UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,

PESHAWAR

GEOSTATISTICAL ORE RESERVE ESTIMATION

(LAB 2)
(COURSE CODE MinE_311L)

NAME: MUGHEERA AYAZ

REG.NO: 20PWMIN0871

SUBMITTED TO:
DR.KHAN MUHAMMAD

DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING,

PESHAWAR
 INTRODUCTION TO MINERAL RESOURCE
ESTIMATION SOFTWARE’S
2.1. OBJECTIVES:
 To know about various types of software’s use in minerals resource
estimation.
 To understand the importance of mineral resource estimation
software’s.
2.2. MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATION SOFTWARE
1. Net promine software
2. Data mine software
3. Minesight software
4. Whittle software
5. Sorpac software
6. Leap frog software
 NET PROMINE SOFTWARE:
NETPROMINE is a 3D mine
design solution that offers integrated modeling tools for resource
estimation, open pit, underground design, open pit optimization
processes, and that is used to plan and manage mining operations
seamlessly.
NETPROMINE offers comprehensive tools having the capabilities of
drilling data management, geological modeling, block modeling,
geostatistics, mine design, mine planning, and more.
 GEOLOGICAL MODELING:
NETPROMINE Geological
Modeling module provides powerful tools to manage and analyze
projects using 3D visualization, drilling data management, surface,
solid and block modeling tools along with statistics and geostatistics
functions needed in an advanced exploration and resource estimation
project.

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 NETPROMINE Geological modeling product is an essential
component that should be in every installation. Open Pit Planning,
Optimization, and Underground Planning products run on this core
component.

NET PROMNE GEOLOGIC MODEL

 OPEN PIT PLANNING:

NETPROMINE is Open Pit Planning
module. Users can automatically generate and edit interior ramps
along with the pit lines, and automatically report all solid and
block model creation operations and volume results according to
the needs

NET PROMINE OPEN PIT MODEL

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 UNDERGROUND PLANNING:
NETPROMINE Underground
Planning module offers practical solutions at all stages of
underground mining to create the main gallery, curve, spiral,
connection roads and support, installation and production plans. It
allows ready-made profiles in its library and user-defined profiles to
be automatically draped on the gallery axis. Users can thermalize the
galleries, add labels, define transparency and use alternative reporting
tools by using all the parameters in the design.

NET PROMINE UNDERGROUND MODEL

 VARIOUS COMMANDS AVAILABLE IN MENU BAR OF

NETPROMINE SOFTARE:
Menu bar are directly below a title
bar and several commands are available in that which are describe
below.
1. FILE MENU:
File menu is used to load new file, saving a file and also printing the
existing model.it include
 Load file
 Save file
 Print
 Exit

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 2. EDIT MENU:
The edit menu, as its name suggested, included
commands relating to the editing of your document .it include
 Undo
 Redo
 Delate
 Move
 Rotate parallel
 Scale
 Expand etc.

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 3. DRAW COMMAND:
Draw command are used for drawing of an
objects. Mostly model are composed of these basic component such
as
 Point
 Line
 Triangle
 Circle etc.

4. QUERY COMMANDS:
The query tool uses context-sensitive
icons that provide shortcuts to frequently performed tasks. Such as
 Select
 Object properties
 Length
 Angle

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 5. MODELING TOOLS:
Model tool are used to create several
features which are necessary to make a model such as
 Cross section
 Solid model
 Blocking etc.

6. DISPLAY COMMAND:
Display command is used to display
various features on screen such as:
 Interaction
 Style
 Stereo
 Navigation
 Grid

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 7. GEOLOGICAL MODEL:
Geological model menu contain several model which are used to
create a desired model such as
 Lithology
 Grade
 Produce model
 Mesh model
 Seam model
 Attribute solid model

8. HELP COMMAND:
The help command is a command prompt command that is used to
provide more information on another command. You can use the
help command at any time to learn more about commands usage and
syntax like which option is available and how to actually structure
the command to use its various options.

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 DATAMINE SOFTWARE:
DATAMINE is a world leading
provider of mining software and services to seamlessly plan and
manage mining operations.

With service locations in twenty countries, Datamine provides

solutions ranging from exploration data management and resource
modeling to mine planning and operations to over 2,000 sites
worldwide, in over 100 countries. Our software solutions integrate
with our consulting and training services to ensure that we provide
our clients with industry-leading support and expertise.

DATA MINE SOFTWARE MODEL

 MINESIGHT SOFTWARE:
MINESIGHT was originally
developed by Mintec, founded by Mine Planning Engineer Fred
Benfield, based in Tuscan Arizona. It grew to be a leading Mine
Planning solution covering all aspects of geology and mine planning.
In its early days it built strong relationships with the consulting
industry in North and South America. While a versatile tool, it had a
strong reputation in the areas of stratified and seam type deposits and

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 for providing specialized solutions for projects with complex
modelling and planning requirements
Minesight answers all your mining needs. Whether underground or
surface, from precious to base metals, for coal, tar sands and
industrial minerals, Minesight tackles all geomodeling mining
applications. And, thanks to its extensive set of applications, it
handles all levels of geology, engineering, surveying, and mine
operations.”

MINESIGHT SOFTWARE MODEL

 WHITTLE SOFTWARE:
Whittle is a suite of mine optimization
and strategic mine planning products developed by Jeff Whittle from
1984. The Whittle Software business listed in 2000 and was acquired
by Gemcom Software in 2001.
 HISTORY:
Jeff and Ruth Whittle established the Whittle
Programming Company in Melbourne, Victoria in 1984, focusing on
mine optimization software and its application to strategic mine
planning. Using his expertise in Nuclear Physics and Mathematics,
Jeff developed the Whittle 3D pit optimization product based on the
Lerchs Grossman algorithm. Whittle 3D was released in 1985,
revolutionizing the optimization of surface mines around the world.

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 Whittle 3D determined, with mathematical precision, the optimal
shape for an open pit mine, and could show the point at which it was
more economical to precede to an underground mine.
In 1987 Whittle 4D was released incorporating time, risk and
optimizing around NPV. It allowed sensitivity analysis for long term
planning. Whittle 4D won the Australian Technology Association
Software Product of the year award and was accepted into the
Permanent Collection of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney
Australia.
Whittle 4D produced a nested set of 40 – 100 optimal pits based on
potential economic scenarios. The user could investigate an enormous
variety of cut-off, scheduling, scaling and timing options within a
financial analysis framework. Whittle aided in the design of
pushbacks, wall slopes and the surface versus underground mining
decision.
 WHITTLE SOFTWARE USED FOR:
Whittle delivers trusted
results and is used in scoping, feasibility, life-of-mine scheduling, and
in the ongoing re-evaluation of mine plans throughout the production
phase.

WHITTLE SOFTWARE MODEL

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 WHITTLE SOFTWARE MODEL

 SORPAC SOFTWARE:
The SORPAC company was founded by
Geoff Bebb in 1982 when it began developing Sorpac. The focus of
the product was on mine surveying, resulting in early strength in data
editing and volume calculations. Mine Surveyors have a strong
technical role in Australia and the expanding range of technical tools,
and early cmd macros empowered users in the automation of day to
day production activities, including the production and plotting of
sections and grade control. Direct editing of on screen data and
flexible handling of files made the system intuitive to use, helping it
gain in popularity as a production tool.
 SORPAC SOFTWARE USED FOR:
SORPAC software is the
most widely used software system of its kind in the world, supporting
open pit and underground mining operations and exploration projects
in more than 120 countries. Sorpac enables mining practitioners to
quantify and evaluate mineral deposits and to plan the efficient
extraction of reserves.

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 SORPAC SOFTWARE MODEL

 LEAP FROG SOFTWARE:

LEAPFROG software is a geology
modeling product developed by ARANZ (Applied Research
Associates NZ Limited) a research organization formed in 1995 in
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Leapfrog’s reputation as a powerful geology modeling tool has
grown quickly with strong positive feedback from senior
geologists across the globe. It has a reputation for being easy-to-
use and a potent modelling tool for a wide range of geology
scenarios.
Leapfrog uses FastRBF™ (Radial Basis Functions) to create a
‘minimum energy surface’ through data points in 3D, which results
in potent and rapid Geology modeling for ‘noisy’ data that consists

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 of many points with potential for large distances between data
points through the model.

LEAP FROG SOFTARE

 LEAP FROG SOFTWARE USED FOR:

Leapfrog is 3D geological
modeling software for mining, exploration, groundwater
contamination, and geothermal energy. The tool aids understanding of
geology to reduce associated risk.

THANK YOU
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