Iran to Use AI for Smart Land Mapping in Isfahan Province
In the Geological Transformation and Exploration of Mineral Reserves in Isfahan Province (Na’in Block), 60 geological and exploration projects (production of basic information and exploration of mineral reserves) will be implemented in the layers of geology, geochemistry, and economic geology, which will use new approaches for the first time in implementation of this project.
The end date of operations is September 2026 and the area of the project, including geological, geochemical, and economic geology surveys, is 37,500 square kilometers.
“This development is based on three main axes of increasing the utilization of private sector capacity, focusing on the production of basic data, and making processes intelligent using modern technologies. All three axes have been observed in the Geology and Mineral Exploration Development Plan in Isfahan Province,” said Dariush Esmayeeli, the head of the Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization.
He referred to the area of 110,000 square kilometers of Isfahan Province, and said, “A significant part of this area can be considered the focus of exploration activities, and nearly 33,000 square kilometers, i.e. more than 70 percent of the extractable capacity in the province, is currently under the organization's active projects.”
In a relevant development in 2023, Iranian officials and their Austrian counterparts had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand mine exploration and geology cooperation.
According to a report by Iranian media, a bilateral memorandum of understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran's Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization and the Natural History Museum of Austria was signed earlier this week to expand the two freindly countries' cooperation in the field of mine exploration and geology.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by Alireza Shahidi, the head of Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization, and Matthias Harzasser on behalf of Katrin Vohland, head of the Natural History Museum of Vienna, according to which, the exchange of scientific and technical capacities in various fields of geosciences was put on the agenda of the two sides.
According to the public relations of the Geological and Mineral Exploration Organization Iran, holding geoscience exhibitions, developing scientific cooperation in the joint field mission, data analysis and joint publications, as well as training new technologies in the fields related to the Museum of Geosciences, are mentioned as topics of MoU between Iran and Austria.
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