# Mining Tech Market Map United States 2026: 61 Startups in 5 Segments > 61 mining tech startups in the United States, mapped in 5 segments: rare earths and critical minerals, mine automation and software and exploration and... Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/mining-tech-united-states-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Rare earths and critical minerals 18 - [USA Rare Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/usa-rare-earth) - [Vulcan Elements](https://millionrounds.com/company/vulcan-elements) - [Principal Mineral](https://millionrounds.com/company/principal-mineral) - [Nth Cycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/nth-cycle) - [Solcoa Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/solcoa-industries) - [BlueOak Resources](https://millionrounds.com/company/blueoak-resources) - [Alta Resource Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta-resource-technologies) - [Atlas Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlas-materials) - [Gunnison Copper](https://millionrounds.com/company/gunnison-copper) - [Cuprum Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuprum-metals) - [Still Bright](https://millionrounds.com/company/still-bright) - [Unlimited Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/unlimited-industries) - [Tidal Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/tidal-metals) - [Modal Motors](https://millionrounds.com/company/modal-motors) - [Maglut Heavy Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/maglut-heavy-industries) - [Supra Elemental Recovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/supra-elemental-recovery) - [Baniql](https://millionrounds.com/company/baniql) - [Anactisis](https://millionrounds.com/company/anactisis) ## Mine automation and software 18 - [Mariana Minerals](https://millionrounds.com/company/mariana-minerals) - [3D Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/3d-robotics) - [SafeAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/safeai) - [Reframe Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/reframe-systems) - [*H* Heavy](https://millionrounds.com/company/heavy) - [Meridium](https://millionrounds.com/company/meridium) - [Alpine Data Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/alpine-data-labs) - [Andium](https://millionrounds.com/company/andium) - [Datricks](https://millionrounds.com/company/datricks) - [Knoa Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/knoa-software) - [Bloomfilter](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloomfilter) - [DXwand](https://millionrounds.com/company/dxwand) - [Visual Mining](https://millionrounds.com/company/visual-mining) - [*MI* Medical Image Mining Laboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/medical-image-mining-laboratories) - [Coinmine](https://millionrounds.com/company/coinmine) - [VERUSTRUCT](https://millionrounds.com/company/verustruct) - [Titan Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/titan-industries) - [Trackit Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/trackit-energy) ## Exploration and discovery 13 - [KoBold Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/kobold-metals) - [Atana Elements](https://millionrounds.com/company/atana-elements) - [VerAI Discoveries](https://millionrounds.com/company/verai-discoveries) - [EARTH AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/earth-ai) - [TriStar Gold](https://millionrounds.com/company/tristar-gold) - [Deep Sea Rare Minerals](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-sea-rare-minerals) - [Durin](https://millionrounds.com/company/durin) - [Mineral Forecast](https://millionrounds.com/company/mineral-forecast) - [MinersAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/minersai) - [*RR* Right Relevance](https://millionrounds.com/company/right-relevance) - [Mineflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/mineflow) - [Kilroy Metal](https://millionrounds.com/company/kilroy-metal) - [Source Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/source-energy) ## Lithium 6 - [Redwood Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-materials) - [Lithios](https://millionrounds.com/company/lithios) - [Princeton Critical Minerals](https://millionrounds.com/company/princeton-critical-minerals) - [EELI Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeli-technology) - [The Orbital Mining](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-orbital-mining) - [Minerva Lithium](https://millionrounds.com/company/minerva-lithium) ## Extraction and processing 6 - [Mesabi Metallics](https://millionrounds.com/company/mesabi-metallics) - [MaverickX](https://millionrounds.com/company/maverickx) - [Transition Metal Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/transition-metal-solutions) - [Quantec Geoscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantec-geoscience) - [Social Strategy 1](https://millionrounds.com/company/social-strategy-1) - [AstroForge](https://millionrounds.com/company/astroforge) ## Segment by segment ### Rare earths and critical minerals 18 startups · $4.5B raised - [**USA Rare Earth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/usa-rare-earth) USA Rare Earth is a mining and advanced materials company that produces critical minerals and permanent magnets. United States $2.7B - [**Vulcan Elements**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vulcan-elements) Vulcan Elements is a U.S.-based startup manufacturer founded in 2023, specializing in rare earth magnets, particularly sintered ne United States $1.1B - [**Principal Mineral**](https://millionrounds.com/company/principal-mineral) Principal Mineral is a Dallas-based company focused on developing and scaling domestic production of strategic metals, high-perfor United States $280M - [**Nth Cycle**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nth-cycle) Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals. United States $137M - [**Solcoa Industries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/solcoa-industries) Solcoa Industries develops carbon-zero rare earth metals for critical supply chain needs and promote sustainable industrial practi United States $45M - [**BlueOak Resources**](https://millionrounds.com/company/blueoak-resources) BlueOak Resources is a clean-tech company based in the U.S. United States $36M - [**Alta Resource Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta-resource-technologies) Alta Resource Technologies is a Boulder, Colorado-based deep-tech company founded in 2023. United States $33M - [**Atlas Materials**](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlas-materials) Atlas Materials is a U.S.-based startup founded in 2021 that specializes in primary metal manufacturing. United States $27M ### Mine automation and software 18 startups · $832M raised - [**Mariana Minerals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mariana-minerals) Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company founded in 2023-2024, with headquarters in San Franci United States $384M - [**3D Robotics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/3d-robotics) 3DR makes advanced drone technology easily accessible to the construction, mining, and surveying industries for use in data analysis. United States $152M - [**SafeAI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/safeai) SafeAI develops autonomous driving technology for heavy-equipment vehicles used in the construction and mining industries. United States $64M - [**Reframe Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/reframe-systems) Reframe Systems is a physical AI and construction technology startup focused on transforming the housing industry. United States $60M - [*H* **Heavy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/heavy) Heavy develops robotic solutions for construction, mining, and farming to enhance safety. United States $46M - [**Meridium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meridium) Meridium, Inc., a software vendor, delivers asset performance management solutions for process, power, mining, and discrete manufa United States $30M - [**Alpine Data Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alpine-data-labs) Alpine offers a script-less and web based analytic software for data mining and Hadoop. United States $24M - [**Andium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/andium) Andium is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company based in New York, NY. United States $22M ### Exploration and discovery 13 startups · $1.6B raised - [**KoBold Metals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kobold-metals) KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company based in Berkeley, California. United States $1.5B - [**Atana Elements**](https://millionrounds.com/company/atana-elements) Atana Elements is a Houston-based company focused on the exploration and development of critical minerals. United States $28M - [**VerAI Discoveries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/verai-discoveries) VerAI Discoveries is an AI-driven mineral asset generator based in Boston, Massachusetts, with a mission to enhance mineral discov United States $24M - [**EARTH AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/earth-ai) EARTH AI is an AI-powered mineral exploration company based in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and United States $20M - [**TriStar Gold**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tristar-gold) TriStar Gold is an exploration-stage junior mining company. United States $15M - [**Deep Sea Rare Minerals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-sea-rare-minerals) Deep Sea Rare Minerals is a mineral exploration company that develops subsea mineral resources. United States $5.0M - [**Durin**](https://millionrounds.com/company/durin) Durin is a mining technology startup founded in 2024 and based in El Segundo, California. United States $3.4M - [**Mineral Forecast**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mineral-forecast) Mineral Forecast is an AI-powered geosciences solution company founded in 2014, based in Santiago, Chile, with a presence in Cambr United States $1.7M ### Lithium 6 startups · $1.3B raised - [**Redwood Materials**](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-materials) Redwood Materials is an American company based in Carson City, Nevada, focused on creating a sustainable supply chain for lithium- United States $1.2B - [**Lithios**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lithios) Lithios is a technology company that uses electrochemistry for advanced lithium extraction from tough mixtures. United States $35M - [**Princeton Critical Minerals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/princeton-critical-minerals) Princeton Critical Minerals is a cleantech company that boosts lithium extraction and production from brine sources. United States $21M - [**EELI Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeli-technology) EELI Technology, a Silicon Valley-based mining technology company, develops Advanced Lithium Recovery solutions, making lithium pr United States $2.0M - [**The Orbital Mining**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-orbital-mining) The Orbital Mining is a space startup develops high-voltage converter system with a low-mass cable and a lithium-ion battery. United States $500K - [**Minerva Lithium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/minerva-lithium) Minerva Lithium develops direct lithium extraction technology to provide global solutions to lithium brine industries. United States $75K ### Extraction and processing 6 startups · $179M raised - [**Mesabi Metallics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mesabi-metallics) Mesabi Metallics Company LLC develops a mining and pellet plant for iron ore in Nashwauk, Minnesota, focusing on taconite processing. United States $150M - [**MaverickX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/maverickx) MaverickX is a chemical technology company focused on developing advanced chemistries for natural resource extraction in the oil & United States $19M - [**Transition Metal Solutions**](https://millionrounds.com/company/transition-metal-solutions) Transition Metal Solutions is a biotechnology startup founded in 2023, focused on developing custom chemical additives, referred t United States $6.0M - [**Quantec Geoscience**](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantec-geoscience) Quantec Geoscience is a provider of ground geophysical data acquisition, processing, inversion, and interpretation. United States $3.0M - [**Social Strategy 1**](https://millionrounds.com/company/social-strategy-1) Social Strategy 1 offers media intelligence services combined with natural language processing and data mining technologies. United States $780K - [**AstroForge**](https://millionrounds.com/company/astroforge) AstroForge is a deep-space mining company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seal Beach, California. United States $266K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in United States. 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. 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