Course Description
Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have transformed mineral exploration — enabling explorers to map geology, detect alteration, and integrate multi-layered spatial data across vast and remote areas. This course develops the practical skills to apply remote sensing and GIS to mineral exploration.
Participants learn how satellite and airborne imagery reveals geology and hydrothermal alteration, how spectral data identifies minerals, and how GIS integrates geological, geochemical, geophysical, and remote sensing data into prospectivity analysis. The course connects modern geospatial technology with exploration targeting, and links naturally to GeoAI and machine learning for prospectivity mapping.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the role of remote sensing and GIS in exploration
- Understand satellite and airborne imagery for geology
- Apply spectral remote sensing to detect alteration and minerals
- Use GIS to manage and integrate exploration data
- Perform spatial analysis for exploration
- Build prospectivity maps from integrated data
- Understand the link to GeoAI and machine learning
- Apply geospatial workflows to exploration targeting
How the course is delivered
The course combines remote sensing and GIS concepts with practical exploration workflows and targeting exercises. Participants work through imagery interpretation, spectral analysis, and GIS data integration using realistic exploration datasets.
The programme connects geospatial technology with exploration targeting and points toward GeoAI and machine learning approaches.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Exploration geologists and geoscientists
- GIS and remote sensing professionals in mining
- Exploration data specialists
- Technical professionals in mineral targeting
- Anyone applying geospatial tools to exploration
Daily programme
- The role of remote sensing and GIS in exploration
- Satellite and airborne imagery
- Image types and resolution
- Geological interpretation from imagery
- Spectral remote sensing principles
- Detecting hydrothermal alteration
- Mineral mapping from spectral data
- Hyperspectral applications
- GIS fundamentals for exploration
- Managing and integrating exploration data
- Spatial analysis
- Data layers and workflows
- Building prospectivity maps
- Integrated targeting
- Introduction to GeoAI and machine learning
- Workshop and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
