Global Mining Marketplace
Mining data exists. It's just buried in dozens of government databases, disconnected portals, and outdated spreadsheets. Finding what you need means searching across multiple systems, manually cross-referencing records, and hoping nothing was missed.
We're connecting it all.
Data that used to take months to piece together now takes seconds.
Every major industry has its Bloomberg. Finance has Bloomberg Terminal. Real estate has CoStar. Equipment has RB Global. But mining, a $93.7 billion M&A market, still runs on phone calls, PDFs, and brokers who gatekeep information. Mine Market is filling that gap. The first platform that combines a live marketplace, AI-powered intelligence, and a 31.3 million record data moat, purpose-built for the mining industry.
"I own 24 tenements and a 43 km² gold/nickel/cobalt project. I built Mine Market because the tools I needed to buy, sell, and evaluate mining projects simply did not exist."
Mining M&A hit $93.7B in 2025, a 13-year high. Critical mineral demand is projected to nearly triple by 2030. The entire industry still runs on phone calls, PDFs, and handshake deals.
Vertical marketplaces that digitized fragmented industries have created massive value. Mining is the last major industry without one.
| Platform | Industry | Market Cap | What They Did |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg | Financial Data | $50B+ | Aggregated financial data into one terminal |
| Zillow | Residential RE | $10B | Digitized listings, added data layers (Zestimate) |
| CoStar | Commercial RE | $18B | Aggregated commercial data, analytics platform |
| RB Global | Equipment | $18B | Online auctions for heavy equipment |
| Airbnb | Short-term Rental | $79B | Marketplace + trust layer for fragmented inventory |
| Mine Market | Mining Assets | Building | Marketplace + AI intelligence for mining projects |
These companies are valued on the transaction volume and data moats they built. Mine Market is targeting $500M GMV by Year 5 in a $93.7B market.
$93.7B in mining M&A activity in 2025, a 13-year high. Majors are acquiring juniors at record pace. The transaction volume is there, but the infrastructure to discover and execute deals is not.
Mining Weekly / S&P Global, 2025
EV, defence, and energy transition are driving demand for lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel. Governments are funding exploration. The supply gap is accelerating.
IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook, 2024
Small explorers can't raise capital or find buyers efficiently. They need a platform that reduces discovery friction and makes their projects visible to global investors.
GlobalData Mining M&A Deal Trends, 2025-2026
LLMs can now synthesize geological, regulatory, and market data into investor-grade intelligence in seconds. Government open data portals have matured. The building blocks exist today that didn't exist 24 months ago.
Nine products live today, with more in the pipeline. Each one feeds data into the next, so the platform gets smarter with every product we launch.
Global marketplace for mining projects, tenements, and mineral assets. Free to list with direct buyer-seller connections, in-platform messaging, NDA signing, watchlists, and seller analytics.
AI-generated geological intelligence for any tenement or project. 6 role-based perspectives (buyer, explorer, investor, geologist, agent, prospector). Each report scores data confidence so you know exactly how much to trust every claim. Keep digging with the built-in AI advisor.
Interactive mining intelligence map. Toggle live data layers including tenements, drillholes, deposits, ASX discoveries, and activity hotspots. Filter by commodity, scan any radius, and generate AI opportunity briefs for any piece of ground. The visual layer that ties the platform together.
Your neighbour just hit gold. Nearology watches every ASX drill result in real time and instantly flags the tenements sitting right next door. Before the market catches on, you already know. The proximity intelligence layer that turns someone else's discovery into your next opportunity.
Terminal-style command interface for mining data. Query tenements, drillholes, assays, deposits, and market data with natural language. The power user's entry point to 31.3M records.
AI-powered mining intelligence research, combined with a curated news feed from every major mining source. Market analysis, data spotlights, and regional deep dives. Every claim fact-checked against Scout's ground truth database. Not LLM hallucination, verified intelligence backed by 31.3M records.
First-pass project valuation in seconds. Pulls JORC resources, comparable transactions, live commodity prices, and infrastructure proximity to give you a ballpark before you spend $50K+ on a formal valuation. The Zestimate for mining projects.
Dedicated marketplace for mining equipment. Integrated PFT (Permission to Transfer) forms for regulated equipment. Compliance workflows and seller verification. Separate from the tenement marketplace but cross-linked.
Investor-ready pitch decks generated from your project data. AI pulls geology, drilling, deposits, infrastructure, and market context to build a polished presentation you'd normally pay a consultant thousands for. Ready to download and present in minutes, not weeks.
Not an API wrapper. Mine Market has ingested, normalized, and indexed 31.3M records from 3,402 government sources across 14,079 datastore APIs into a unified PostgreSQL + MySQL datastore. 96% source ingest rate. 99% record ingest rate. 100% quality score.
The entire platform, every line of code, every API integration, every data pipeline, built by a single founder. This is the depth of execution investors are backing.
Enterprise security (rate limiting, CSRF, bcrypt). Live-first caching with graceful fallback. Scout PostgreSQL + PostGIS swarm architecture. Powered by Anthropic Claude for AI intelligence, Cesium + Leaflet for 3D/2D mapping, Stripe for payments, ElevenLabs for audio reports, Google Analytics 4, Google OAuth, Constant Contact for email campaigns, FMP API for live ASX prices, and Sentry error monitoring.
"This is exactly what the industry has always needed."
"I've never seen anything like this."
"This is just wow."
Every product on the platform was designed around how these users actually work.
Small exploration companies looking for their next project. They need to find prospective ground fast, understand what's been drilled before, and build a case for their board. Mine Market gives them the data and AI tools to move before competitors do.
Fund managers, family offices, and private investors evaluating mining assets. They need fast due diligence without flying a geologist out. AI Insight Reports and MineValue give them investment-grade analysis in minutes, not months.
Companies and individuals actively looking to acquire tenements or projects. They need deal flow, discovery alerts, and the ability to compare opportunities side by side without chasing brokers.
Technical experts who need raw data, not summaries. They want drillhole intersections, assay results, and geological layers on a map they can interrogate. The Terminal and Mine Map give them direct access to 31.3M records.
Professionals who sell mining projects on behalf of clients. They need to present listings professionally, generate marketing materials, and track buyer interest. AI Pitch Decks and CRM tools make them look like a much bigger operation.
Independent operators hunting for ground to peg. They watch for expiring tenements near known mineralisation and need to move quickly. Mine Map and Nearology surface opportunities before they become common knowledge.
Mid-tier and major producers looking to grow through acquisition or divest non-core assets. They need market intelligence, competitor monitoring, and a platform that matches the scale of their decisions.
Research analysts, consultants, and advisors who model mining opportunities for clients. They need comprehensive data across jurisdictions, comparable transactions, and exportable intelligence for reports and presentations.
Existing players are either brokers with websites, generic deal platforms, or expensive data terminals. None combine marketplace, AI intelligence, and a verified data moat.
| Feature | MinesOnline | Brokers | S&P Global | Mine Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transaction fees | 5% | 5-10% | N/A (data only) | Subscription fee |
| AI intelligence | No | No | No | 6-perspective reports + Canary |
| Own data moat | No | Manual PDFs | Yes ($50K+/yr) | 31M+ records, self-growing |
| Discovery alerts | No | No | Limited | Nearology (real-time) |
| Interactive mine map | No | No | No | Live data layers + AI briefs |
| AI pitch decks | No | No | No | Investor-ready in minutes |
| Project valuation | No | Manual | Partial | MineValue engine |
| Cost to buyers | Free browse | $10K+/mo retainer | $100K+/yr enterprise | Free tier + Pro from $29/mo |
| Modern UX | Dated | PDF/email | Enterprise | Built for this generation |
The rarest founder profile in mining tech: deep domain expertise combined with the technical ability to build the entire platform solo. This combination does not exist at any competitor.
One person built the entire platform. Key-person risk is real.
Mitigation: Codebase is well-structured (246 PHP files, clear separation). First hire (with pre-seed funds) is a senior engineer. Architecture documented. AI-assisted development (Claude Code) means the codebase is clean and transferable.
Marketplaces need both supply and demand. Building critical mass takes time.
Mitigation: Free listings remove supply friction entirely. More importantly, the marketplace is just one of 9 products. AI reports, Mine Map, Nearology, and the Terminal all provide standalone value without a single listing. Users come for the intelligence, stay for the data, and transact when the opportunity is right.
Government APIs can change, break, or go offline without notice.
Mitigation: All 31M+ records are ingested into our own databases. We never serve data from live government APIs. Scout monitors every source for changes and automatically discovers replacement endpoints when APIs break. We own the data, not just the pipe.
S&P Global, a well-funded startup, or a mining major could enter this space.
Mitigation: S&P charges $100K+/yr for data alone and has no marketplace. Brokers have no technical capability to build one. A new startup would need to reverse-engineer 17 jurisdictions of government data, build state-specific normalizers, and solve the same domain-AI challenges. That's 12+ months of work before writing a single line of product code. The moat is real and it compounds daily.
Per-seat pricing that scales with team size. Every tier includes full platform access, AI intelligence, and the 31.3M record data moat.
MD + Chief Geo + BD Manager
Geo team (6) + Corp Dev (2) + Execs (2)
Exploration dept + M&A team
100 companies is 0.5% market penetration. 1,000 companies is 5%. These are conservative targets in an industry with no comparable platform.
Based on average $30K/year per company (5 seats at blended pricing). 20,000 addressable mining companies globally, currently serving 1,809 in Australia + Canada.
| Metric | Conservative | Base Case | Aggressive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | |||
| Companies | 20 | 50 | 100 |
| Total Seats | 100 | 250 | 500 |
| MRR | $50K | $125K | $250K |
| ARR | $600K | $1.5M | $3M |
| Year 2 | |||
| Companies | 60 | 200 | 400 |
| Total Seats | 300 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| MRR | $150K | $500K | $1M |
| ARR | $1.8M | $6M | $12M |
| Year 3 | |||
| Companies | 100 | 500 | 1,000 |
| Total Seats | 500 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| MRR | $250K | $1.25M | $2.5M |
| ARR | $3M | $15M | $30M |
31.3 million records. 9 product modules. 17 jurisdictions. Zero competitors. $450K to own the category.
