From download to your first $5 gift card — here's everything you need to know about mining at California businesses with GeoMine.
Get GeoMine for free on the App Store or Google Play. Sign up with your email and you're ready to mine in under 30 seconds.
Open the map, find a participating business near you, and walk in. Your phone automatically detects the mining zone via GPS.
Coins accumulate every 60 seconds you're inside. Redeem them for discounts, coupons, gift cards, and exclusive offers at real businesses.
0.05 GM Points per minute at standard (Bronze 1×) businesses. Silver businesses pay 3× and Gold businesses 5× more per minute.
Mine for as little as 1 minute. No 15-minute dwell requirement. No cooldown between visits — daily caps already keep earnings fair.
Free users earn up to 100 GM/day, Plus 300, Pro 500. Each business also caps at 20 GM/day per user. Visit different businesses to fill up faster.
GPS server-side validation, mock location detection, device fingerprinting, velocity checks, multi-device guards, and anomaly detection keep mining fair for everyone.
Base earnings are just the start. Stack subscription, business, streak, and bonus multipliers to earn faster — capped at 10× total to keep things fair and the math sustainable.
Mine every day to scale your streak: 1.05× at 3 days, 1.15× at 7, 1.3× at 14, 1.5× at 30. Miss a day and it resets — unless you have a streak freeze.
Your very first mining session each calendar day earns a small bump. Simple. No opt-in.
First few times mining at a business you've never visited? Small bonus to encourage exploration.
GeoMine+ subscribers earn at 3× and Pro subscribers at 5× — applies on top of every business and bonus.
You're a GeoMine Pro subscriber on day 30 of your streak. You walk into a Silver-tier café you've never visited. It's your first session of the day. You mine for 15 minutes.
Base: 15 min × 0.1 pts/min = 1.5 pts + Pro subscription: +4× (5× tier) + Silver business: +1× (2× tier) + Streak (day 30): +0.5× + First-of-day: +0.25× + New business: +0.2× ───────────────────────────────────── Sum: 1 + 4 + 1 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.2 = 6.95× Total multiplier: 6.95× (under 10× cap) Earned this session: 1.5 × 6.95 = ~10.4 pts
Free tier caps at 100 pts/day. Plus tier 300/day. Pro tier 500/day. Visit different businesses to fill up faster.
1,000 GM Points = $1 across the catalog. Minimum redemption is $5 (5,000 points) for an Amazon, Walmart, or Target gift card. Save up to 50,000 points for a $50 Visa virtual card. Each card is purchased and dispatched by hand by the GeoMine team within 24 hours.
We send a one-click link to verify you own the inbox we'll deliver to. Required once — takes 30 seconds.
Choose Amazon, Walmart, or Target — all $5. We deduct 5,000 GM Points immediately.
Sessions go through 6 safety layers. If everything checks out, the redemption goes into our fulfillment queue.
Within 24 hours we purchase the gift card and the code appears in your in-app wallet. Use it anywhere the brand is accepted.
Mining is free for everyone. Subscribers earn faster and have a higher daily ceiling.
1× mining rate, 100 GM Points/day cap, 10 sessions/day. Ad-supported.
3× mining rate, 300 GM/day cap, 15 sessions/day. Ad-free. Refer-and-earn unlocked.
5× mining rate, 500 GM/day cap, 25 sessions/day. Ad-free. Pro-exclusive offers.
Subscribers get a unique MINE-XXXXXX code. When a friend signs up with your code and subscribes to GeoMine+ or Pro, you both get 500 GM Points (~$0.50 each). Every friend pays for itself in their first month — that's how we keep the rewards flowing.
Businesses list on GeoMine, create offers, and attract real foot traffic. No per-customer cost — just a flat monthly subscription.
Your business appears on the GeoMine app map. Users nearby can discover you and start mining.
Set up discounts and promotions that users can redeem with their coins. You control the pricing and inventory.
Track foot traffic, session counts, popular times, and customer engagement — all from your admin portal.
Run time-limited promotions with bonus mining multipliers to drive foot traffic during slow hours.