en.Wedoany.com Reported - In early June 2026, at the 2026 Spatial Intelligence Software Technology Conference held in China, Li Weisen, President of the China Association for Geospatial Information Society, stated that spatial intelligence has become a new industrial track, with niche applications such as "AI-powered mineral exploration" yielding verifiable commercial results. SuperMap disclosed that its "AI + site and mineral selection" scenario service provided in Qingyang City, Gansu Province, has supported the transaction of 57 land parcels, with a total transaction value of 3.1 billion yuan (approximately $430 million); it has also supported 80 mineral resource transfer transactions, with a cumulative transaction value of 15.6 billion yuan (approximately $2.16 billion).
SuperMap, a geographic information system (GIS) software company headquartered in Beijing, China, has its large model team leader Shen Jian explain that this application integrates management data from the "one map" of natural resources—such as use control and development utilization—with remote sensing and 3D real-scene data. It constructs a knowledge base and profile for enterprise land and mineral use, utilizing algorithmic models to achieve intelligent matching of land and mineral use demands. Similar technological pathways have been validated and implemented in multiple mining enterprises in China. Shenmai Holdings has independently developed a vertical AI model for the mining industry, integrating a mixture of experts architecture with expert team experience data. The company disclosed that in its own mining rights projects, the model has increased the success rate of mineral exploration from less than 1% based on traditional experience to 50%, compressed the exploration cycle for a single mining area from five years to six months, and reduced overall costs by approximately 75%. Related intelligent exploration technologies have already been applied in overseas scenarios. Lingyun Zhikuang, an AI mining technology innovation enterprise, completed three rounds of billion-yuan-level financing within one year, and its gold project in Zimbabwe is expected to produce its first gold output in 2026. Shandong Gold, leveraging Shandong Province's "Artificial Intelligence + Manufacturing" action policy, has integrated AI technology into the entire industrial chain, including geological exploration, mining design, and production operations, accelerating the research and development of intelligent mining technologies.
Guo Renzhong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dean of the Smart City Research Institute at Shenzhen University, pointed out that spatiotemporal intelligence encompasses four dimensions: spatiotemporal perception, analysis, decision-making, and action. It can shift from "passive response" to "active adaptation," providing guidance for mining safety production and disaster prevention. Song Guanfu, Director of the Geographic Information System Technology Innovation Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, used data to confirm the commercial potential of spatial intelligence: SuperMap's AI-powered site and mineral selection service for Qingyang, Gansu, has cumulatively facilitated land parcel and mining rights transactions totaling 18.7 billion yuan.
Despite the promising prospects of the spatial intelligence industry, multiple experts indicated that three major challenges remain: the need to enhance independent capabilities in key core technologies; insufficient depth of integration between cutting-edge digital technologies and real-world scenarios, coupled with an incomplete mechanism for transforming technological achievements; and the increasing difficulty in balancing the security control of geographic information data with the release of data value.
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