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Barrick will bring Avathon's AI to its gold mines in North America

· Source: inspenet.com

In short

Barrick will integrate Avathon's Autonomy Platform artificial intelligence across its gold mining operations in North America, connecting data from exploration to production. The platform, built on a computational knowledge graph and AI agents, will initially target safety monitoring and predictive maintenance, while also supporting mineral processing and recovery, mine planning, exploration, and supply chain management. Barrick executives say the goal is to combine human expertise with physical AI to improve safety, productivity, recovery, and supply chain reliability, while keeping professionals in control of operational decisions.

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Tags: mining, predictive maintenance, supply chain, computer vision, automation

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