GeologicAI Announces Acquisition of Lumo Analytics to Complete Its Integrated Sensor Suite Across Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 17, 2025--

GeologicAI, the global leader in High-Resolution Decision Engineering for the critical minerals sector, today announced its acquisition of Lumo Analytics, a provider of the most compact and efficient Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) scanner in the market. LIBS is a rapid, non-destructive technique that uses a high-energy laser pulse to vaporize a tiny spot on a rock, creating a short-lived plasma which emits light unique to the elements present when it cools. This spectral “fingerprint” provides immediate chemical information about the material. For the mining sector, this means faster geochemical insights directly at the source, enabling more efficient exploration and resource evaluation.

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The transaction firmly cements GeologicAI’s position as the only truly comprehensive and integrated source of sensor data for the critical minerals industry. Building on the company’s unparalleled experience with over two million meters of core scanned, with the addition of Lumo Analytics’ technology, GeologicAI extends its Resource Knowledge Systems (RKS) offerings to the detection of rare-earth elements (REEs) and light elements as well as other elements. This move completes the company’s unique on-site sensor suite and connects it to the powerful decision modelling solutions demanded by advanced mining decision-makers.

Completing the Integrated Sensor Suite

“The mining industry currently faces a ’critical minerals crisis’, requiring faster and more accurate data to bring resources to market,” said Grant Sanden, CEO of GeologicAI. “To address this, we are driving a strategy of bringing together enhanced data at the source, industry-specific domain expertise, and advanced, purpose-built analytics. This acquisition represents a key step forward in our mission.”

Highlighting the technical synergy of the deal, Steve Buckley, Senior VP of Engineering at GeologicAI—a 25-year veteran and pioneer of LIBS technology—stated: “Lumo Analytics has built the most compact and efficient LIBS scanner available in the market. Battle-tested in the field, it provides unparalleled insight at speed. We are excited for both their team and technology to join our drive for High-Resolution Decision Engineering in the critical minerals industry.”

Unlocking the Power of LIBS

“Capable of rapid, non-contact, non-destructive measurements, LIBS is taking off in the mining industry as a means of measuring light elements and rare-earth elements (REEs), allowing assessment of crucial deposits and providing detailed mineralogy,” said Antti Kotanen, co-founder and CEO of Lumo Analytics. “We are very proud of what we have built and excited, by joining with GeologicAI, to extend the reach and impact of our technology to the whole industry”.

LIBS technology is critical for modern mining because it enables rapid, accurate measurements of elements that traditional sensors often miss. The resulting detailed mineral mapping is highly complementary to GeologicAI’s existing sensor stack, extending the capabilities of its multi-sensor data products to drive additional value in High-Resolution Decision Engineering offerings.

Industry Support and Operational Continuity

“As demand for critical minerals continues to grow, access to high-resolution, real-time geological data is becoming essential to improving decision quality and reducing risk,” said Pekka Santasalo, Head of Growth & Ventures at Rio Tinto. “The combination of GeologicAI’s multi-sensor platform with Lumo Analytics’ LIBS technology represents an important step forward in how the industry can better understand complex ore bodies and make more informed resource decisions.”

GeologicAI and Lumo Analytics emphasize that this acquisition is a "natural fit" given the teams’ shared vision, passion and geoscience expertise of both teams. The company confirms there will be no disruption to either company’s customers. GeologicAI guarantees the continued supply and support of all Lumo offerings, alongside continued investment in Lumo’s impressive LIBS innovation.

About GeologicAI

GeologicAI is the global leader in High-Resolution Decision Engineering for the critical minerals industry. Through proprietary AI, automation, and advanced geological modelling, GeologicAI helps mining companies—from global majors to select juniors—make faster, better, and lower-risk decisions across the resource lifecycle.

About Lumo Analytics

Lumo Analytics is a pioneering provider of advanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) sensor technology enabling the rapid detection of light elements and rare earth elements (REEs), providing detailed mineral mapping that supports exploration, resource evaluation, and processing.

For more information, visitwww.GeologicAI.com and www.lumoanalytics.com.

GeologicAI Announces Acquisition of Lumo Analytics to Complete Its Integrated Sensor Suite Across Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump will undertake one of the most solemn duties facing the commander in chief on Wednesday when he will witness the dignified transfer of two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert.

The solemn ritual at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware honors U.S. service members killed in action. Trump, who traveled to Dover several times in his first term, once described it as “the toughest thing I have to do” as president.

The two guardsmen killed in Syria on Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army. Both were members of the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment and have been hailed as heroes by the Iowa National Guard.

A U.S. civilian working as an interpreter, identified Tuesday as Ayad Mansoor Sakat of Macomb, Michigan, was also killed. Three other members of the Iowa National Guard were injured in the attack. The Pentagon has not identified them.

They were among hundreds of U.S. troops deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting the Islamic State group.

During the process at Dover, transfer cases draped with the American flag that hold the soldiers' remains are carried from the belly of a hulking C-17 military aircraft to a waiting vehicle under the watchful eyes of grieving family members. The vehicle then transports the remains to the mortuary facility at the base, where the fallen are prepared for burial at their final resting places.

Howard's stepfather, Jeffrey Bunn, has said Howard “loved what he was doing and would be the first in and last out.” He said Howard had wanted to be a soldier since he was a boy.

In a social media post, Bunn, who is chief of the Tama, Iowa, police department, said Howard was a loving husband and an “amazing man of faith.” He said Howard’s brother, a staff sergeant in the Iowa National Guard, would escort “Nate” back to Iowa.

Torres-Tovar was remembered as a “very positive” family-oriented person who always put others first, according to fellow guards members who were deployed with him and issued a statement to the local TV broadcast station WOI.

Dina Qiryaqoz, the daughter of the civilian interpreter who was killed, said Wednesday in a statement that her father worked for the U.S. Army during the invasion of Iraq from 2003 to 2007. Sakat is survived by his wife and four adult children.

The interpreter was from Bakhdida, Iraq, a small Catholic village southeast of Mosul, and the family immigrated to the U.S. in 2007 on a special visa, Qiryaqoz said. At the time of his death, Sakat was employed as an independent contractor for Virginia-based Valiant Integrated Services.

Sakat's family was still struggling to believe that he is gone, she said.

“He was a devoted father and husband, a courageous interpreter and a man who believed deeply in the mission he served,” Qiryaqoz said.

Trump told reporters over the weekend that he was mourning the deaths. He vowed retaliation. The most recent instance of U.S. service members killed in action was in January 2024, when three American troops died in a drone attack in Jordan.

Saturday's deadly attack followed a rapprochement between the U.S. and Syria, bringing the former pariah state into a U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group.

Trump has forged a relationship with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the onetime leader of an Islamic insurgent group who led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad.

Trump, who met with al-Sharaa last month at the White House, said Monday that the attack had nothing to do with the Syrian leader, who Trump said was “devastated by what happened.”

During his first term, Trump visited Dover in 2017 to honor a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during a raid in Yemen, in 2019 for two Army officers whose helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, and in 2020 for two Army soldiers killed in Afghanistan when a person dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire.

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Associated Press writers Konstantin Toropin and Darlene Superville in Washington and Isabella Volmert in Lansing, Michigan, contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Washington, en route to Baltimore to attend the Army-Navy football game. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

This undated combo photo created with images released by the Iowa National Guard shows Sgts. William Nathaniel Howard, left, and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar. (Iowa National Guard via AP)