Introduction to the special issue: GIS-based mineral potential targeting

Mineral potential targeting using geographical information system is an efficient technique to delimit a study area for further exploration of mineral deposits. This introduction presents an overview of the mineral potential modeling methods and future perspectives of research in the fields of target generation and summarizes the papers that have been incorporated into this Special Issue of the Journal of African Earth Sciences. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.