We are continually growing our team of experts, and we are excited to welcome Ian de Klerk to the team as Executive Consultant in our Brisbane office. Here’s an interview we did with Ian to get to know him a bit better: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I am a resource geologist […]
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New Team Member: Jan Graham, Principal Consultant
We are continually growing our team of experts, and today the team at Snowden is excited to introduce you to our newest team member Jan Graham, who many may know from her many years in the industry. Here’s an interview we did with Jan to get to know her a bit better: Can you tell […]
Read moreMine Planners: Are You Looking At The Drillholes?
Author: Tarrant Elkington, General Manager I was recently reading an old article by Julian Poniewierski called Mining Engineers – Are you Taking Suitable Interest in the Reserve Reconciliation?” Great read and recommended. It reminded me of another important consideration that mine planners do not often take an interest in: the drillhole data. Viewing drillhole data would be […]
Read moreLanzamiento de Supervisor 8.13
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 […]
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 moreCompanies may be savaged in the market when production guidance is not met
These guidance numbers have been generated by diligent, intelligent and hard-working professionals who have the best interests of their company and shareholders in mind. However, the challenges of creating plans that can be mined and then mining to those plans spans a multidisciplinary team that must act effectively together if guidance numbers are to be […]
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 […]
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