MICROMINE is to showcase its exploration and mining software solutions and services at Mining Indaba, being held from February 3-6, 2013 in Cape Town. Specifically, technical staff will demonstrate the sophisticated Implicit Modelling functionality available within MICROMINE’s namesake exploration and mine design solution, Micromine. MICROMINE Sales Executive, Craig Peek, explains: “Mining Indaba is Africa’s largest industry event, and provides the perfect opportunity for MICROMINE to demonstrate its offerings to the African mining community, meet with current clients and make new industry connections.”
“Visitors to MICROMINE’s booth will see the latest versions of the company’s software solutions, including Micromine 2013, a leading application for geological exploration, 3D mine modelling, resource estimation, pit optimisation and resource scheduling. Micromine provides explorers with an in-depth understanding of a project so prospective regions can be targeted more accurately, increasing the chance of the project’s success. Miners are provided easy-to-use modeling, estimation and design tools to simplify design and production tasks.”
“Micromine includes one of the world’s only true implicit modellers. The software’s Implicit Modelling module allows users to create and visualise the most complex of wireframes, and uses industry-standard radial basis functions to model grade shells, lithology boundaries, faults or surfaces. Wireframes extracted from the implicit model are readily displayed in Vizex are a valuable tool for finalising geological or grade interpretations. Micromine offers simple methods for adding control points, such as drillhole intersections, to create a more accurate fault model. It also provides support for trend information to produce models that better reflect the project area,” Peek concludes. The latest version, Micromine 2014, is due for release later in the year and will continue the company’s tradition of developing easy-to-use software solutions that increase user productivity through enhanced workflow methodologies and logical processes.
Customers in Africa include Paladin Energy, the a uranium production company with projects in Australia and Canada, and two operating mines in Africa with a strategy of becoming a major uranium mining house. Tony Miller, Paladin’s Technical Services Coordinator, explains: “Over the past 20 years, MICROMINE has provided Paladin outstanding software solutions and services. I wouldn’t hesitate recommending the company’s exploration and mine design solution, Micromine, to other operations wanting to enhance their productivity. As a fundamental geology tool and intuitive and easy-to use solution, Micromine has assisted Paladin to introduce efficiencies throughout its international operations located in Canada, Australia and Africa. Paladin relies on Micromine’s exploration and mining modules to ensure efficient and accurate activities. Through Paladin’s positive relationship with MICROMINE and our continued work as part of the Micromine Beta Tester Programme, we have been able to achieve significant results. The MICROMINE Development Team has responded to all identified issues and has improved our work capacity”.
He adds: “Due to the development of Micromine’s large data handling capabilities, we can now rotate data and instantly look at it. Recent Micromine developments have also assisted in the visualisation and interpretation of data. Paladin has historically been an exploration focused group, and now that we have moved into production we are excited to be utilising Micromine’s mining functionalities. Micromine’s flexibility has allowed the solution to evolve with our growing business requirements. Based on the success of our relationship with MICROMINE and its leading exploration and mine design solution, Micromine, Paladin is exploring other Micromine software modules that can be incorporated within the operation. Specifically, I am currently investigating Micromine 2013’s new Implicit Modelling module.”