaboration between BHP and Microsoft has used artificial intelligence and machine learning with the aim of improving copper recovery at the world’s largest copper mine.
A new collaboration between BHP and Microsoft has used artificial intelligence and machine learning with the aim of improving copper recovery at the world’s largest copper mine.
The drilling has extended and confirmed the deeper zone of continuous mineralisation hosting significant gold, copper and zinc with intercept thickness of over 50 m.
Of the 22 samples collected, all returned elevated gold and 15 returned assays greater than 1 g/t gold including five samples over 100 g/t with a peak value of 186.6 g/t.