Geovariances launches new resource estimation software program

NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM Minestis provides for geological domain modelling and resource estimation through a geostatistics-based workflow
Software developer and reseller Geovariances launched its new easy-to-use software package for mineral resource estimation, Minestis, at a seminar in Johannesburg last month.
Minestis provides for geological domain modelling and resource estimation through a geostatistics-based workflow.
It has been designed for geologists, mining engineers and auditors, all who require quick production of quality models, explained Geovariances resource evaluation consultant Christophe Bessin at the event.
He said that Minestis provides the geostatistics needed for reliable domain and resource modelling through a simplified and secure approach.
“It makes the recommended resource evaluation techniques, such as uniform conditioning or conditional simulations, easy to implement by nonexperts in geostatistics,” Bessin pointed out.
He said Minestis provided a workflow that took the user through every step of its resource modelling project.
The software starts with the loading of already built grade shells or geological surfaces and verifies that geological domains are coherent with each other. It continues with a geostatistics-based estimation process, which provides users access to the only parameters they need to control through a smart user interface.
“It quickly ends up with the production of the recoverable resource figures required for subsequent resource classification,” Bessin pointed out.
Minestis implements parallelised geostatistical algorithms, such as kriging, conditional simulations, uniform conditioning and localised uniform conditioning.
Additional tools such as automatic variogram fitting or kriging neighbourhood analysis, combined with a modern interface, facilitate software use and parameter setting.
Bessin stated that early users of the program also reported that Minestis was “fast and visual”.
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