September 2019 Newsletter

In this issue Structural safety survey solution Digital twin value for mines Integration for productivity Spatial drill & blast measurements Spotlight on Maptek Drive New in Vulcan 12 Machine learning case study Geotechnical cell mapping University partnerships Contents Maptek Forge / September 2019 4 Survey solution for structural safety Maptek systems are providing invaluable insight into the structural safety of a mine and guiding planning around repurposing the site 6 Digital twin value for mines The Maptek PETRA partnership is unlocking the potential of digital twin models for value chain optimisation to improve mine performance

7 Integration for accuracy & productivity Maptek has partnered with drill & blast technology provider Minnovare to deliver streamlined drill & blast solutions to underground miners 8 Spatial measurements for drill & blast Maptek BlastLogic allows operations to connect spatial data to blast parameters for effective blast execution feedback 4 9 10 12 Product spotlight: Maptek Drive What’s new in Vulcan 12 Machine learning case study The latest mobile mapping solution from Maptek Vulcan geological modelling Maptek geological domain modelling Maptek provides greater precision in and mine planning software continues process employing machine learning has continuous vehicle-mounted 3D spatial to deliver new functionality, integration delivered accurate shapes and volumes in data capture features and performance improvements much shorter time 13 14 15 Digital geotechnical cell mapping University partnerships Calendar of events Maptek PointStudio visualisation and Maptek supports the development of the See where you can connect with Maptek digitisation tools have digitally replicated next generation of mining professionals at conferences, tradeshows and other conventional cell mapping at a mine through masterclasses, internships and events in 2019 and 2020 in Arizona train the trainer initiatives

2 Maptek Forge / September 2019 Welcome to the September issue of our Forge newsletter

A full mining solution at your fingertips It’s no understatement that digitalisation has liberated mining professionals from the humdrum of daily tasks. Collecting, processing, modelling, analysing and reporting involve handling vast amounts of data, multiple times. Manual entry and transfer between formats can be a formidable challenge, let alone performing calculations on the data.

Solving this challenge was one of Maptek’s aspirations in the 1980s – to transform the manual logging of borehole data by geologists into a computerised process.

Building on this forerunner to Vulcan, 7 Maptek set about helping mining engineers, scheduling teams and surveyors to become more efficient and effective.

Almost 40 years on, Vulcan continues to evolve, with new geological modelling options, design and engineering capability and enhanced performance. 10 Today we deliver enterprise level systems that interact and integrate with production, fleet management and operational processes.

Mining is a fast changing industry and we regularly look to establish alliances with other leading providers. These collaborations are proving to be valuable investments that 13 15 benefit customers and improve industry standards.

Maptek continues to lead innovation in the industry and is delivering a broader range of technology products than ever before.

We hope you enjoy this issue On the cover and welcome feedback at Integrated stratigraphic model [email protected] created in Vulcan 12, showing throw Peter Johnson and block-based faulting being Managing Director applied in tandem

3 Editorial Survey solution for structural safety Maptek™ mine measurement systems are providing invaluable insight into the structural safety of a mine and in guiding planning around repurposing the site.

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Maptek™ Sentry combines laser In addition to the live field data ‘That shows all potential failure scan data with dedicated software being crucial to operational safety, mechanisms and where they can to track and analyse surface huge value lies in the ability to occur,’ Chambers says. movement over time. Hillgrove back-analyse the 3D spatial data Resources has been integral in collected by Sentry to refine a ‘There’s so much you can do with the development of Sentry, trialling monitoring program. the data, and it all started from it since 2013 at the Kanmantoo Sentry monitoring of walls with Copper Mine in the Adelaide Hills More than monitoring hi-res scans.' of South . At Kanmantoo the Sentry data was ‘Every month we looked at how The technology was integral in shared with the survey team so much walls may have moved, and facilitating an aggressive steep there was no need for them to go any hotspots that we needed to be walled mining approach to into the field to capture survey data aware of or keep people away from, maximise ore recovery. of the areas already covered. and set up alarms and monitor more closely.' The 3D spatial data collected This constant stream of survey data through Sentry stability monitoring from multiple locations around the ‘The great advantage of the Sentry and regular 3D laser scanning has main pit was analysed in Maptek™ software and PointStudio is that we been used to generate a full digital PointStudio™ alongside the survey were able to pick up rockfalls down terrain model of the site. team’s regular scans. to only 30-50cm in size.' Sentry is designed to allow sites The Sentry data informs where ‘This approach has allowed to monitor and react to certain the survey team needs to scan us to tie historical scans risks in open pit and underground at a higher resolution or from from multiple positions into a mining operations, including slope different angles. Each Sentry scan single long-term monitoring failure, tailings or infrastructure can be used in PointStudio for any project and to look at mine- displacement and rockfalls. of the software’s deliverables such life dilation.’ as geological mapping and analysis Alarms can be set to alert of geotechnical structures. operations when movement In addition this dilation has been reaches specified thresholds, Hillgrove Resources' former directly related to remotely mapped facilitating decisions about whether Geotechnician, Justine Chambers, surface structures that have it is safe for mining to continue or if who now works for Maptek, controlled the dilation. an exclusion zone is required. says the geotechnical mapping data was pulled into stereonets and run through PointStudio kinematic analysis.

4 Sentry 01 Aerial photo of the steep walled Giant Pit 02 Kinematic analysis conducted in PointStudio 03 Sentry live field data guides safety programs 04 Sentry set up to monitor the western wall of the Giant Pit

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Sharing knowledge The data may also be used ‘This structural information would to assess the development provide a baseline to create safety The structural mapping data is and operation of a pumped plans for working in the pit and being used in the design of a hydroelectric energy scheme developing drives. The key win potential underground stoping (PHES) facility using the open cut would be that we’re informing operation beneath the current mine’s Giant Pit as the lower pond. people about the geology and pit, which may be undertaken structures so they can develop by Hillgrove Resources. The existing slope monitoring data their tunnels and caverns safely.’ may be transferred to the new The Maptek mine measurement owner to continue with long term data informed various feasibility slope monitoring of the pit walls Continual learning studies by independent consultant which will form the lower pond. Reflecting on the years of Mining One about the change of collaboration between Maptek and use to an underground operation. The Maptek data of the pit would Hillgrove Resources, Howarth says improve the lower pond detail and For instance, Mining One has the Kanmantoo open pit completion assist in design of the underground scans are the ‘icing on the cake’. carried out 3D stress analyses facilities. The existing wall for the open pit and now the monitoring data can also be used ‘The final digital terrain model will underground work. The remote in setting up the long-term slope be useful for Maptek, Hillgrove structural mapping was used to monitoring program. and any new owners to continue build the FLAC (Fast Lagrangian investigations into structural Analysis of Continua) model by Maptek Mine Measurement Product mapping and analysis of long-term incorporating the major structures Manager James Howarth says pit dilation,’ he says. and joint sets. the benefit of the digital model is sharing the collective knowledge of The history of survey and The open pit 3D stress analysis experienced Hillgrove employees. monitoring at Kanmantoo and was then calibrated using the analysis of data collected also long-term dilation data from the ‘Different site uses or mining provides Maptek with key findings Sentry monitoring. Various stoping methods require different sets of that can be applied to ongoing options are now being analysed in expertise,’ Howarth says. development of software and the underground model to select hardware systems. the best configuration to ensure Thanks to stable conditions. Hillgrove Resources

5 Sentry Digital twin value for mine performance Solutions integration between Maptek and PETRA is further unlocking the potential of digital twin models for mine value chain optimisation to improve performance.

The agreement between Maptek™ Engineers can conduct risk ‘That has never really been and PETRA is providing industry analysis, cost improvement studies, productionised before.’ with valuable results. The integrated ‘what if’ simulations and scenario technology has for example enabled analysis. They can also show Stewart explains that MAXTA digital PanAust to identify and visualise justification for resource allocation twin models are deployed into the areas of poor recovery where and develop strategies for the production environment either in petrographic and geochemical amelioration of negative events real-time or through the Vulcan studies were not definitive. such as breakdowns. digital twin integration that enables mine planners or geologists to The Maptek–PETRA solutions Maptek Vulcan™ modelling and mine seamlessly update the block model. range from geometallurgical and planning software has been helping dig rate modelling and visualisation, mining companies to add value to ‘What’s really different is how to drill and blast and processing their orebody and operational data this links the mine and the mill plant optimisation and simulation. for four decades. The recognition as part of day-to-day operations, Combining deep domain expertise that production and operational productionising the ability of mines from across the whole value chain data is a critical piece of the mine to feed back what they’ve learnt into presents the industry with holistic data landscape made integration of their mine planning process.’ optimisation. Vulcan and MAXTA a natural fit. The next application will be dynamic PETRA’s MAXTA solution creates A Python application runs inside mine scheduling. This will be made a digital twin of the entire mining Vulcan to connect to MAXTA and possible by bringing together the value chain. The machine learning populate block models with digital optimisation engines from Maptek approach brings many benefits to twin learnings from MAXTA. Evolution mine scheduling solution an operation. and PETRA’s prediction and simulation algorithms. Planning can be based on Digital twin simulation enables engineers to virtually adjust ‘levers’ better information, which in Blast design optimisation will also showing future scenarios around turn makes the digital twin be performed by PETRA’s MAXTA mine planning, blasting, metallurgy models more relevant as they digital twin models dynamically ™ and process control to guide the are connected to geological linked to Maptek BlastLogic to best performance going forward. models and mine planning. enable optimised loading, crushing MAXTA mathematical optimisation and grinding performance. Importantly, this integration automatically identifies which levers The MAXTA blast design simulation unleashes the capacity of MAXTA gave the best performance. models can be created and by utilising the most advanced, updated using site specific blast complex machine learning models performance detail by connection to and feeding information back into BlastLogic historical drill and blast familiar workflows. design data. PETRA CEO, Dr Penny Stewart This partnership between Maptek says speed to value is another key and PETRA signifies a ground- advantage of the integration. breaking advance in understanding ‘It’s a breakthrough for mining of performance and processes for because it provides a seamless the mining industry, with the future way of integrating what’s actually looking strong. been going on in your mine for the last few years and using that to dynamically update your mine planning process,’ adds Stewart.

6 Digital twin Integration for accuracy and productivity Maptek™ has partnered with drill and blast technology provider Minnovare to deliver streamlined drill & blast solutions to underground miners.

A project recently completed for Production Optimiser combines Minnovare developed the an Australian gold miner is a great advanced rig alignment hardware Production Optimiser, which was example of how collaboration with innovative drill data capture released in June 2018, in close between technology providers software, substantially reducing collaboration with leading Australian can result in better outcomes for blasthole deviation and average rig gold miners, Gold Fields and mining companies. setup times. Evolution Mining.

Linking Maptek™ Vulcan™ design This leads to optimum charge Since its release the new and modelling software with patterns and blasts, with a host of technology has been taken up Minnovare’s new Production flow-on productivity benefits for an rapidly within industry, with leaders Optimiser system for underground operation, including improved ore such as Northern Star Resources production drilling streamlines the recovery, reduced average dilution signing an official Collaboration connection between design and as- and a faster stope cycle time. Agreement with Minnovare in built for more accurate outcomes. August 2018. Maptek has 40 years experience in Ring design data, including images, developing technology and systems Analysis that Minnovare can now be exported from Vulcan that solve the daily challenges for and easily uploaded directly to global mining companies. has conducted of in-hole Minnovare CORE – the Production survey data proves that Optimiser software interface Investment in people motivated by circumstances prior to drilling – through scripting provided excellence, innovation and continual account for up to 70% of by Maptek. improvement allows delivery of blasthole deviation. systems that help integrate and The Vulcan−Production Optimiser streamline mining processes into a This was contrary to the combination helps ensure that single source of technical data to prevailing industry perception drilling follows design. It also inform decision making. that in-hole deviation was the reduces the need for re-work, primary contributor. as feedback on accuracy and This includes the scripting that compliance is available to both bridged the gap between Vulcan the rig operator and the technical and Production Optimiser. engineering team using Vulcan.

7 Underground drill & blast Spatial measurements for drill & blast Integrated Maptek™ technology is breaking new ground in drill & blast performance and reconciliation.

Georeferenced spatial data Displaying the information in ‘Previously this information was only imported into Maptek™ BlastLogic™ such a clear visual manner presented as a series of numbers drill & blast management solution gives engineers a true picture and often when the average is delivers greater understanding of the results of the blast. taken everything looks OK. You of blast execution and results, can’t pinpoint areas where the blast enabling future blasts to be refined Engineers can investigate the wasn’t optimal and therefore don’t and optimised to reduce costs and areas where the fragmentation learn about what you’re doing right increase safety and productivity. differed from what was expected and what’s going wrong.' For example, using the in planning. ‘Using this spatial data allows sites Fragmentation Analysis tool Issues can be identified, such to get to the root cause of any ™ in Maptek PointStudio with as waterlogged or underloaded issues in a particular blast.’ BlastLogic delivers greater post- areas and resultant choking blast performance visualisation. Suhane says this analysis may lead of the blast, along with areas to sites improving their practices This tool takes laser scan data where the blast was impacted and segments it by automatically by taking steps such as modifying by differing geology, bad or charging algorithms in BlastLogic identifying individual rock pieces, incomplete drilling, or free facing. providing a breakdown of the size of to ensure water-based explosive each particle. Results can guide future blast is always chosen in areas prone to preparation and execution. dynamic or static water. Fragmentation information is vital as it affects dig rates, crusher Other indicators of blast Post-blast back-break data throughput and general efficiency in performance such as blast heave from PointStudio can be fed into the mine to mill process. or cratering can also be brought BlastLogic as a spatial data to aid into BlastLogic as spatial data and geotechnical analysis and to ensure Any spatial data can be fed into associated with the drillholes. repeatability of successful blasts. BlastLogic and associated with the blast holes using the spatial Maptek Specialist Mining Engineer BlastLogic charge algorithms measurement tools, for use in Rahul Suhane says this capability is and tie up processes, along downstream processes such causing a buzz in the industry. with vibration and fragmentation as reporting. modelling, help optimise ‘It really is groundbreaking,’ Suhane charge designs. Generating heatmaps showing says. ‘Whenever I visit sites and results of blasts in relation to blast show engineers these spatial BlastLogic's ability to directly parameters such as design and measurement tools they’re really interface with supported drill execution information assists with excited by the potential.' navigation systems allows import blast analysis and improvement. of as-drilled data to validate drilling information against design.

A heatmap showing the water length measurements made using the The BlastLogic Tablet interface allows users to adjust charge plans BlastLogic Tablet and visualised spatially in the desktop application dynamically to account for changes to hole characteristics such as water

8 Spatial measurements The BlastLogic Tablet application is Workbench giving greater data able to work offline and sites with integration with Vulcan, including good network connectivity reap live data editing. the benefits of near-live data. The tablet assists with better execution Any changes to blast and CAD of charge plans by facilitating data shared between Vulcan and capture of the hole characteristics BlastLogic are simultaneously such as dipping, water length and updated, allowing Vulcan drill temperature information, as well as designs to benefit from BlastLogic’s updating the charge plans based on charging, tie-up and blast modelling these characteristics. tools and simplifying the drill & blast design iteration process. In the upcoming BlastLogic 3, this capability has been extended to Industry-leading design tools, capture any custom site information integration with third-party per hole to update charges on systems and digitalisation of the tablet. drill & blast processes is helping global miners to reduce costs and Maptek continuously invests in improve productivity. research and development to raise Optimal drill & blast design and safe industry standards. BlastLogic 3 is Heatmaps created using imported spatial data can be correlated set to be delivered on the Maptek blast execution can ensure value is against topography (red = oversize, green = good fragmentation, not left in the ground. blue = over-fragmentation)

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT Maptek Drive The latest mobile mapping solution from Maptek™ provides greater precision in continuous vehicle-mounted 3D spatial data capture.

Maptek™ Drive was first released in early 2015, allowing survey crews to safely acquire geospatially correct 3D point cloud data with a Maptek laser scanner mounted on a moving vehicle.

The latest system is designed specifically for the smaller, faster, lighter R3 laser scanner series.

A new generation Inertial Navigation System raises the sensor attitude angular accuracy by 100%, improving data quality and usability.

The IP67-rated unit has improved constellation options for greater GPS connectivity and more directional mounting options for extra flexibility in data capture. The new Drive system delivers a higher degree of accuracy while Captured data is displayed live on the scanner controller so maintaining the speed of data acquisition and operation from the surveyors can instantly assess black spots and areas that need safety of a vehicle. Sites can also use the laser scanner for tripod more detailed scanning. Real world data can be compared to scanning and stability monitoring using Maptek Sentry. design in the field.

9 Product spotlight What’s new in Vulcan 12 Maptek™ recently launched Vulcan 12 and Workbench 3 alongside the new Maptek Account licensing and communications platform.

Enhanced usability in Improved workflows in Enhanced tools geology tools engineering and design for underground A new Coal Washability menu Mining Block Generation saves Removal of Overlapping Material includes a modern interface for time with a simple, repeatable in Centerlines in Vulcan Gantt easier setup and operation, new approach to preparing mining Scheduler reduces manual design ways of interacting with data and blocks for scheduling with for underground scheduling. database formatting. Users can Evolution. Vulcan 12 includes Operations can spend less time on optimise on product rather than support for projects with multiple CAD work and data preparation, simple factors like tonnage, and pits or separate pit shapes and and focus on producing quality long generate grid models for scheduling automates attributing to solids, range or life of mine schedules. in Maptek Evolution. such as tonnage or grade. Third-party underground design Stratigraphic geologists can now New Triangulation tools allow tools Stope Optimiser and SOT specify hard boundaries when users to expand solids or surfaces have also been upgraded to setting up aggregation routines, to interrogate exclusion zones newer versions. saving considerable time to produce and areas of influence for risk results. Specifying stop points and assessment. Multiple surfaces or Performance and excluding seams from aggregation, solids can be used to automatically without also being excluded from update or adjust topography user experience the final model, reduces the need to surfaces or pit shells. Python Macro Functionality run the ROM process multiple times builds on existing Lava options and Pit Splitter breaks multiple seams and amalgamate results. New dual allows Vulcan users to write and and benches into blocks to match a faulting helps build more accurate modify macros using Python. models within a smaller domain. mine design. Enhancements include the ability to handle horizontal Vulcan users will notice significant Advanced Reserves Weight benches and easier preparation of speed improvements in Design by Yield can be used at any site information for scheduling. Database object selection. with variable recoveries. Reserve reports can be run directly from A new Compliance tool allows New Import/Export options the model without the need for mine planners to quickly produce include KML and KMZ file formats Excel manipulation. end of period reconciliation reports for interacting with Google Earth with minimal post processing. and other packages, and STL file Drillhole Assistant allows format to support 3D printing. direct editing of drillhole survey Variable Mining Widths allows information. Samples databases users to specify different parting Users will notice improvements can now be loaded directly into and mining thicknesses for different to the Workflow Editor, which Vulcan using drag-and-drop. seams. Customisation of the final helps automate multi-step tasks. model without multiple runs of the Workflows are easier to set up, The Vulcan Geostatistics toolbox ROM process saves time. visualise and run. has been enhanced with Global Kriging (simple and ordinary) and Interactive Block Planner Request Support from the Maptek Multi-Gaussian simulation options. simplifies the workflow for Workbench features self-service scheduling, short and mid term case management, larger file Vulcan Data Analyser planning. Sending reserves direct attachments and software usage enhancements include box to an Excel file improves speed and information for prompt resolution. plots, log normal probability flexibility. Planners can run different plots, correlation and covariance iterations of a schedule and quickly matrices, alongside full 3D fan see the results. variography, back transforms and interface improvements.

10 New in Vulcan 12 Maptek Account Maptek Account provides a dedicated ‘Flexible licensing enhances customer Maptek Account Advantages service for customer licensing, software experience, providing easier access >> Faster software deployment deployment and communication. to Maptek software applications and secure options for offline use,’ adds >> Flexible licensing, offline borrowing ‘Miners are looking to standardise Johnson. ‘We can also deliver higher and fail-safe modes providers and interfaces across quality technical support.' >> Automated communications for operations to streamline their business. technical support Maptek Account directly targets those Used in conjunction with the Maptek Find out more at initiatives,' says Maptek Managing Workbench, Maptek Account improves www.maptek.com/account Director Peter Johnson. the software installation process. Users can view downloadable applications While existing licensing methods will and click to install. remain available for the near future, Maptek Account offers greater flexibility.

11 New in Vulcan 12 Machine learning case study A new Maptek™ geological domain modelling process employing machine learning has delivered accurate shapes and volumes in much shorter time.

The Lisheen Mine, located in the The mine came into production in After 50 minutes processing, Irish midlands in County Tipperary September 1999 and produced an the resource block model was was featured in Maptek Forge in average of approximately 160,000 complete, flagged with domains December 2001. The carbonate tonnes per annum of contained generated for all 50 rock codes. hosted zinc-lead mine was in full zinc in concentrate and 25,000 operation at the time using Maptek™ tonnes per annum of contained lead The recorded difference in Vulcan™ software for underground in concentrate. the ore volumes between survey, geological modelling, The mine was exhausted of ore methods was only 4%, and variography, resource estimation the new approach was and mine planning. in 2015 and this retrospective compares the geological modelling much faster. used during mining, with modelling The block model was validated 01 using the new generation Maptek machine learning service. visually using cross sections and long sections comparing drill codes The Lisheen mine lease area and the block geology codes. includes a total of 2700 surface and These compared very favourably as 4670 underground drillholes (see can be seen in Figure 2. Figure 1). Drilling was predominantly diamond drill core and was logged Following the comparison of the in detail by mine geologists. Rock machine learning domains with types were classified into 50 the original drill codes, a check different codes during logging and against the manual wireframes these were used for subsequent generated during mine operation 02 domain modelling. was conducted. This also showed a very close match as can be seen It is not recorded how long it took in Figure 3. to generate the wireframes to represent these geological codes. A volumetric comparison was then It would be safe to assume that made between the mine resource many weeks were required to model using manual wireframes to model the complex interaction of flag geological domains and the some of these units. model built using machine learning.

Maptek has developed a new In summary there was only 4% geological domain modelling difference in the ore volumes 03 process using machine learning, between methods, which is a very which is especially suited to large favourable comparison. volumes of data. The Lisheen The machine learning model mine lease data was entered into built from the interpreted codes the machine learning engine for in the drillhole database, without processing along with dimensions further geological intervention, has 01 Perspective view of surface and underground drilling at for the resultant block model, into Lisheen with massive sulphide ore shown in red been able to replicate accurately which domains are directly written. 02 Slice through resource model of a massive sulphide zone the geological domain shapes (red) showing drillhole samples and the geological domain No other geological interpretations, and volumes. boundaries generated by machine learning (red blocks) aside from the rock codes in Thanks to Minerals Ireland for access to the 03 Close correlation between manual wireframe (red = upper the drill base were used for Lisheen mine data surface, pink = lower surface) compared with red blocks in the ore zone determined by machine learning processing. A parent block size of 12x12x4m was used with subcell sizes down to 3x3x1m for the subhorizontal orebodies.

12 Machine learning Digital geotechnical cell mapping Maptek™ PointStudio™ CAD-based visualisation and digitisation tools have digitally replicated conventional cell mapping at a mine in Arizona.

The comparison showed that Stereonet plot comparisons show Maptek 3D laser scanners and that both methods identify main PointStudio software can provide sets, the data statistics are similar, more accurate and consistent cell and the digital method virtually mapping data, delivered through a replicates the experience of sighting far safer workflow. with a Brunton compass.

The digital method involves ‘You get similar data with greater taking high-resolution 3D laser accuracy and consistency using scans and photographs of the the digital method, and the process highwall and analysing the data becomes quicker and more efficient using PointStudio. over time and experience with the software,’ said Cobb. Interpretation is based on Maptek™ spatial technology simultaneously examining the 3D has proven its benefits over Workers no longer need surfaces and photographs to get a conventional cell mapping comprehensive understanding of to spend significant time techniques during a comparison at the highwall. within close proximity of Freeport McMoRan - Bagdad Mine. the highwall. ‘The scan produces a really detailed Bagdad is an open-pit copper point cloud with a point spacing and molybdenum mining complex Extreme heat, cold or rain can of about one inch, essentially about 100 miles northwest of limit highwall access and also replicating the highwall relief as you Phoenix, Arizona. The Bagdad create hazardous environments, see it in the field,’ 3D Geological/ operation consists of a 75,000 with the risk of heat exhaustion Reserves Modeler at Freeport metric ton-per-day concentrator, and potentially dangerous driving McMoRan, Josh Cobb explained. an SX/EW plant that can produce conditions within a pit. up to 32 million pounds per The structural features – such as ‘The digital method removes those year of copper cathode from discontinuities, fractures and faults elements from the equation,’ solution generated by low- – are generated and recorded in a commented Cobb. grade stockpile leaching, and a digital version of the traditional cell pressure–leach plant to process mapping data sheet. ‘You only need one person for the molybdenum concentrate. digital method, as opposed to two The conventional in-field method for the conventional method, and Cell mapping is a systematic takes two people about 15 to 20 the only time you really need to go field technique used to collect minutes to measure out and spray down into the pit is to take pictures geological data, with an emphasis the boundaries for a 10-cell run. of the highwall.' on measuring and recording rock fabric data from highwalls for The digital method takes a similar Digital cell mapping has proved to geotechnical analysis. time but can be done from the produce accurate and consistent safety and comfort of an office by a results for geotechnical analysis. Highwalls are divided into cells of single person using PointStudio. Thanks to equal dimension from a defined Josh Cobb height and width, and structural Simple polyline traces of crest and 3D Geological/Reserves Modeler features within the cells are toes are created manually in the Freeport McMoRan, Bagdad Mine grouped into sets that share similar software and then the cells are orientations, allowing for complete generated automatically based on geological sampling. input information. Cell mean face orientations can be automatically Freeport McMoRan used Maptek calculated based on the selection terrestrial LiDAR and PointStudio™ of three points and the data can be geotechnical cell mapping tools to exported as a CSV file. compare conventional cell mapping techniques with the digital method.

13 PointStudio geotechnical tools University partnerships The Maptek™ office in Chile supports training of the next generation of professionals in the mining industry.

Master class Internship program Thirteen students in their final The Maptek™ Internship Program year of the Civil Engineering in in January and February 2019 Mines degree at Pedro de Valdivia attracted 32 senior year Civil University participated in a Master Engineering in Mines students. Class at the Maptek™ office in Participating universities included Viña del Mar in May 2019. University of Santo Tomás, University of Viña del Mar, Master Classes give the university Pontifical Catholic University the chance to train students of Valparaiso and Andrés Bello preparing for mining associated National University. careers in the technology widely The program gives work experience used in the industry. The focus was primarily on Design to local students in the Valparaiso and Planning, in both open pit and region, decentralising opportunities The main focus was to train underground mining. them to use Vulcan Optimisation usually available in Santiago. and Open Pit Design tools. The benefit to students lies in Maptek provides internships to Students gain everything from learning software that is leading- those students who have shown a basic knowledge to advanced edge in the mining market, and real interest in continual learning. topics allowing them to improve moreover learning to use it to the Learn more about Maptek their skills and promote their standard of a professional user. university partnerships: professional development. Students also had the opportunity www.maptek.com/university Students are motivated to learn to develop a project under the same and show high interest in class demands and standards that they participation as they recognise will face in the workplace. the importance that Maptek has in the mining industry and the benefit of Vulcan know-how for their professional training.

14 University partnerships Training courses Maptek Calendar Maptek™ values training of students and empowering 2019

universities to turn out skilled mining professionals. September 16-20 Perumin 2019 Arequipa, Perú – Booth 755 - 754 Train the trainer September 18-20 In July 2019, Maptek office Mining Metals Central Asia welcomed university professionals from Almaty, Kazakhstan across Europe for our first Train the Trainer workshop. October 22-25 XXXIII Convención Internacional These workshops are designed to give de Minería university professors and researchers Acapulco, Mexico – Booth 428 up-to-date knowledge and skills in Maptek products, which they can then October 23-24 pass on to their students. XPLOR Montréal, Quebec, Canada – Booth 218 Maptek provides product licences and training to universities across the world. October 29-31 It’s a commitment and investment that CEBIT Australia we are proud of. Students who become , NSW, Australia – Booth D35 competent in using industry standard Mine design software have a better chance of hitting November 7-8 the ground running once they enter the ISEE Australia Annual Conference ™ Maptek Africa is proud of the ongoing mining profession. , QLD, Australia partnership with the Department of Mining Engineering at the University of During the three-day workshop November 12-13 Pretoria. Students are expected to use participants learnt the best ways to use NewGenGold 2019 Vulcan to design a mine for their final- Vulcan for resource estimation, geological , WA, Australia year project. modelling and mine design. November 19-20 Maptek Africa Technical Services The focus for PointStudio was on Future Mining Department has created a gold-copper manipulating and filtering LIDAR Sydney, NSW, Australia deposit block model for the University. data for geological mapping, mine The block model challenges the design conformance reporting and November 25-26 students to plan a feasible mine, which geotechnical analysis. International Mining Geology Perth, WA, Australia – Booth 40 will enhance technical skills in their We were pleased to receive glowing professional mining careers. feedback from attendees and hope to run December 8-9 The five-day Mine Design training course Train the Trainer workshops regularly. SME Arizona was presented over a five-week period. Tucson, Arizona, USA Take a look at our online and classroom Both Open Pit and Underground Mine training courses: Design training is offered. The open pit www.maptek.com/training 2020 course allows students to use relevant January 20-23 tools to design pit benches, berms, AME Roundup dumps and haul roads. The underground Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada course teaches the design of centerlines, cross cuts, declines and ramps. January 26-29 ISEE Denver, Colorado, USA

February 23-26 SME Phoenix, Arizona, USA

March 1-4 PDAC Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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