Iran Presents the Practical Roadmap of the Digital Transformation and Smartization for Geology and Mineral Exploration in ECO Member States

The Practical Roadmap of the Digital Transformation and Smartization for Geology and Mineral Exploration in ECO Member States

The 9^th mineral experts group meeting of ECO member states hosted by the Islamic republic of Pakistan was held virtually. The director of the national geoscience database of Iran (NGDIR) said at this meeting, " The ECO Mining Committee has paved the way for the implementation of various geological and mineral exploration projects by strengthening regional mining cooperation. "

Engineer Omid Ardebili added, “ The Geological Survey of Iran (GSI), as the focal point of this committee, and via convening one session of the summit of the heads of the geological surveys of ECO   as well as ۵ sessions of the mineral experts group meeting of ECO member states، by presenting numerous projects in line with the ECO Mining Committee, emphasizes more opportunities for member countries in order to create a driving force for geologists and mining experts and share knowledge in examining key challenges and increasing the cooperation” .

He mentioned the feasibility study of the ECO geoscience database, the mineral distribution map of ECO member countries, and the susceptibility and earthquake hazard map (ECO Sharp) as the projects implemented by this organization in ECO.

Ardebili noted, ” The projects for providing the Environmental Quality Index Map (EQI) and the Geospatial Metadata Service Catalog of ECO member countries are among the approved ones in previous meetings and now under review” .

He added that in this meeting we also try to operationalize the digital transformation and smartization tools in the field of mining and geology through presenting a new plan titled- The Practical Roadmap of the Digital Transformation and Smartization for Geology and Mineral Exploration in ECO Member States.

It is worth mentioning that the Geological Survey of Iran as the focal point of the mining, energy and the environment committee of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) together with the head of this committee attended the ECO secretariat and took part virtually in this event accompanied by the representatives of the member states.