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Wealthion · Thursday, August 13, 2026

AI as a Tool, Not a Silver Bullet for Mining Industry

Steven Enders views AI and other new technologies as valuable tools for the mining industry but cautions against seeing them as a 'silver bullet' solution. While AI can aid in targeting and efficiency, it will not fundamentally change the entire mine life cycle or solve all industry problems.

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These are all tools. These are all tools.
Steven Enders
AI is a wonderful tool to help us, but it will not solve our problems.
Steven Enders
It's really only going to help us target. The whole mine life discovery through development, production, closure, that's still there. It's not going to dramatically change the business, but it will help us.
Steven Enders
Heard on Wealthion — “Soft Jobs. Hard Talent: Mining’s Hidden Bottleneck | Steven Enders, published Thursday, August 13, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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