The EO-Miners (http://www.co-miners.cu) pr~oject established structured stakeholder dialogue processes at three demonstration sites in the Czech Republic, Kyrgystan and South Africa for the selection of Earth Observation (EO) technologies suitable to inform comprehensive decision-finding procedures and processes for the mining sector. The key paradigm is to not use a top-down approach in selecting the issues to be observed, but to involve as many groups of non-technical, as well as technical stakeholders. It is suggested as an example of a successful stakeholder-need rather than (only) expert-judgment driven processes for EO-technology selection and deployment. Results to date point  to a need to better inform non-technical stakeholders about the possibilities offered by EO, and the challenge for EO experts to adapt to non-technical requirement formulations. It is envisaged to consolidate these diverging needs and expectations through structured deliberation processes at the demonstration sites.