AVON, France – Geovariances has launched Minestis, its new software solution dedicated to mineral resource estimation.
According to the developer, Minestis offers a fast and easy-to-use workflow for domain estimation and mineral resource modeling through a simplified and secure geostatistics based approach. The software both simplifies resource estimation and quickly delivers reliable estimates.
Minestis provides a workflow which takes the user through every step of its resource modeling 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 goes on with a geostatistics based estimation process which gives 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.
Minestis implements powerful parallelized geostatistical algorithms: kriging, conditional simulations, uniform conditioning and localized uniform conditioning. Additional tools such as automatic variogram fitting or kriging neighbourhood analysis, combined with a modern interface, facilitate software use and parameter setting. Early users reported that Minestis is fast and visual.
“The strength of Minestis is that it manages the estimation of geological domains and block models in a coherent way, thus ensuring the quality of resulting estimates”, Geovariances chief technology officer Nicolas Jeannée indicates. “Another strength is that Minestis also makes the recommended advanced resource evaluation techniques like conditional simulations or uniform conditioning easy to implement by non-experts in geostatistics. This means users hold all the assets to get the resource figures expected by their company.”
And for advanced optional functionalities, Minestis can be advantageously complemented by Isatis through a dedicated link.
Minestis also has a domain modeling feature that will be publicly released in 2016. This feature enables innovative implicit domain modeling directly from borehole data. It also allows uncertainty assessment on the domain envelopes, which is unique among mining packages. Domain modeling will be publicly released in 2016.
Please visit Geovariances.com or explore the software at the CIM annual general meeting May 10-13, 2015, in Montreal.
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