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Artificial intelligence is todays most discussed and debated technology, generating widespread adulation and anxiety, and significant government and business interest and investments. But six years after DeepMind's AlphaGo defeated a Go champion, countless research papers showing AIs superior performance over humans in a variety of tasks, and numerous surveys reporting rapid adoption, what is the actual business impact of AI?

Human intelligence communicating with the artificial kind. (Photo by Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via ... [+] Getty Images)

2021 was the year that AI went from an emerging technology to a mature technology... that has real-world impact, both positive and negative, declared the 2022 AI Index Report. The 5th installment of the index measures the growing impact of AI in a number of ways, including private investment in AI, the number of AI patents filed, and the number of bills related to AI that were passed into law in legislatures of 25 countries around the world.

There is nothing in the report, however, about real-world impact as I would define itmeasurably successful, long-lasting and significant deployments of AI. There is also no definition of AI in the report.

Going back to the first installment of the AI Index report, published in 2017, still does not yield a definition of what the report is all about. But the goal of the report is stated upfront: the field of AI is still evolving rapidly and even experts have a hard time understanding and tracking progress across the field. Without the relevant data for reasoning about the state of AI technology, we are essentially flying blind in our conversations and decision-making related to AI.

Flying blind is a good description, in my opinion, of gathering data about something you dont define.

The 2017 report was created and launched as a project of the One Hundred Year Study on AI at Stanford University (AI100), released in 2016. That studys first section did ask the question what is artificial intelligence? only to provide the traditional circular definition that AI is what makes machines intelligent, and that intelligence is the quality that enables an entity to function appropriately and with foresight in its environment.

So the very first computers (popularly called Giant Brains) were intelligent because they could calculate, even faster than humans? The One Hundred Year Study answers Although our broad interpretation places the calculator within the intelligence spectrumthe frontier of AI has moved far ahead and functions of the calculator are only one among the millions that today's smartphones can perform. In other words, anything a computer did in the past or does today is AI.

The study also offers an operational definition: AI can also be defined by what AI researchers do. Which is probably the reason this years AI Index measures the real-world impact and progress of AI, among other indicators, by the number of citations and AI papers (defined as AI by the papers authors and indexed with the keyword AI by the publications).

Moving beyond circular definitions, however, the study provides us with a clear and concise description of what prompted the sudden frenzy and fear around a term that was coined back in 1955: Several factors have fueled the AI revolution. Foremost among them is the maturing of machine learning, supported in part by cloud computing resources and wide-spread, web-based data gathering. Machine learning has been propelled dramatically forward by deep learning, a form of adaptive artificial neural networks trained using a method called backpropagation.

Indeed, machine learning (a term coined in 1959) or teaching a computer to classify data (spam or not spam) and/or make a prediction (if you liked book X, you would love book y), is what todays AI is all about. Specifically, since its image classification breakthrough in 2012, its most recent variety or deep learning, involving data classification of very large amounts of data with numerous characteristics.

AI is learning from data. The AI of the 1955 variety, which generated a number of boom-and-bust cycles, was based on the assumption that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it. That was the vision and, by and large, so far it hasnt materialized in a meaningful and sustained way, demonstrating significant real-world impact.

One serious problem with that vision was that it predicted the arrival in the not-so-distance future of a machine with human intelligence capabilities (or even surpassing humans), a prediction reiterated periodically by very intelligent humans, from Turing to Minsky to Hawking. This desire to play God, associated with the old-fashioned AI, has confounded and confused the discussion (and business and government actions) of present-day AI. This is what happens when you dont define what you are talking about (or define AI as what AI researchers do).

The combination of new methods of data analysis (backpropagation), the use of specialized hardware (GPUs) best suited for the type of calculations performed, and, most important, the availability of lots of data (already tagged and classified data used for teaching the computer the correct classification), is what led to todays AI revolution.

Call it the triumph of statistical analysis. This revolution is actually a 60-year evolution of the use of increasingly sophisticated statistical analysis to assist in a wide variety of business (or medical or governmental, etc.) decisions, actions, and transactions. It has been called data mining and predictive analytics and most recently, data science.

Last year, a survey of 30,000 American manufacturing establishments found that productivity is significantly higher among plants that use predictive analytics. (Incidentally, Erik Brynjolfsson, the lead author on that study has also been a steering committee member of the AI Index Report since its inception). It seems that its possible to find a measurable real-world Impact of AI, as long as you define it correctly.

AI is learning from data. And successful, measurable, business use of learning from data is what I would call Practical AI.

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Western Area Target Highlights:

Target Area

Area (acres)

Strike Length (km)

Width (km)

Gold Assay Highlights

Ogilby

635

1.8

0.8

1.4 g/t ss, 0.7 g/t ss

Powerline

350

2.4

0.8

9.98 g/t ss

Ironwood

80

1.0

0.5

Anomalous

Smoketree

15

0.3

0.3

Anomalous

East Mesquite

1,350

2.6

1.1

0.08 g/t rc, 0.07 g/t ss

ss = stream sediment sample rc = rock chip sample g/t = grams per tonne

There are a total of nine drill target areas identified in the overall Mesquite-Imperial-Picacho District ("District") that captures a 28kilometers("km")trend. Refer to KORE's April 26, 2022 news release for exploration targets identified on the eastern portion of the District.

KORE's Executive Chairman, James Hynes, commented, "KORE had a great field season on the Mesquite-Imperial-Picacho trend. While the area is still not fully covered with field mapping and sampling, KORE field tested all satellite alteration and historic known gold anomalies and outcrops aligned with the regional geophysical trend from the Mesquite mine through Imperial towards the closed Picacho mine. We have a large number of drill targets in inventory and must now prioritize for additional drill permit applications ."

Over 100 additional rock chip and stream sediment assays are pending from the winter exploration program and any significant results will be released. Refer to KORE's May 17, 2022 news release for assays released on the Powerline and Ogilby target areas.

KOREiscommittedtooperatingwithin thestringentenvironmentalandlabourstandardsof California. Exploration drilling is designed to avoid any sensitive areas and all land disturbances will be rehabilitated.

Figure 2 shows the georeferenced ground resistivity sections intersecting the western area targets and mentioned subsurface anomalies.

Figures 3-5 shows three photo compilations of the western area prospects Ogilby, Powerline/Smoketree/Ironwood, and East Mesquite.

Ogilby Target Area

Ground resistivity and induced polarization ("IP") surveys provide strong evidence that the primary mineralizing structure at the Imperial deposit is continuous across the 3 km of strike length to the Ogilby target area. This data indicates two anomalous trends (Figure 2) which completed reconnaissance scale mapping and sampling in February 2022. Assay results have confirmed the presence of gold near the surface trace of these anomalies, including highlights of 1.4 g/t gold ("Au") and 0.8 g/t Au stream sediment samples (Figure 1). To date, a total of 19 strongly anomalous samples have been collected along the 2 km strike length of this WNW-ESE structural corridor.

The Ogilby target area is covered by a thin veneer of young volcanic flows, which are steeply incised by seasonal stream channels ("arroyos") that expose the underlying Bear Canyon conglomerate. This unit is a significant alluvial sandstone conglomerate that covers the majority of the property. Proximal to known gold occurrences, the Bear Canyon often displays iron oxide alteration and quartz + calcite veining (Figure 3). Over nine acres of this type of altered bear canyon has been documented in the Ogilby target area, which yielded strongly anomalous assays and suggests that the mineralizing system is strong and near surface.

Powerline Target Area

The Powerline target area contains the largest and highest-grade surface expression of gold mineralization west of the Imperial Deposit. The Powerline area spans over 1300 acres and contains the highest-grade assay on the property at 9.98 g/t Au. Powerline also contains all known gneiss exposures west of the Imperial deposit (Figure 1). The mineralized trend of Powerline remains open and untested along strike for 3 km to the east, towards the Ogilby target area.

Ground IP and resistivity survey data indicate two distinct anomalous structural trends that persist across the strike length of the Powerline target area (Figure 2). Along these trends, ground observations have confirmed the presence of these structural corridors which have assayed strongly anomalous for gold.

Powerline currently contains three named prospect areas: the Powerline Discovery Outcrop, the Ironwood Prospect, and the Smoketree Prospect.

The Powerline Discovery outcrop consists of two distinct, strongly brecciated and altered gneiss exposures that are interpreted as stacked thrust sheets. These regional scale faults bring crystalline basement host rock closer to surface. In 2021, KORE commissioned a multispectral satellite alteration survey, which highlighted the Powerline discovery area as being strongly anomalous for chlorite alteration. Other types of alteration observed at the outcrop include sericite, local silicification and quartz veining, and strong iron oxide staining (Figure 4). This is consistent with the alteration assemblage of the Imperial deposit, which was used to "tune" or fingerprint the signature associated with gold mineralization.

Similar to the Powerline Discovery Outcrop, the Ironwood Prospect contains two structurally dismembered gneiss outcrops which are strongly folded, brecciated, and altered (Figure 4). Ironwood was first identified as an area of interest by the multispectral satellite data. The Ironwood outcrop is the largest gneiss exposure west of the Imperial deposit and forms a cliff approximately 25 feet tall. Ironwood is interpreted to have been formed via the same thrust fault architecture which causes the exposure of the Powerline discovery outcrops 2.5 km to the northwest.

The Smoketree Prospect is a low grade subcrop of gneiss with an associated anomalous gold trend detected downstream. Smoketree is overlain by a thin veneer of Bear Canyon conglomerate that appears to be moderately altered and veined. The poor exposure of Smoketree makes it a priority target for the fully permitted person-portable drilling system, which produces BQ sized core at depths up to 30 feet.

East Mesquite Target Area

The East Mesquite segment boundary is located only 2 km to the southeast from the operating Mesquite Mine's Vista pit. Geophysical survey data indicates a strong anomaly that is directly on strike with the mineralized trend of the Vista pit. A small gneiss exposure referred to as the "Predator Hill outcrop" has been observed along this trend and provides strong evidence of structural continuity (Figure 5).

Adjacent to the segment boundary in the southeast is a turtleback feature similar in character to the Powerline target area, which contains the highest-grade gold assays on site. Follow up reconnaissance sampling is ongoing in this area.

AbouttheImperial GoldProject

KORE owns 100% of the Mesquite-Imperial-Picacho District which consists approximately 31,000 acres of claims capturingtheentire 28-kmtrendfromtheoperating Mesquitemine(Equinox Gold-TSX:EQX) totheclosed PicachomineandincludingKORE's Imperialproject.Inthe District,goldishostedinlocalfault structuresrelatedtoaseriesofregionalfaults connectingtheknownDistrictdeposits. ThosethreeDistrict deposits (Mesquite, Imperialand Picacho) were discovered in exposed outcrops and from placer workings. The rest of the District is covered by alluvium and has never been systematically explored.

The Mesquite-Imperial-Picacho District centers on KORE's Imperial project. Imperial is a structurally controlled orogenic gold deposit. The 100% oxide gold deposit is currently defined at 2.44 km long and up to 0.75 km wide and is open both along strike and down dip. It is hosted in a shallowly southwestdipping,amphibolitegrademetamorphicrocksuitealongawest- northwesttrendinglow-angle regional thrust fault system which controls the regional geometry of mineralization. East-west striking, post-mineralization normal faults control the property scale geometryof mineralization. Geophysical characterization of the deposit and regional controlling structures is an essential component of exploration for additional resources.

Imperialhasamineralresource estimateandapositivepreliminaryeconomicassessmenteffectiveApril6,2020 with the following highlights:

The Company's NI43-101 compliant resource and preliminaryeconomic assessment is titled "Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report Imperial Gold Project" effective as of April 6, 2020 and revised and amendedonJune 10,2021, prepared by Terre Lane and Todd Harvey of Global Resource Engineering and Glen Cole of SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. can be found under the Company's profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on the Company's website.

AboutKOREMining

KORE Mining is focused on responsibly creating value from its portfolio of gold assets in California, USA. The Company is advancing the Imperial project towards development while continuing to explore across both district-scale gold assets. Management and Board, along with strategic investor, Eric Sprott (26% owner), are aligned with all KORE shareholders with the goal of creating per share value.

Furtherinformation on Imperial and KORE can be found on the Company's website at http://www.koremining.com/or by contacting us as [emailprotected]or by telephone at (888) 407-5450.

OnbehalfofKOREMiningLtd"Scott Trebilcock"ChiefExecutiveOfficer(888) 407-5450

Technicalinformationwithrespectto the DistrictandImperial GoldProjectcontained inthis newsrelease has been reviewed and approved by Marc Leduc, P.Eng, who is KORE's Senior Technical Consultant and former COO, and is the qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the technical matters of this news release.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policiesoftheTSXVenture Exchange)acceptsresponsibilityfortheadequacy oraccuracyofthisrelease.

CautionaryStatementRegardingForward-LookingInformation

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to the future operations of the Company and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as "will", "may", "should", "anticipate", "expects", "intends", "indicates" and similar expressions. All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the future plans and objectives of the Company are forward- looking statements.

Forwardlooking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: the nature and implication of sample assay results, the potential of target areas, the highly prospective nature of the project; the strategy, process, timing and grant of a permit for regional exploration drilling in the 28-kilometer Mesquite-Imperial-Picacho District ("Regional Exploration Drilling"); potential actions, behavioror position ofthe BureauofLandManagement (the "BLM"); the underexplored and prospective nature of the Imperial Regional Exploration Drilling area; the results of the preliminary economic assessments for the Imperial Project, including future project opportunities, the projected NPV, permit timelines, the current mineral resource estimate, and the ability to obtain the requisite permits; the market and future price of and demand for gold; the opportunities of expansion at the Imperial Project; and the ability to work cooperatively with stakeholders, including all levels of government. Such forwardlooking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business. In connection with the forwardlooking information contained in this presentation, the Company has made numerous assumptions, including, among others: there being no significant change to current geotechnical, metallurgical, hydrological and other physical conditions at the Imperial Project; exploration, permitting, and development of the Imperial Project being consistent with current expectations and planning; the geological, permitting and economic advice that the Company has received is reliable and is based upon practices and methodologies which are consistent with industry standards; and other planning assumptions. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies.

Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forwardlooking information. Known risk factors include, among others: the outcome of BLM'sreview processesforpermitting,including the final outcome(s) of BLM's mineral claim validity examination(s) and administrative review process(es) with respect to the Imperial Zone, including a change to the findings from the mineral claim validity examinationconducted in2002 for themill sites at the Imperial Zone, resulting in the Company having to moveitsfutureImperial Zoneproject supportfacilitiestoareasthatarenotwithintheIndianPassmineral withdrawal area; the possibility that BLM may require and/or conduct further mineral claim validity examinations with respect to the Imperial project, and the outcomeand final determination of such examination could, among other things, invalidate one or more mining claims; the possibility that BLM or other governmental authority review of the Regional Exploration Drillingprogram, delaysorchanges the Company's plan for Regional Exploration Drilling permitting, which could result, among other things, in delays, additional project requirements, additional costs and uncertainty of meeting anticipated program milestones; the exploration drill program may not be completedasplanned;theneedtoobtainadditional financing; uncertainty as to the availability and termsof future financing; the possibility of delay in exploration or development programs and uncertainty of meeting anticipated program milestones; uncertainty as to timely availability of permits and other government approvals.

Additional risks and uncertainties are described in the "Risks" sections of (i) the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2020 prepared as of April 29, 2021, and (ii) the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, both available under the Company's issuer profile on http://www.sedar.com.

Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this news release and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.

Thereisnocertaintythatalloranypartofthemineralresource willbeconverted intomineralreserve. Itis uncertain if further exploration will allow improving the classification of the Indicated or Inferred mineral resource. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.

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KORE MINING CONTINUES EXPLORATION SUCCESS ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE IMPERIAL GOLD PROJECT REGIONAL EXPLORATION - PR Newswire

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Save to read list Published by Jessica Casey, Assistant Editor Global Mining Review, Tuesday, 31 May 2022 11:00

Greatland Gold plc, the precious and base metals exploration and development company, has commenced the 2022 exploration programme under the Juri joint venture (Juri JV) with partner Newcrest Mining Ltd in the highly prospective Paterson province of Western Australia.

The Paterson Range East licence lies approximately 25 km north of the company's Havieron gold-copper project and covers 224 km2 of Proterozoic basement rocks prospective for Havieron style gold-copper mineralisation. The Black Hills licence covers 25 km2 and lies approximately 20 km west of Havieron and 30 km northeast of Newcrests Telfer Gold Mine.

Shaun Day, Managing Director of Greatland Gold plc, commented: After a promising first year programme, we are excited to commence on-the-ground activities for the second year exploration and drilling campaign under the Juri JV with Newcrest.

There is an enhanced, rich source of information available to interpret from including prior years drilling results, aerial and ground electromagnetic data and the Juri JV teams have used this to identify promising high priority targets to be drilled over the next few months.

The Juri JV campaign forms part of Greatlands wider exploration portfolio in the highly prospective Paterson region and represents another opportunity to add value to the company. In addition, we look forward to moving ahead with upcoming exploration activities at Greatlands other 100% owned licences to take advantage of our strong position in the region.

Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/exploration-development/31052022/greatland-gold-commences-second-year-exploration-programme-at-juri-jv/

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Todays mining companies are complex organizations that operate in dynamic and evolving business environments.

To manage a successful mining operation involves navigating the diverse and increasingly complex challenges of sustainability, governance, and stakeholder engagement on top of the requirements of managing finances, inventories, and supply chains that are common to all operators.

Illumiti, a leading Canadian-based systems integration and management consulting company, is helping mining companies improve their business operations by implementing a cost-effective solution to enterprise resource planning (ERP) based on SAP software and then tailoring it to the individual needs of the company.

For most mining companies, their core processes, such as finance, procurement, and maintenance are to a large degree the same no matter where they operate, says Rory Friedman, Illumitis vice-president of mining.

He says that by digitizing a companys core business processes, Illumiti harnesses the power of the cloud and the basic functions of an ERP to help them improve cost control and make better decisions, which can lead to efficiency gains, growth in revenues, and a more empowered workforce.

By leveraging industry best practices, Illumiti implements the system as quickly and responsibly as possible, Friedman explains. When we first engage with a company, they often fall into the trap of believing that they need to create a perfect system with all the bells and whistles attached.

However, this approach, he says, can be often very costly and time-consuming, alienating those tasked with implementing and adopting the system, and can take years before the benefits and value of the system to the company are realized.

Our platform can often be implemented in just a few months, accelerating the time to value for shareholders while also providing visibility to key stakeholders involved in the process, which helps to create buy-in from those who are critical to its successful implementation and deployment.

To achieve this, Illumiti utilizes a modular template with the critical processes common to all mining operations, says Friedman.

Rather than re-inventing the wheel every time, our solution is 80% pre-built, which allows the company to focus on the other 20%, and so provides them with a platform that continuously improves over time and evolves with their business and the diverse and changing demands constantly placed on them.

Illumitis modular implementation approach is gaining considerable traction across the mining industry. The company has already helped more than 30 mining companies operating globally to reap the benefits of a faster, more efficient digitization of their business processes.

We generally introduce the ERP platform and protocols as early as the post feasibility study, before construction begins, Friedman says. The modular nature of the template means that the capabilities needed earliest are implemented at the start of the process, with additional capabilities added later as the mining operation matures.

He adds that by the time the mining operation goes into production, all the core modules are already in place and are tailored to the business's specific needs.

Although each companys situation is unique, with their business model, operations, and the markets they serve all determining their specific needs, Friedman compares implementing an ERP framework to building a house.

The platform can be seen as the plumbing or electricals or all the other common elements of the house's foundations. Once these foundations are in place, the owners can then focus on bringing their furnishings to personalize the space.

In the same way, he says, Illumitis rapid implementation and integration of its ERP allows its core business processes to be quickly digitized, allowing the company to identify opportunities for improvements to these processes.

Eliminating errors introduced during manual data entry, for example, frees up managers and supervisors to focus more on analyzing data and problem solving as they can take a more holistic approach to an operation, with the data collection and compilation left to the software, Friedman says.

He adds that, following implementation, the platform helps improve communications between different business functions such as finance, procurement, maintenance, and inventory management, which can lead to smoother and more effective interactions between stakeholders across a business and the streamlining of operations.

According to Friedman, process automation and advanced technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence can be leveraged in various business functions like maintenance to drive material improvements by introducing predictive maintenance capabilities.

He says invoices, for example, can be scanned and then rapidly and accurately compared with goods or services received, which optimizes the system via automation, freeing up time to focus on analyzing data and identifying discrepancies instead of spending time entering data manually.

He adds that because all the data is contained in one system, retrieving vital information to help in understanding the cause of a problem becomes much quicker and simpler, saving the company time and money.

Illumitis ERP platform provides a mining company with the tools to help improve how the business operates instead of just operating the business, Friedman says.

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