# Mining Tech Europe Market Map 2026: 35 Startups in 5 Segments > 35 European mining tech startups mapped in 5 segments: exploration and discovery, mine automation and software and rare earths and critical minerals and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-europe-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Exploration and discovery 12 - [Kore Potash](https://millionrounds.com/company/kore-potash) - [Cornish Lithium](https://millionrounds.com/company/cornish-lithium) - [Kavango Resources](https://millionrounds.com/company/kavango-resources) - [Adriatic Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/adriatic-metals) - [Lithosquare](https://millionrounds.com/company/lithosquare) - [Guardian Metal Resources](https://millionrounds.com/company/guardian-metal-resources) - [Aberdeen Minerals](https://millionrounds.com/company/aberdeen-minerals) - [Alqem](https://millionrounds.com/company/alqem) - [Peak Nickel](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-nickel) - [Southern Cross Britannia](https://millionrounds.com/company/southern-cross-britannia) - [*CM* CAA Mining](https://millionrounds.com/company/caa-mining) - [Four Point](https://millionrounds.com/company/four-point) ## Mine automation and software 11 - [Netcraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/netcraft) - [kyp.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyp-ai) - [Hash AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/hash-ai) - [Wingtra](https://millionrounds.com/company/wingtra) - [Saalg Geomechanics](https://millionrounds.com/company/saalg-geomechanics) - [Twingly](https://millionrounds.com/company/twingly) - [Attentio](https://millionrounds.com/company/attentio) - [Mimica](https://millionrounds.com/company/mimica) - [Encore Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/encore-lab) - [Inverbis Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/inverbis-analytics) - [EKU Power Drives](https://millionrounds.com/company/eku-power-drives) ## Rare earths and critical minerals 6 - [Ionic Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ionic-technologies) - [RarEarth](https://millionrounds.com/company/rarearth) - [Nordic Salt Cycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-salt-cycle) - [Hit Mag](https://millionrounds.com/company/hit-mag) - [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascension) - [HyProMag](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypromag) ## Lithium 3 - [Lithium de france](https://millionrounds.com/company/lithium-de-france) - [Adionics](https://millionrounds.com/company/adionics) - [Keliber](https://millionrounds.com/company/keliber) ## Extraction and processing 3 - [Genomines](https://millionrounds.com/company/genomines) - [Seloxium](https://millionrounds.com/company/seloxium) - [UltimateSuite](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultimatesuite) ## Segment by segment ### Exploration and discovery 12 startups · $2.5B raised - [**Kore Potash**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kore-potash) Kore Potash is an advanced stage mineral exploration and development company. United Kingdom $2.2B - [**Cornish Lithium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cornish-lithium) Cornish Lithium is a mineral exploration and development company supplying lithium raw materials for sustainable energy solutions. United Kingdom $165M - [**Kavango Resources**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kavango-resources) Kavango Resources is a mineral exploration company focusing on prospective copper, nickel, and PGE metals. United Kingdom $57M - [**Adriatic Metals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/adriatic-metals) Adriatic Metals is the owner of the polymetallic plant, discovery, production, financing, and mining of precious and base metal in Vares. United Kingdom $32M - [**Lithosquare**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lithosquare) Lithosquare is a Paris-based company specializing in geology and artificial intelligence. France $25M - [**Guardian Metal Resources**](https://millionrounds.com/company/guardian-metal-resources) Guardian Metal Resources is a mineral exploration and development company focused solely on the mining-friendly state of Nevada. United Kingdom $18M - [**Aberdeen Minerals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aberdeen-minerals) Aberdeen Minerals is a privately held firm that conducts mineral exploration for battery raw materials, mostly nickel and copper. United Kingdom $10M - [**Alqem**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alqem) Alqem is a Munich-based deep tech startup founded in 2026 by Dr. Germany $9.1M ### Mine automation and software 11 startups · $68M raised - [**Netcraft**](https://millionrounds.com/company/netcraft) Netcraft is an Internet services company based in Bath which provides Internet data mining and anti-cybercrime services. United Kingdom $22M - [**kyp.ai**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyp-ai) KYP.ai is a process intelligence and productivity mining company based in Berlin, Germany. Germany $19M - [**Hash AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hash-ai) Hash AI is a UK-based company that specializes in AI-powered cryptocurrency mining solutions. United Kingdom $10M - [**Wingtra**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wingtra) Wingtra is a Swiss-based manufacturer of professional vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones, specializing in mapping, survey Switzerland $10M - [**Saalg Geomechanics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/saalg-geomechanics) SAALG Geomechanics is an engineering firm and software provider based in Barcelona, founded in 2016. Spain $4.0M - [**Twingly**](https://millionrounds.com/company/twingly) Twingly is a Swedish technology and data intelligence company founded in 2006 and based in Linköping, Sweden. Sweden $1.4M - [**Attentio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/attentio) Attentio is a Brussels-based company founded in 2004 that specializes in social media monitoring and media intelligence services. Belgium $786K - [**Mimica**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mimica) Mimica is a London-based enterprise software company founded in 2018, specializing in AI-powered task mining and process intelligence. United Kingdom $651K ### Rare earths and critical minerals 6 startups · $25M raised - [**Ionic Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ionic-technologies) Ionic Technologies recycles permanent magnets to recover magnet rare earths. United Kingdom $11M - [**RarEarth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rarearth) RarEarth paves the way for rare earth recycling Italy $5.8M - [**Nordic Salt Cycle**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-salt-cycle) Nordic Salt Cycle is a Copenhagen-based cleantech company founded in 2024. Denmark $4.1M - [**Hit Mag**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hit-mag) Hit Mag To develop rare-earth-free magnets that exceed industrial performance requirements. France $1.8M - [**Ascension**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascension) Ascension is a UK-based technology company focused on sustainable methods for recovering critical minerals from volcanic rocks. United Kingdom $1.4M - [**HyProMag**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypromag) HyProMag aim is to develop a full recycling supply chain for rare earth magnets based upon neodymium iron boron (NdFeB). Germany $806K ### Lithium 3 startups · $69M raised - [**Lithium de france**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lithium-de-france) Lithium de France is an independent French operator founded in 2020 and based in Alsace. France $38M - [**Adionics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/adionics) Adionics is a French Greentech company founded in 2012, specializing in Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) and sustainable water trea France $27M - [**Keliber**](https://millionrounds.com/company/keliber) Keliber is a Finnish mining company that seeks and develops lithium-rich spodumene pegmatite deposits in Central Ostrobothnia. Finland $2.9M ### Extraction and processing 3 startups · $62M raised - [**Genomines**](https://millionrounds.com/company/genomines) Genomines is a deeptech and biotechnology startup based in Paris, France, with operations in Saclay. France $45M - [**Seloxium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/seloxium) Seloxium is a University of Oxford spin-out company revolutionising the mining, refining, and recycling sectors by selectively ext United Kingdom $16M - [**UltimateSuite**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultimatesuite) UltimateSuite utilizes task mining tech for detailed data extraction, automating business process analysis. Czechia $868K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in Europe. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in mining tech, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **Mining tech market map** 207 startups · 5 segments · $15B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-market-map)[Raised in 2026 **Mining tech startups that raised in 2026** 81 startups · 4 segments · $6.1B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-raised-2026-market-map)[Market map · Canada **Mining tech market map: Canada** 64 startups · 3 segments · $1.5B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-canada-market-map)[Market map · United States **Mining tech market map: United States** 61 startups · 5 segments · $8.3B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-united-states-market-map)[New wave **New mining tech startups, founded 2020 on** 60 startups · 5 segments · $2.5B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-mining-tech-startups-market-map)[Investors map **Who invests in mining tech** 38 investors · 4 segments](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-investors-map) ## Who backs mining tech? 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