Q & A with Janina Elliot | How data, discipline and technology are rewiting the rules of exploration

In the ever-evolving mining landscape, while exploration companies are faced with mounting pressures from market volatility to constrained budgets and increased scrutiny; there is a paradigm shift occurring, and with it opportunities to better understand the subsurface and future-proof exploration projects.

Janina Elliott, Seequent’s Segment Director for Mining explores how global uncertainties and emerging trends are reshaping mineral exploration, and why value-driven growth, strategic choices, and adapting to new policies in the industry are increasingly important.

Technology—including cloud data management, AI, and machine learning—is essential for junior explorers to overcome industry and operational challenges, drive smarter decisions, and build investor confidence.