• Fact sheet

    Name: PERSEPHONE – Autonomous Exploration and Extraction of Deep Mineral Deposits
    Program: Horizon Europe
    Budget: EUR 4 993 125,47
    Duration: 36 months

  • About the project

    European industry relies on raw materials to deliver the plethora of products society and individuals need and want. As efforts to increase European independence ramp up and easily accessible mines are being depleted, innovative technologies are required to identify and extract resources at greater depths in existing or abandoned mines. The EU-funded PERSEPHONE project intends to address this need with technologies that enable autonomous near-mine exploration while reducing the cost and waste associated with deep mining operations and eliminating human presence in dangerous areas. Technologies will include risk-aware navigation, full digitalisation of the extraction process, online near-mine exploration core analysis and integration of related data analytics to the mine expansion.

  • Our role in the project

    LPRC is an Associated Partner of INTRAW in the project. The company will be responsible for developing and implementing roadmaps tailored to the future definition of PERSEPHONE results towards commercial deployment of tools.

  • More information

    LPRC Contact: Luis Lopes (luislopes_at_lapalmacentre.eu).
    PERSEPHONE Website: https://www.persephone-mining.eu/