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We are deeply honoured to announce that John McGaughey, Mira Geoscience’s President, was recognized with the 2023 AME Innovation Award for leading the development of GEOH5, the open-source data structure that is taking down the interoperability barriers and revolutionizing the way geological models, data, and metadata are stored, shared, and visualized.

The 2023 Celebration of Excellence Award recipients were announced by the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) on November 30, 2023. Read the official press release >>

The AME’s Awards Gala: A Celebration of Excellence was held during AME Roundup 2024 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West on January 24, 2024.

This achievement has been the result of a collaborative team effort and our long-term commitment to innovation and technological advancement. I'm very proud to represent the large team of people at Mira Geoscience behind the GEOH5 innovation.

John McGaughey, Mira Geoscience's President

The GEOH5 innovation has been indeed the result of a collaborative team effort. Therefore, we would also like to acknowledge the key contributors to this development:

Julien Brossoit

Technical Team Lead, Mira Geoscience

Kristofer Davis

Scientific Programmer, Mira Geoscience

Dominique Fournier

Scientific Programmer, Mira Geoscience

Sébastien Hensgen

Director, Software Development, Mira Geoscience

Learn more about GEOH5 and its contribution to innovation in the mineral exploration industry

Learn more about AME Innovation Award, a recognition for innovations beneficial to mineral explorers

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