Your geologists use AI to interpret drill results, model resources, and draft ASX announcements. Do you know what data they're sharing?
Geologists paste assay data into ChatGPT for interpretation, consultants model resource estimates with Claude, and company secretaries draft ASX announcements with Gemini. Vireo Sentinel shows you what's happening and catches market-sensitive material before it reaches external platforms.
What's actually happening
Drill result interpretation
A geologist pastes a full assay table from the latest drilling campaign into ChatGPT to help with geological interpretation. Intercepts, grades, and coordinates from results the market hasn't seen yet.
Resource estimate drafting
A consulting geologist copies JORC resource figures into Claude to help structure the resource statement for an ASX announcement. Tonnages, grades, and classification details before the trading halt is even called.
Announcement preparation
A company secretary drops the draft ASX announcement into Gemini to polish the wording. Exploration results, forward plans, and budget figures that haven't been released to the market.
Pre-release exploration data is the most market-sensitive information on the ASX
A single assay result can move a junior explorer's share price 50% in a session. If that leaks through an AI service before the announcement, you've got a continuous disclosure problem and potential insider trading exposure.
See what your team shares with AI
One leaked assay table costs more than a year of governance.
Start freeThe data at risk across your exploration programme
Juniors and mid-caps generate market-sensitive information every week. Here's what flows into these platforms unchecked.
Drill results and assays
Intercept grades, widths, coordinates, hole IDs, assay certificates, geological logs. Any of this pre-release is a continuous disclosure issue.
Resource estimates
Tonnages, grades, classification categories, cut-off grades, estimation methods. The core of a JORC-compliant resource statement.
Geological models
Structural interpretations, mineralisation models, geophysical survey results, geochemical data, target generation analysis.
Financial and corporate
Exploration budgets, cash runway calculations, capital raising plans, farm-in terms, joint venture negotiations.
Tenement and land access
Tenement coordinates, native title agreements, access conditions, environmental approvals, heritage survey results.
Forward plans and strategy
Drilling programmes, target prioritisation, acquisition targets, divestment plans, board strategy documents.
Continuous disclosure doesn't have an AI exception
Mining companies are already bound by some of the strictest disclosure rules on any exchange. AI doesn't change your obligations, it creates new ways to breach them.
ASX Listing Rules and Corporations Act
Continuous disclosure (Listing Rule 3.1)
In effect now
Requires immediate disclosure of information a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on share price. Pre-release exploration data pasted into AI creates a potential leak pathway outside the company's control.
JORC Code reporting requirements
In effect now
Requires Competent Person sign-off on exploration results, resource estimates, and ore reserves. Using AI to draft JORC statements raises questions about the integrity of the reporting chain and data security.
Insider trading provisions (Corporations Act s1043A)
In effect now
If exploration data shared with an AI service is accessed by or influences third parties before market release, the company and individuals face insider trading exposure. Penalties include imprisonment and fines up to $1.11 million for individuals.
Privacy Act 1988 (POLA Act 2024)
Statutory tort from 10 June 2025
Applies to personal records of employees, contractors, and landowners involved in exploration. Individuals can sue for damages capped at $478,550. OAIC enforcement priorities for 2025-26 explicitly include AI-related privacy practices.
FCA, UK GDPR, and AIM Rules
Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR)
In effect now
Prohibits unlawful disclosure of inside information. Exploration results that could affect share price are inside information. Sharing this with AI platforms constitutes disclosure to a third party.
AIM Rules for Companies (Rule 11)
In effect now
Requires maintenance of insider lists and control of inside information. AI used by anyone on an insider list to process pre-release exploration data creates an uncontrolled disclosure pathway.
UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
In effect now
Applies to personal records of employees, contractors, and landowners. DPIAs required before deploying new technology processing personal information. ICO fines up to 17.5 million GBP or 4% of global turnover.
FCA enforcement
In effect now
The FCA actively investigates suspected market abuse including information leaks. Firms must demonstrate adequate systems and controls to prevent the mishandling of inside information.
EU MAR, EU AI Act, and GDPR
EU Market Abuse Regulation
In effect now
Prohibits unlawful disclosure of inside information across EU markets. Exploration results that could affect share price qualify as inside information. Sharing with AI services is disclosure to a third party.
GDPR data minimisation
In effect now
Sending personal details to AI platforms beyond what's strictly necessary is a data minimisation violation. Applies to employee, contractor, and community stakeholder records. Fines up to 20 million EUR or 4% of global turnover.
AI Literacy requirements
February 2025
Organisations must ensure staff have sufficient AI literacy. Exploration companies need to show their people understand the risks of sharing market-sensitive material with these systems.
EU AI Act penalties
August 2026 for high-risk systems
Up to 15 million EUR or 3% of global turnover for non-compliance with high-risk requirements. Documentation, logging, and human oversight requirements apply.
SEC, NI 43-101, and state regulations
SEC Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure)
In effect now
Prohibits selective disclosure of material non-public information. Exploration results shared with AI platforms before public release could constitute selective disclosure if accessed by third parties.
NI 43-101 (Canada)
In effect now
National Instrument 43-101 governs technical reporting for mineral projects on Canadian exchanges. Like the JORC Code, it requires Qualified Person oversight. AI-generated interpretations don't satisfy QP requirements.
Insider trading provisions
In effect now
Both SEC and Canadian securities regulators actively pursue insider trading cases. If AI platforms retain or expose pre-release exploration data, the company and individuals face significant liability.
State and provincial privacy laws
Varies by jurisdiction
California CCPA/CPRA, Colorado AI Act (effective June 2026), and Canadian PIPEDA create additional obligations for personal records of employees and community stakeholders.
How Vireo Sentinel helps exploration companies
See what's happening
Which platforms your people use, how often, and what type of work goes in. Spot the geologist running assay tables through ChatGPT before the ASX announcement is out.
Catch market-sensitive material before it leaves
Real-time detection of numerical patterns, coordinates, company references, and technical figures. Warns the user and gives them options: cancel, redact, edit, or override with a documented justification.
Prove governance works
Compliance reports with audit trails. When the ASX queries your disclosure timeline or ASIC asks about information handling, show them evidence of the controls in place.
What this looks like in practice
The assay table
A geologist pastes a complete drill results table into ChatGPT to help draft the geological discussion. The extension detects coordinates, grade values, and intercept figures. The geologist chooses to redact hole IDs and project references before proceeding.
Resource estimate preparation
JORC resource figures copied into Claude to check resource statement wording. Vireo catches tonnage figures, grade values, and classification details. Every interaction is logged with override justifications.
The announcement draft
A draft ASX announcement lands in Gemini to improve readability. Vireo flags the company name, specific exploration results, and forward programme details that haven't been released to the market.
Due diligence data room
Summary data from a target acquisition's exploration database pasted into Claude by a corporate adviser. Vireo catches project names, resource figures, and financial terms. Same protection for advisers as for employees.
Built for exploration companies
Warns, doesn't block
Geologists keep interpreting. Choices, not roadblocks.
Deploys in minutes
Browser extension, nothing else. No agents, no proxies, no setup project.
Privacy by design
Detection and redaction happen in the browser, before anything reaches our servers.
Affordable
Enterprise governance without the enterprise price tag. Built for companies that measure budgets in metres drilled, not IT headcount.
Explainable detection
Deterministic pattern matching. When the ASX or ASIC asks how it works, you can give them a straight answer.
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Start freeVireo Sentinel supports your compliance efforts but does not provide legal advice. You remain responsible for your organisation's compliance obligations.