New technology to predict mineralization developed; Goldcorp partners with IBM Watson for innovative new exploration tool.

The article reports that information technology service management company IBM Canada and gold production company Goldcorp have partnered to create artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve the predictability for gold mineralization. It states IBM Exploration with Watson utilizes machine learning, predictive models, and spatial analytics and used data from the Red Lake Gold Mines in Ontario. It comments that the AI system provided independent support for targets planned traditionally.