Geological targeting is a consistent series of measures to analyze the geological situation, assess the quality and reliability of previously completed work, increase the reliability of the resource assessment of objects, reduce geological risk and, as a result, increase the efficiency of investments in geological exploration. Accumulated geological data, combined with an ever-increasing flow of new materials and developing digital data processing solutions, has made geological targeting one of the main methods for reducing geological risks at the initial stages of work when selecting prospecting and exploration targets. High-quality cameral targeting, supplemented on its basis with field reconnaissance routes performed by experts, makes it possible to more effectively “filter” and rank prospecting areas and select the best of them for prospecting for new deposits, save significant time and financial resources of subsoil users. The geological targeting algorithm, developed and successfully tested by specialists of the Institute of Geotechnologies, in addition to well-known practices, necessarily includes modern methods of structural analysis, automated analysis of lineaments and multispectral analysis of remote sensing materials - satellite images and aerial photographs obtained using UAVs. Geological targeting is effectively implemented in prospecting and exploration projects in Russia and abroad (Kazakhstan, Australia, Georgia)