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. 01 02 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 Australia. 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 03 04 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