Case Study: Equinox Gold achieves a new gold discovery at Valentine with VRIFY’s DORA

Equinox Gold discovers Minotaur Zone and advances 15,000–20,000m drill program with Vrify

Equinox Gold, a major gold mining company, faced the challenge of identifying new exploration targets beyond the well-established Valentine Lake Shear Zone at its Valentine Gold Mine. To systematically reexamine this underexplored land package, the company utilized DORA, an AI-assisted geoscience software from vendor Vrify.

Vrify's solution involved using DORA to model the property and generate a mineral prospectivity score by integrating large volumes of existing geoscience data. This process re-ranked regional priorities and identified the highly prospective Minotaur Zone, leading directly to a new gold discovery. The measurable impact was a major high-grade discovery, with drill intercepts including 2.68g/t Au over 32m, which is now the focus of a 15,000–20,000m drill program with significant implications for extending the mine's life.

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