USE OF GENERATIVE AI TOOLS

       Mining of Mineral Deposits acknowledges the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the research and manuscript preparation process. While such tools may be used to support language editing and drafting assistance, their use must comply with ethical and scholarly standards.

       If generative AI tools were used at any stage of manuscript preparation (e.g., text drafting, image generation, or code writing), this use must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript, for example in the Acknowledgments or Methods section, where appropriate.

       Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authorship implies accountability and the ability to take responsibility for the content, which AI tools cannot provide.

      SAuthors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content generated with or assisted by AI tools. The use of AI must not result in plagiarism, misinformation, data fabrication, or copyright infringement.

      Failure to comply with this policy may result in manuscript rejection or retraction after publication.