Nos complace anunciar el lanzamiento de la versión 8.13 de Supervisor con la implementación del método de Simulación Secuencial Gaussiana (SGS). El esfuerzo de un trabajo conjunto con nuestros usuarios durante su desarrollo, validación e implementación nos permite poner esta técnica disponible para su uso comercial en Supervisor 8.13. El siguiente video en Español muestra […]
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Webinar Recap: Supervisor 8.13 New Release
Thank you to the 80+ participants who joined us live on this webinar for the latest release of Supervisor! We were excited to bring to you an update on the latest release along with some background to the design principles guiding our Supervisor development. Unfortunately, we were unable to access the recording of the webinar, […]
Read moreSupervisor 8.13: New Release
We’re excited to announce that the next major release of Supervisor is now available! Version 8.13 brings with it a long requested feature, Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS). We’ve worked closely with some of our users to test and develop this feature, and we’re delighted to make it available for commercial use today. Check out our YouTube account here to watch […]
Read moreInterview Series: Chris Jones
Based in our Perth office and a Mining Engineer with experience working in open pit and underground operations throughout Australia, Africa and Europe, Chris recently returned to Perth after spending the last 9 years living and working in several countries in Africa, primarily based in South Africa. He’s excited to help our clients solve the […]
Read moreMine Reconciliation – For Better or Worse
Why do we look for better reconciliation when times get tough? Why wait? Mine reconciliation should be a priority throughout the good times too. In fact, with good reconciliation, those good times are going to be even better and will help pave the way to success through those preventable bad times. Reconciliation throughout the entire […]
Read moreInterview Series: Oscar Rondon
Oscar is a Principal Geostatistician at Snowden, having worked at the company for over 6 years between roles. As one of our resident Experts, we wanted to introduce Oscar and help you get to know him. Q: Can you share a bit about you? As a skilled geostatistician and researcher with over 18 years of […]
Read moreGarbage in, garbage out
How confident are you in your data quality when it comes time for EOM reporting? Do you go back and correct errors in the data source? Do you need to find some reasons why you haven’t met targets? If the first step was to ensure your reporting data was in great condition, reporting becomes less […]
Read moreLocal Topcut Transition Modelling – Improving estimates by “going local”
In addition to optimising search parameters Snowden’s Supervisor software now also provides a process that ensures areas supported by several higher grade samples are not unfairly overly downgraded by a global topcut. The traditional approach to resource estimation is to apply the same estimation parameters to each block and the same topcut to each sample within a […]
Read moreLKNO – An alternative approach to optimising estimation parameters.
Local Kriging Neighbourhood Optimisation (LKNO) is an alternative approach to optimising estimation parameters. The purpose of LKNO is to ensure that each block is estimated with the best possible combination of parameters presented. Block estimates are independent of one another and as such there is no reason to apply the same estimation parameters to each […]
Read moreAnnouncement: Monument Mining Ltd, 22 October 2018
Congratulations to Monument Mining Limited for announcing a Mineral Resource estimate for the Mengapur Cu-Au project in Malaysia. The NI43-101 Technical Report was prepared by Snowden and Principal Consultant, John Graindorge acted as a Qualified Person. Read the full announcement on the Monument Mining website.
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