3D Geomodelling (GSSA)

The GSSA, in conjunction with their event partner(s), will sponsor a limited number of students. Who should attend?
Geologists | Exploration Managers | Geotechnical Engineers | Surveyors | Mine Planners| Academics | Consulting Companies| Mineral Resource Managers | Mining Engineers | CEOs
07 Oct 2022 08:00 - 07 Oct 2022 16:00
Online
Training course
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The GSSA, in conjunction with their event partner(s), will sponsor a limited number of students. Who should attend?
Geologists | Exploration Managers | Geotechnical Engineers | Surveyors | Mine Planners| Academics | Consulting Companies| Mineral Resource Managers | Mining Engineers | CEOs

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3d mod gssa

Recent trends in mining and exploration are set to further accelerate the demand and growth of 3D geological modelling software. These trends include the inevitable increase in cost per ton of resource and global economic slowdowns. These require companies to constantly cost-cut during extraction and to improve resource delineation. Add to this the trend that new discoveries are deeper and in more structurally-complex setting, and it’s apparent that a great deal of attention needs to be focused on getting the geometry of a deposit, as early as possible in the exploration and mining value chain, correct.

The versatile application of well-built, validated 3D models is one of the most important tools for achieving this and forms the basis for all downstream processes. From the point of view of drillhole targeting, resource extension, geotechnical design, infrastructure and cost simulation, pre- and postblast surveying, geohydrological simulations, truck and bucket volume calculations and many other routine mine tasks, 3D models are a common and necessary denominator. The past decade has seen a tremendous growth in the capabilities of almost all commercial 3D geomodelling packages, to the point where they run on high-end PCs. This growth has changed the complexion of mineral exploration and mining; there is now a huge overlap in terms of basic volume modelling and manipulation between commercially-available, general modelling packages and those specifically tailored for use in geology and mining. Recent trends are away from software packages that have unforgiving data import routines, use explicit, section-based modelling and which incorporate limited data sets or types. The trend is towards software packages that have flexible import routines; rapid, dynamic, implicit modelling of surfaces and shells, integration of large numbers of disparate data sets and 3D querying of spatial data to determine trends and patterns. These typically incorporate an easy, workflow-driven approach.

COURSE INFORMATION An overview of the various data types that should be combined and examined in a typical model-building process The applicability of specific modelling techniques and philosophies, to various deposit types and problems The processes of 3D geological modelling and the techniques employed The differences between explicit, implicit and rules-based conditional modelling, and up-to-date trends in their related mainstream software packages Incorporation of structural data to create a fault network Tertiary use of 3D models, such as surface dip analysis, apparent dip analysis, 3D querying, intelligent targeting and trend analysis A review of most commercial or mainstream 3D geomodelling packages used in the minerals industry.

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Members - R3,000 | Non-Members - R3,500 | Students/Retired/Academic - R2,000

3D Geomodelling (GSSA)

07 Oct 2022 08:00 - 07 Oct 2022 16:00
Online
Training course

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