Fleet Space has announced that its satellite supported exploration platform has expanded the known boundaries of a major lithium deposit in Quebec.
Fleet Space says this development could speed up the discovery and validation of large mineral resources. It adds that the latest findings show the size of the deposit may be much larger than previously understood, giving the project what it calls district scale potential.
Finding viable mineral resources has long been a slow, uncertain, and costly process. Historically, only about three in one thousand potential deposits become commercially viable. Validating them requires extensive drilling, documentation, and long waiting periods. These cycles can continue for years, delaying investment and slowing the development of critical minerals such as lithium, which power products ranging from electric vehicles to grid scale batteries.
Fleet Space is working to ease these delays through a combination of satellite sensing and AI driven analysis. Its constellation of satellites uses several remote sensing methods, including electromagnetic readings and gravity sensing data, to create detailed subsurface models. The data is then sent to Fleet Space’s exploration software, which can recommend the next drilling target in as little as forty eight hours. Instead of depending on sequential drilling and manual interpretation, the system allows exploration teams to quickly identify the most promising zones.
This technology focused project is already changing expectations for one of Quebec’s largest lithium prospects. The Cisco exploration effort, which is not connected to the United States networking company, currently estimates that the area could produce up to three hundred and twenty nine million metric tonnes of lithium oxide. This would place it among the most significant emerging deposits in North America. According to Fleet Space, the newest satellite and AI findings indicate that mineralisation may extend beyond current boundaries. This increases the likelihood that the region can support large scale and long term lithium production.
For the mining industry, this offers a view of a new exploration model where satellite intelligence, rapid analytics, and autonomous targeting compress work that once took years into a few days. As global demand for battery minerals continues to rise, these faster discovery methods may become essential to meeting industrial and clean energy requirements.
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