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11th October, 2005 Tritton Resources NL have purchased a RINGking license for their name sake Project situated 63km by road west north-west of the town of Nyngan in central New South Wales and 100km east of the historical mining district of Cobar. The Tritton copper reserves are located between 190m and 950m below surface and will be extracted using standard underground mining methods. A conventional mining approach has been adopted that utilises a diesel mechanised, trackless haulage decline access and conventional long hole open stoping methods. 11th October, 2005 RINGking has been implemented at Central Norseman Gold to assist with designing underground rings at their Harlequin Mine. Gold is principally sourced from narrow but very high-grade quartz reefs that have historically had significant strike lengths and or down dip (plunge) extents. The Norseman operation is located 725 kilometres east of Perth and midway between Kalgoorlie and Esperance. The former WMC operation was taken over by Croesus Mining NL in January of 2002 and has continued to prosper as one of the longest mines in continuous operation in Australia. 24th May, 2005 The Endeavor Mine has recently purchased RINGking to assist with its production of zinc, lead and silver. The mine is located 46 kilometers north of Cobar in New South Wales. The mine is operated by Endeavor Operations Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CBH Resources Limited This sale follows the purchase of second licenses from Harmony Gold's - Mt Magnet Operation in Western Australia, and the Birla Mt Gordon copper mine in Queensland. Both these clients have been using the system for a couple of years and it is now firmly entrenched into daily operations. The RINGking development team is currently closing work on the next release due in June 2005. The new version includes a number of new features and coded solutions for common issues facing production engineers using Surpac ring design. If you would like a demonstration or free trial of the system please contact sales@minesolutions.com RINGking from Strength to Strength 4th February, 2005 Sales of RINGking to Placer Dome Asia Pacific at both their Osborne Operation in Queensland and Henty Gold Mine in Tasmania have spurred on some interesting developments in the System. The most visible is totally customisable outputs that include user selectable colours, lines styles, hatching, and fonts on all the high quality ring reports. This allows maps to maintain content with existing standards and provides the ability to fully detail all features for the driller. The Beaconsfield JV in Tasmania purchased the system last year to automate the manual designs that the production department was undertaking. It has vastly improved productivity at the site and shows how the systems ability to manage design data and produce high quality outputs can have a significant impact on time. Harmony Gold have been long time users of the system originally at their Mt Marion underground mine near Kalgoorlie and also the Mt Magnet operation north of Perth. The Hill 50 underground have just purchased their second license to assist with production operations. Other sites enjoying the benefits of RINGking include Birla Mt Gordon and Roche Mining in Queensland. 1st December, 2004 The release of SGMatrix is coming soon. It is the first software tool of its kind for the aggregate industry and will be released exclusively as an extension for use in Surpac Vision. SGMatrix, used in the exploration and evaluation of sand and gravel deposits, automatically processes particle size analysis data and calculates cut-points (d10, d25, etc), size-distribution indices (such as SCS Class and sedimentologic parameters), and various industry specifications (Fineness Modulus, Dust Ratio, etc) as selected by the user. If the data is georeferenced, SGMatrix can then calculate spatial correlations, as well as intervariable correlations. These results can help identify characteristics such as, for example, that there is a remarkable increase in -200 mesh ("fines") material toward the northeast, or in a particular part of the deposit. Recognition of trends such as this can aid in the identification of trends in the deposit, delineation of potential pit zones, and devlopment of mine plans. SGMatrix is the first available component of AggPac, an integrated aggregate resource management system for Surpac Vision. Upcoming AggPac modules will automate stockpile management, royalty tracking and auditing tools, and load-out account management. The use of SGMatrix is not limited to sand and gravel deposits, but for any unconsolidated deposit for which grain size distribution is an important factor. 12th July, 2004 The Tailings extension module for Surpac Vision has been in use for many years now and is being recognised as an affordable and practical solution for tailings deposition modelling. Originating from development work undertaken in Canada the product now boasts a user base in several countries throughout the world. Clients who have recently joined the Tailings revolution include
Click here for the tailings brochure 1st April, 2004 Birla Mt Gordon have adopted RINGking to assist with their production ring design, plotting and reporting. After an in depth evaluation they soon discovered the system drastically reduced time to prepare slices from their geological data and with the ability to interface with the block model meant that they could easily report tonnes and grades for end of month. Mine Solutions Licensing System 28th July, 2003 Each Mine Solutions product is protected by a security mechanism to deter software piracy and protect your investment in the software. The first time that any product is run on a computer it will automatically generate a trial license to run for an allotted number of days, usually 30. This trial license is to allow prospective new users the ability to trial the software in a production environment. Once a trial license has expired, it cannot be restored unless a new trial license key is supplied. Removing and then reinstalling the Mine Solutions software will not reinitialise the trial license. Setting the system clock back to a date earlier than the trial expiry date will also cause the license to fail! If you wish to extend your trial please contact sales@minesolutions.com . Surpac Vision extension products are licensed to a SSI sentinel. If the sentinel is a local (stand alone) sentinel then that license can be installed onto each computer that uses that particular sentinel. If the sentinel Id is being obtained from a SSI license server (SSILM) then the Mine Solutions product is also network enabled for the number of users purchased. In order to enable the network licensing to function you must be running at least version 4.1-Q of Surpac Vision along with at least version 5.0-A of the SSIlm license server. This is because additional functionality was introduced in these versions to allow the Mine Solutions networking license system to work. 28th July, 2003 A new standalone product called the Surpac Command Centre (SCC) has been developed over the past two months. The product was developed primarily for Western Metals to aid in managing a large number of Surpac Vision users at both their Pallara and Mt Gordon operations. The program is now being further developed for the larger Surpac community. The main feature of the program are that it allows easy management of Surpac SSIlm license classes including the ability to see which users have consumed what license classes. The SCC also easily manages multiple installations of any Surpac product and allows you to setup, via a favourites system, to run any particular version without cluttering the desktop with a number of shortcut icons. New features currently being developed include a macro scheduler. The Scheduler will allow you to make use of your computing resources at quiet periods by specifying times to SCC to run certain macros. |
11th October, 2005 Cube Consulting who have been long time users of the Modelling Tools extension Surpac, have recently fitted out all their Geology and Resource Services group consultants with licenses of the tools. Cube Director, Rick Adams said, "I wouldn't attempt any form of geological wire framing in Surpac Vision, simple or complex without these tools". Cube's consultants provide services and advice covering a wide range of geological and resource related issues. Particular areas of expertise include development and support of mine geology systems, resource estimation and evaluation, due diligence and project auditing and mine production and reconciliation analysis and advice. 24th May, 2005 The MineBlock developers have been working long and hard to upgrade the system to incorporate the latest enhancements to Geostats in Surpac V5.1. It is hoped to have the V2.0 release available for download by the end of May.
Some of the new features to be incorportated into V2.0 are:
4th February, 2005 The Tailings application has recently been purchased by Syncrudes Mildred Lake operation in Alberta Canada. The program is also proving to be popular with a number of international consultancies and mining operations due to its functionality and low-cost pricing.
Tailings is now being used by the following clients 14th July, 2004 MineBlock covers all aspects of the block modelling process and enables geologists to easily setup, run, review and report each step undertaken. All input and output data (composite assays, BM centroids, etc) are stored in a sophisticated database that makes for effortless data management, backup and reporting. A series of MineBlock functions within Surpac Vision read the data directly from the database and write the results back to it. The process of compiling all data used in a block modeling project can be very time consuming, especially when multiple domains have been identified. Even a simple project may have 2 geological zones to be modelled separately which in turn may be split into 3 metallurgical zones, meaning 6 domains will have to be handled. If there is more than one element involved, say Au and Cu, and the SG is also to be interpolated, then for each of the 6 domains, 3 elements will have to be processed, making a total of 18 separate items. For each of these 18 items a number of statistical, variogram and block modelling parameters need to be entered, calculated, and reported. When running the estimation, 3 separate passes may be required for each item to categorise the model, making a total of 54 separate estimation runs! MineBlock will manage everything from preparing the assay composites file, calculating statistics, producing variogram maps, calculating and modeling variograms, coding the block model, running the estimation, reporting the block model, and taking sections through the model.
Some other benefits in using MineBlock include:
If you are performing resource estimation in Surpac Vision then MineBlock is your total solution. 10th July, 2004
Mine Solutions has run a number of specials for the Modelling Tools suite over the past 6 months that have been taken up by a variety of clients. New users include
The string morphing function is proving to be an invaluable tool and is now second nature to many to users prior to attempting any form of wire frame modelling in Surpac Vision. By morphing string segments, a far more precise solid can be produced yielding a true to life surface that will assist with more accurate volume and area calculations in Surpac Vision. Modelling Tools can be downloaded, installed, and operational within 5 minutes. An automatic 30 day trial license is issued upon first use and you may evaluate the product with no restriction during this period. Click here for further details. 1st April, 2004 River Gold Mine took advantage of the February special on Modelling Tools and purchased a license for their operation in Ontario Canada. Modelling Tools is proving very useful for uses wanting to create more realistic solids. A testimonial provided by a seasoned Surpac Vision user explains some of the benefits.
'I would not attempt any form of geological wire framing in Surpac Vision, simple or extremely complex without these tools. The easily used String Morphing function results in plausible solutions for joining interpreted shapes with a minimum of input. The other tools are a bonus, very handy to have when the situation arises.' RINGking V5.01 Nearing completion A new version of RINGking that includes updates to both RINGking Vision and RINGking DB is due for imminent release. The product has been in beta at Harmony Gold's South Kal Mines operation for the last 3 months and has proven to be robust and stable. Presently a new installation system is being finalised and then the product will be ready for imminent release. Please consult the RINGking brochure of the products page for full details. |
11th October, 2005 Darlot gold mine is another new comer to the RINGking extension for Surpac Vision. Darlot is an underground mine located on the Yandal Greenstone Belt, approximately 680 kilometres northeast of Perth. The mine is operated by Barrick Gold of Australia. Gold is located around laminar, sheeted quartz veins in local dilation zones and also sub-horizontal arrays of shallowly dipping quartz veins in felsic rocks. The RINGking system will help the production engineers with designing for these ore zones and production of monthly reports. 24th May, 2005 Modelling tools has been one of Mine Solutions most successful products to date with users spread throughout the world. The latest edition to the user list is Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Exploration) who purchased a licensing in April. Mine Solutions is running a two for one offer on Modelling Tools in June so don't miss this great opportunity to own your copy for less than a days consulting. 4th February, 2005 Mt Magnet Gold has just purchased a number of licenses of the Surpac Command Centre to help manage their Surpac Vision network licenses and to assist with multiple start-up configurations. A popular feature of the system is being able to know what licenses are available prior to starting Surpac Vision saving time and frustration when a particular licensing class is unavailable. 4th February, 2005 Modelling Tools has been a popular extension for many Geologists using Surpac Vision with a number of licenses spread through out the world. The Lake Johnson nickel operation owned by Lion Ore Australia has just purchased a license to assist with their modelling requirements. The string morphing function contained in the Modelling Tools suite is an invaluable tool for creating more accurate and true to life solids. 12th July, 2004 Users who have previously design decline paths using Surpac Vision's native tools need no convincing on the time and costs savings that the 'Point to Point' path algorithm used in the product delivers. What can take hours to develop using graphical editing functions can be achieved in seconds by simply clicking the start and finish points for the path and providing details such as bearings, gradients, and curve diameters?
Users to recently adopt the tool include engineers from:
The Decline tool is currently undergoing major development to include new algorithms for producing a path along with other design tools to assist with constructions of solid models of the designed decline. Version 2.01 will be released soon in the coming months. 10th July, 2004 Allstate Exploration's Beaconsfield JV recently implemented RINGking to assist with their production ring design. After a brief review they were convinced on the products benefits that include a more stream lined approach to the design as well as high quality ring reports and plots. RINGking is now used on a number of mine sites across Australia. Users are impressed with the professional implementation, quality of support, and the consistent enhancement releases of the product. Mine Solutions is committed to making RINGking the de-facto standard for ring design in Surpac Vision. Click here for further details. 1st April, 2004 Harmony Gold's South Kal Mines operation was the initial development site for RINGking. Over several years the product has matured with many different users from Mt Marian providing valuable feedback for the continual improvement of the product. Recently Harmony's Mt Magnet Gold operation have also implemented RINGking to assist with their production ring design and reporting. Decline saves hours of design time 28th July, 2003 The current Decline product introduced an algorithm to quickly and precisely produce a decline centreline between two known points given some design criteria such as start and end bearing, curve and straight gradients, and curve directions. Version 2.01 of Decline is about to be released and will include a new algorithm and some additional tools to further save hours of design time The new algorithm known as Specified Path will allow you to select a start point and then in tabular format enter your design criteria for the straight and curve sections of the decline centreline. As you are entering your design criteria the program automatically informs you of the current level and provides information on the best bearing for each straight section. Once your design is entered and applied the program will produce a centreline in seconds. There is also a feature that allows you to graphically select any existing centreline and have the program decipher it and then present you with the design details in the Specified Path format. Additional tools that will be added to the program include a drive profile editor that will contain a number of commonly used profiles. Tools for creating your back and floor strings from the centreline, and to create a closed solid of the drive are currently being developed. Decline V2.01 is due for release on the 29th of August. If you are interested in obtaining a pre-release of the program please contact info@minesolutions.com. 28th July, 2003 A new product that includes a suite of tools to assist geologist in creating solids is now available. The product centre piece is an algorithm that will morph between two segments to produce a specified number of intervening segments that more truly represent the surface being modelled. By producing intervening segments a far more accurate model can be produced that will better reflect the real world situation and produce more accurate volumes. The Modelling Tools suite includes the following tools:
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