Micromine Tools for Geological and Economic Assessment of Mineral Projects

XVI International Scientific Conference “Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment” (15-18 November 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine). Conference proceedings

Micromine is one of the world’s leading producers of software for the Geological and Mining Sector, and has comprehensive solutions for exploration, modelling, resource estimation, mine design and strategic scheduling management. The functionalities which are considered in this article are with regard to: the geological and economic assessment of mineral deposits for the collection and analysis of raw data; statistics; sample compositing; geological modelling; geostatistics; wireframe and block modeling; resource estimation; design and economic optimisation of open pits and mines; and long and medium-term mine scheduling. The use of this advanced software allows users to optimise expenses for geological and economic evaluation of mineral projects, and allows them to obtain results in accordance with the generally accepted international standards of geological reporting (JORC Code, NI 43-101 etc.), and modern best practices in geology.