Community engagement is a defining factor for the success of mineral exploration and mining companies. Projects are increasingly dependent on trust, transparency, and strong relationships with local communities, Indigenous groups, and other stakeholders. These conversations often centre on questions around land use, environmental impact, timelines for development, and how proposed projects may affect nearby water sources, wildlife, and local livelihoods.
VRIFY Present is a communication software that supports more open dialogue and an inclusive approach to community engagement by turning complex technical data into easily understood presentations that encourage informed information sharing and discussion. By helping community members who may be impacted or concerned about development visualize and better understand projects through interactive and 3D slides, VRIFY Present enables clearer conversations and more meaningful participation. As expectations around engaging local communities continue to grow across the mineral exploration industry, companies are adopting VRIFY Present to strengthen relationships and improve engagement outcomes. The following examples highlight how Hudbay Minerals, Integra Resources, and Sokli are using VRIFY Present to connect more effectively with their communities.
Hudbay Minerals: Building Transparency and Trust
The Challenge: Navigating concerns and building trust with community members and Indigenous groups, despite securing permitting approval.
The Outcome: Built trust and shared understanding by grounding discussions in true-to-reality visuals that showed actual project conditions, not conceptual ideas.
Asset: Copper Mountain Mine
The Presentation:
Digging Deeper: During the environmental assessment process for the Copper Mountain Mine project in late 2024, Hudbay identified an opportunity to strengthen how it engaged with local and Indigenous communities. While the project had already secured permitting approval, Hudbay recognized the value of providing clearer, more accessible project information to support trust, transparency, and informed dialogue throughout the review process.
Hudbay began using VRIFY Present in May 2025 to shift their community engagement approach. Instead of relying solely on traditional presentations and written reports, Hudbay hosts town-hall-style meetings where community members could interact directly with project visuals on iPads or view them on large screens. Additionally, by embedding the platform on their website, Hudbay ensures the broader community has ongoing access to the same transparent, easy-to-understand project information.
This approach leads to noticeably stronger collaboration between Hudbay and local communities. Stakeholders report feeling more equipped to engage in meaningful dialogue, helping rebuild trust and support a more constructive permitting and engagement process. Hudbay’s use of VRIFY Present proves invaluable in creating a shared understanding of the project and setting a higher standard for transparency in mineral exploration projects.
Integra Resources: Advancing Clear, Consistent Engagement
The Challenge: Communicating complex project information to local communities, particularly for individuals without prior mineral exploration or mining knowledge, while maintaining transparency across projects.
The Outcome: Stronger engagement and positive community feedback by replacing static materials with interactive 3D visuals, integrated with important project information to allow individuals to explore site layout, geology, and development plans in a clear, shared view.
Asset: DeLamar Project
The Presentation:
Digging Deeper: With four US-based assets using VRIFY Present — DeLamar, Florida Canyon, Mountain View, and Wildcat — Integra uses VRIFY Present to strengthen how they communicate with local and Indigenous communities, particularly at the DeLamar project. Rather than relying on static materials, Integra brings VRIFY Present directly into community halls, sharing interactive 3D models and 360° footage on iPads and large screens to make project information more visual and thus, easier to understand, especially for those without previous mineral exploration or mining knowledge.
This approach allows community members to explore project information, ask more informed questions, and gain a clearer understanding of site layout, geology, and development plans. By making complex information simple, Integra ensures these conversations are more inclusive and productive.
This visual, hands-on engagement approach consistently receives positive feedback from community members, helping foster more productive and trust-based discussions. Beyond community engagement, Integra has also extended the use of VRIFY Present to meetings with government officials, supporting improved communication during permitting and regulatory discussions. The ability to share accurate and interactive project slides helps align understanding across technical teams, regulators, and decision-makers.
By prioritizing transparency and clarity across all stakeholder interactions, Integra uses the VRIFY Present software to strengthen relationships and support responsible project development across their projects.
Sokli: Communicating Strategic Value With Transparency
The Challenge: Clearly communicating the significance of the Sokli deposit. Demonstrating the company’s commitment to important matters like environmental stewardship and responsible land use.
The Outcome: Stronger community understanding and trust by using immersive and contextualized visuals — like integrated 3D scenes — to clearly explain the full value of the Sokli deposit while showing how environmental stewardship and responsible land use are integrated into the project with real-world visualization.
Asset: The Savukoski Area
The Presentation:
Digging Deeper: Based in Finland, Sokli is conducting comprehensive studies to evaluate both the Savukoski area’s mineral resources and the overall profitability of potential mining operations. The project has the potential to directly and indirectly create hundreds of jobs and become an important part of Finland’s growing battery value chain.
To support open and informed dialogue around the project, Sokli is utilizing VRIFY Present to clearly communicate the significance of the deposit and the values guiding its development at educational conferences, to the local community, and other stakeholders. The interactive presentation their team creates explains why deposits like Sokli are strategically important for Europe, while also highlighting how environmental stewardship and responsible land use are prioritized throughout the exploration and evaluation process.
Sokli shares their VRIFY Present deck both in person and online, using it at community town halls to engage directly with residents, and embedding it on their website to ensure broader public access. By combining clear data visualization with a transparent narrative around environmental responsibility and job creation, Sokli is building trust with the local community while demonstrating how modern mineral exploration projects can support regional economies and Europe’s long-term resource security.
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Hudbay, Integra, and Sokli demonstrate how clear and immersive presentations can support more transparent and productive engagement. By using VRIFY Present to make complex data and plans easier to understand, each company has strengthened communication, built trust, and improved stakeholder relationships.
As projects grow more complex, software like VRIFY Present are becoming essential to responsible project development.
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