Halifax-based ZEMÎ Technologies has secured its first commercial contract, signing an agreement with Tudor Gold Corp. to provide AI-assisted analysis for the company's Treaty Creek gold project in British Columbia.

Under the contract, ZEMÎ will assess the Treaty Creek property, located in British Columbia's Golden Triangle mining district, near the Alaskan border. The results will be used to help Tudor Gold prioritize drill targets for its 2026 and 2027 exploration programs.

The startup develops AI-powered mineral prospectivity mapping tools designed to help mining companies identify areas with the greatest likelihood of containing mineral deposits. Its system combines geological, geophysical, geochemical and remote sensing data with proprietary AI models to produce mineral prospectivity maps and confidence index maps.

"This first contract is an important validation point for ZEMÎ and for the role AI can play in modern mineral exploration," Founder and CEO Peyton Baird said in a statement. "As a Nova Scotian startup, we are proud to be building technology that helps advance mineral exploration more objectively, efficiently, and with greater confidence."

According to the company, the technology is intended to improve drill targeting by reducing false positives and helping exploration teams focus spending on the most prospective areas. The company, which started business this year, said the approach could also reduce unnecessary environmental disturbance by limiting exploration activity in lower-priority locations.

ZEMÎ, which was accepted into Invest Nova Scotia's Accelerate program this year, said its methodology was developed through doctoral research and has been tested in epithermal gold systems in northern New Brunswick. The company said those case studies demonstrated improved spatial targeting efficiency and predictive performance.

Vancouver-based Tudor Gold publicly announced its plans to use ZEMÎ’s software in a public disclosure late last month. It represents ZEMÎ’s first commercial deployment in the mining industry. It plans to focus on delivering assessment work for junior mining companies while expanding its commercial offerings.

ZEMÎ Technologies provides AI-assisted mineral prospectivity mapping services for junior mining explorers. It says its platform integrates multiple types of geoscience data with mineral systems information to generate prospectivity maps that support exploration planning and drill targeting.

Listed on the TSX Venture exchange, Tudor Gold is a mineral exploration company focused on the Treaty Creek project, one of several large gold exploration properties in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.