AI mining start-up ready to build on major 2023 gains

It’s been a hectic 12 months or so for Augment Technologies and its co-founder Brice Gower. InvestMETS.com finally caught up with the designer of AI-driven software that’s now been adopted by copper and gold majors to increase metal returns from smarter ore movement modelling.

Gower and co-founder Greg Hardwich created Augment five years ago to, initially, produce a software-based solution to the often-vexing problem mining has precisely and rapidly understanding pre and post-blast ore and waste material movement to drive better downstream outcomes.