Expedition Intel is an activity in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and one of many types of World Intel. It allows the party to find lifesprings across that region, which reveal Region Intel providing background lore on the region, Excavation Intel locations, and the region's Classified Intel. Lifesprings also tend to have a large number of items that serve as Item Transmuter materials.
Expedition Intel simply involves finding the lifespring and interfacing with it, after which, a quick button prompt obtains the Region Intel. This makes them a simple means of earning more intel that Chadley can use to develop materia, but also a good way to reveal background lore on the region. Each region has a different colored bird that appears near lifespring locations and leads the player toward them.
Ride a chocobo and use Gliding Range No. 4-11 to fly west towards a yellow bordered platform. Atop the first set of stairs, follow the path and walk past the next staircase to find the lifespring.
Ride a chocobo and use the large fan in the southeast corner of the region to reach a wooden platform by Gliding Range No. 9-55. Take the right path upon landing and continue forward to the lifespring.
Ride a chocobo and fly around the areas beginning with Gliding Range No. 7-78 to move up to the next surface, repeated four times. The fourth surface leads to the lifespring.
Ride a chocobo and fly around the area using the fans near Cosmo Canyon moving from one surface to the next, until reaching an area full of trees. Enter the ruins within for the lifespring.
Region Intel: Mt. Nibel and the Birth of Mako Energy
Use the ocean chocobo's Chocojet to approach from the water south of Activation Intel 1: Airstrip Tower and find a small hole in the cliffside, where the lifespring is located.
Use Chocojet to approach from the water west of Activation Intel 2: Gull Bridge Tower and find an opening in the top of a cliff. Head inside to find it.
Use Chocojet to approach from the water to north of Activation Intel 3: Beach Hill Tower. Look for a rock cylinder, and use it to go to the top then proceed forward to the lifespring.
Use the ocean chocobo and approach from the water south of Activation Intel 4: Whitecap Reef Tower, and land on the high ground. Head south to the opposite end to find a slope going down into a pool. Chocojet up into a hole to reach the lifespring.