AGRESCASudan Mining Intelligence
About

How the library is built.

A multi-agent AI research pipeline scours public sources, parses maps and disclosures, and writes structured records. A reviewer signs off before publication. The library refreshes monthly.

The pipeline

Five specialised research agents: an OSINT explorer (multilingual web search — EN, AR, RU, ZH, FR), a cartographic visionary (map and image understanding), a geospatial extractor (NER + coordinate parsing), a sanctions screener (OFAC / EU / UK), and a database architect (deduplication, confidence-rating, change-log).

Confidence ratings

  • High — primary source (NI 43-101, USGS Minerals Yearbook, government release) corroborated by a second.
  • Medium — single reputable source, or multiple secondary sources without primary confirmation.
  • Low — derived or partially inferred; coordinates approximated; or single low-quality source.

Sanctions handling

Every operator, owner and material counterparty is screened against OFAC, EU and UK consolidated lists. Sanctioned entities are kept and flagged. The library is research-and-decision-support only. We do not endorse sanctioned entities.

Map data sources

The Map Explorer combines mining-library data (Agresca, source-verified) with free public layers:

  • Base maps — CartoDB Positron / Dark Matter / Voyager · Esri World Imagery / Topo / Streets / NatGeo / Shaded Relief · OpenTopoMap · OSM.
  • Boundaries — Natural Earth 1:50m (country) and geoBoundaries CGAZ (admin-1 states, fetched at runtime).
  • Geological — USGS National Map + Esri Shaded Relief overlays.
  • Imagery — EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2023 mosaic (CC-BY).
  • Hazards — Live USGS Earthquakes feed (past 30 days).