Mining experiencemeets AI strategy.
LOMexcel exists to bridge a widening gap: mining teams understand their workflows deeply, AI specialists understand the technology — but very few sit at the intersection. This practice does.
Director of Innovation, creator of MineGPT™.
Francisca Lombard, MBA, B.Eng (Chemical & Metallurgical) is the Director of Innovation at LOMexcel Inc. and founder and creator of MineGPT™, an AI-driven mining intelligence platform that transforms complex technical reporting into structured, searchable knowledge.
She began her career in 2011 on mining operations before moving into operational efficiency and growth studies on the owner's side. She later transitioned to consulting, where she worked in commissioning, detailed engineering, and ultimately specialized in front-end studies — which she has focused on for the past seven years.
Francisca is driving innovation at the intersection of engineering and artificial intelligence as the founder of MineGPT, an AI-driven knowledge platform designed to transform technical reports and study data into structured, searchable intelligence — enabling faster analysis, better decision-making, and greater transparency across the mining sector.
With over a decade of experience managing front-end studies and capital projects in the mining industry, as well as the hands-on development of the first mining-focused agentic artificial intelligence system (MineGPT), Francisca bridges engineering expertise with digital innovation. Her work focuses on enabling data transparency, faster decision-making, and the responsible adoption of AI across technical disciplines.
CIM Magazine, May 2026 Edition
Francisca's work on AI in mining is featured in the May 2026 edition of CIM Magazine, the official publication of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (pages 34 & 35).
Read the feature (pp. 34–35)A progression from operations to intelligence.
- 01Operations
Operational efficiency & continuous improvement
Hands-on operational exposure across producing mining assets — the foundation of practical workflow understanding.
- 02Engineering
Detailed engineering & commissioning
Multi-discipline detailed engineering and plant commissioning experience across capital projects.
- 03Studies
Growth studies & study management
Leading scoping, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies — translating geology and engineering into investable cases.
- 04Project Management
Capital project delivery
End-to-end project management discipline across stage gates, deliverables, and stakeholder governance.
- 05AI Systems
Specialized mining AI development
Building structured mining intelligence systems and applied AI workflows — including the MineGPT initiative.
Mining knowledge is fragmented. AI changes the economics of synthesizing it.
Mining is one of the most knowledge-intensive industries on earth, yet most of that knowledge sits in PDFs, spreadsheets, and the heads of senior engineers approaching retirement. The cost of synthesis has historically been so high that most teams simply re-derive the same answers, project after project.
AI does not replace mining judgment. It compresses the time between question and defensible answer — for benchmarking, due diligence, study reviews, technical research, and routine documentation. That is the opportunity.
The risk is equally real: hallucinated comparables, leaked confidential data, ungoverned tool sprawl, and AI-generated work that quietly degrades technical standards. LOMexcel exists to capture the upside while controlling the downside.
What makes this practice different.
Mining-first
Every recommendation is tested against the realities of mining workflows — not generic enterprise patterns.
Workflow-first
Tools follow workflows, not the other way around. We map the workflow before we map the tool.
Practical implementation
Deliverables that operate in real mining environments — not slideware about transformation.
Governance-aware
Confidentiality, validation, and audit considerations are built into every recommendation.
Technically grounded
Engineering depth means we don't oversell AI capability — or undersell it.
Not an 'AI influencer'
No hype. No theatre. A focused practice for serious mining operators.
Quietly powerful infrastructure behind every engagement.
We do not over-explain our internal stack. What matters is what it lets clients see, decide, and ship faster.
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