Fleet Space’s AI-Enabled Satellite-Based Agile Mineral Exploration Geoscience: Q2 Metals’ Cisco Lithium Project in Quebec, Canada, is One Example Where Exploration is Being Speeded Up

     Satellite company Fleet Space Technologies calls its Exosphere AI-enabled platform “the space-powered future of integrated geoscience.” The company has been utilized in the discovery and high grading of Q2 Metals’ Cisco Lithium Project in Quebec, Canada. An article in Slash Gear describes the Exosphere platform as “a geophysical sensing system that performs multi-layer analysis of the surface.” The system integrates gravity, aeromagnetic, electrical, geological, and seismic data for 3D subsurface imaging and modeling that can zoom in on prospective areas. It utilizes predictive AI. The main goal is to identify the best places to drill test holes for verification.

     Satellite AI technology can speed up the discovery and high-grading process for mineral mining. In the past few decades, slower mineral discovery rates have been a matter of concern as ore grades have declined. 

     Fleet Space’s white paper focuses on making minerals geoscience more agile.

“Agile methodologies reversed this, promoting short iterations and continuous improvement. Mining now faces the same inflection point. Agile Geoscience applies these agile principles to the subsurface, replacing annual field campaigns with adaptive loops that sense, model, decide, and learn.”

     They note the development of agile methodologies in several industries and the potential of agile geoscience. Below, they give an agile geoscience workflow and compare agile geoscience results to traditional minerals exploration geoscience results

 

     They note that the core tenets of agile geoscience are velocity, integration, and adaptation. Velocity refers to how fast value can be added. Integration builds confidence as more data streams are combined and validated for geological modeling. Adaptation is vital for avoiding wasted time and effort. Adapting quickly to new information is very important for mineral exploration. The system utilizes AI and edge computing and integrates sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT). The system provides interoperability on a single platform.

     Fleet Space thinks legacy workflows are too slow for the current needs for mineral discoveries. As noted, ore grades are getting lower quality as the best grades are mined out. This has been the case for copper mining.

     Fleet Space is currently working with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to develop the country’s mineral resources.

“In partnership with Fleet Space & Tahreez JV, Maaden is completing the world’s largest 3D multiphysics survey and AI-enabled drill targeting campaign across over 12,000km2 of the Arabian Shield to unlock the Kingdom’s 2.5 trillion in mineral assets in support of Vision 2030.”

     Fleet Space claims that agile geoscience is “reducing drill costs up to 60% and improving success rates up to 4X worldwide.”

Q2 Metals Cisco Lithium Project

          Q2 Metals’ Cisco Lithium Project in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec is exploring for lithium in a pegmatite deposit and has announced excellent drilling results utilizing Fleet Space’s platform. Fleet Space is a company from Australia, a global mining leader. Its CEO describes Q2 Metals’ success:

 “Around the world, agile geoscience is helping exploration teams move from insight to results with unprecedented speed, precision, and reduced environmental impact,” said CEO & Co-Founder of Fleet Space, Flavia Tata Nardini. “With global mining leaders using ExoSphere’s real-time subsurface intelligence to refine drill targeting, we’re enabling faster, smarter, and more sustainable outcomes across the exploration and resource development cycle. We’re proud to support Q2 as they advance a project that has the potential to meaningfully strengthen the resilience of the Americas’ lithium supply chain.”

     Some details, location maps, pegmatite body ore quality, and geology of the Cisco Lithium Project are given below.  

 

 

References:

 

A huge lithium deposit in Canada may have just been found thanks to AI satellites. Nadeem Sarwar. Slash Gear. January 3, 2025. A huge lithium deposit in Canada may have just been found thanks to AI satellites

Fleet Space. Website. Fleet Space Technologies | Home Page

Agile Geoscience: The 21st Century Playbook for Mineral Discovery. Fleet Space (White Paper).  Fleet Space Technologies_Agile Geoscience_2026.pdf

Cisco Lithium Project Eeyou Istchee James Bay Region of Quebec. Q2 Metals Corp. Cisco Lithium Project - Q2 Metals Corp.

Agile Geoscience: The Global Mining Innovation Priority for 21st Century Leaders. Flavia Tata Nardini, CEO & Co-Founder, Fleet Space Technologies. Fleet Space (website). January 14, 2026. Agile Geoscience: The Global Mining Innovation Priority for 21st Century Leaders

ExoSphere Supports Q2 Metals’ Expanded Mineralisation at Cisco Project. Fleet Space (website). November 25. 2025. ExoSphere Supports Q2 Metals’ Expanded Mineralisation at Cisco Project

Q2 Metals Defines Initial Exploration Target of 215 to 329 Million Tonnes at the Cisco Lithium Project in James Bay, Quebec, Canada. Q2 Metals. Press Release. July 21, 2025. Q2 Metals Defines Initial Exploration Target of 215 to 329 Million Tonnes at the Cisco Lithium Project in James Bay, Quebec, Canada  - Q2 Metals Corp.

 

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