Sirius-MTP™️ Recognised at BRICS Solution Awards in Moscow for Government-Facing Innovation

Sirius Minerals has received international recognition at the BRICS Solutions Awards 2024, where its Sirius Mineral Trade Platform (Sirius-MTP™️) prototype was selected in the category “Platforms and End-to-End Solutions for Government and Public Administration.”

The BRICS Solutions Awards is a high-profile innovation platform that showcases transformative technologies and public-sector solutions across the BRICS bloc - comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The awards are designed to identify scalable, high-impact innovations capable of addressing systemic challenges in governance, infrastructure, economic development, and public service delivery across emerging markets.

Held in Moscow, the 2024 edition brought together leading innovators, government representatives, and technology stakeholders from across BRICS member states and partner countries. The platform has increasingly gained prestige as a gateway for emerging technologies seeking validation, cross-border relevance, and potential adoption within large-scale public systems.

Sirius Minerals participated under the South African delegation and was among a select group of African innovations recognized at the event. The company presented its Sirius-MTP™️ alpha prototype - an early stage digital mineral trade infrastructure designed to improve transparency, traceability, and efficiency in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector.

While the project received a participation-level award, the recognition is considered strategically significant, given the competitive nature of entries across BRICS countries, many of which include state-backed digital infrastructure programs and large-scale industrial technology platforms.

The Sirius-MTP™️ concept was evaluated within the context of government and public administration solutions, reflecting its broader ambition to support mineral sector formalization, regulatory visibility, and trade facilitation through digital infrastructure. The platform’s positioning aligns with global priorities around supply chain transparency, responsible sourcing, and the modernization of resource governance systems.

According to the company, participation at this level validates the long-term direction of Sirius-MTP™️ and signals strong potential for progression from prototype (alpha) to a fully functional Minimum Viable Product (MVP) capable of deployment in pilot government and industry environments.

The recognition also places Sirius Minerals within a growing cohort of African technology innovators engaging in global policy and infrastructure conversations, particularly within emerging economic blocs such as BRICS, where digital transformation and resource governance remain key strategic priorities.

As Sirius Minerals advances the development of Sirius-MTP™️, the company views the BRICS recognition as an early milestone in a longer journey toward building a scalable, interoperable mineral trade infrastructure that can serve both national governments and cross-border trade ecosystems.

The participation in Moscow marks an important step in positioning Sirius-MTP™️ not only as a commercial platform, but as a public-private infrastructure solution capable of supporting the modernization of mineral economies across emerging markets.