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Mining is evolving. Data-driven decision-making is now key to efficiency, sustainability, and safety. Technology is enhancing expertise rather than replacing it, empowering geologists, engineers, and operations teams with advanced tools to make smarter decisions.

Be part of the future of mining!

Conference
Date: 14 May 2025
Location: The Maslow Hotel
Cnr Grayston Drive & Rivonia Road, Sandton
Cost: FREE

Breakaway Sessions: Geology & Mine Planning
Date: 15 May 2025
Location: The Maslow Hotel
Cnr Grayston Drive & Rivonia Road, Sandton
Cost: R1000 per person

INTRODUCING STUDIO GEO: THE FUTURE OF MINE GEOLOGY

We’re excited to announce the launch of Studio Geo, the latest evolution in integrated mining technology.

Studio Geo is the next evolution in our commitment to delivering a seamless, single-vendor solution for mine geology. Designed for efficiency and integration, it ensures your geological tools work together effortlessly—streamlining workflows, enhancing accuracy, and driving smarter decisions.

Join us at the conference for an exclusive first look at this groundbreaking new product!

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AGENDA

14 MAY - Conference Day

08:00 - 09:00 | Registration
09:00 - 09:30 | Overview Datamine: Data to Decisions - the role of technology
09:30 - 10:00 | Studio Geo: A configurable modelling environment
10:00 - 10:30 | Unlocking Potential: Exploration in Sudan through Datamine Solutions
10:30 - 11:00 | The right technology at the right time for our customers
11:00 - 11:15 | TEA BREAK
11:15 - 11:45 | The Muckpile Block Model
11:45 - 12:15 | From Data to Decisions: Geological Database
12:15 - 12:45 | Practical applications of Datamine during a typical workday at Tharisa
12:45 - 13:45 | LUNCH
14:00 - 14:30 | ScanIT: A Unique Integrated Digital Core Logging Solution
14:30 - 15:00 | Application of Studio UG in surface tailings dam operation
15:00 - 15:30 | Leveraging On Minemax Schedule For Strategic Mine Planning During Periods Of Constrained Capital
15:30 - 15:40 | TEA BREAK
15:40 - 16:10 | Is Overbreak sinking your mining operation?
16:10 - 16:40 | Is technology enough? What have we learned?

15 MAY - Breakaway Session: Geology

08:00 - 09:00 | Registration
09:00 - 09:30 | Geological Modelling of a Thinly Layered PGM Deposit with a Complex Structural Interpretation: Modelling Faults and Fault Displacement using Strat 3D
09:30 - 10:00 | Minescape Geology case study
10:00 - 10:30 | Modelling coal deposists in Zambia
10:30 - 11:00 | Use of Sirovision at Tharisa Mine
11:00 - 11:15 | TEA BREAK
11:15 - 11:45 | Studio Mapper for Underground Mapping: The New Innovative Features and Future Roadmap
11:45 - 12:15 | Using implicit modelling and Datamine scripting to update and reconcile grade control models
12:15 - 12:45 | Scripting case study: How to use the power of scripting to simplify daily tasks and automate processes that is otherwise not possible, with Real-world examples
12:45 - 13:45 | LUNCH

WORSHOP:

14:00 - 16:00 | Automating Workflows in the Scripting Environment: Freeing Time for Innovation
16:00 - 16:10 | TEA BREAK
16:10 - 17:15 | Automating Workflows in the Scripting Environment: Freeing Time for Innovation

15 MAY - Breakaway Session: Mine Planning

08:00 - 09:00 | Registration
09:00 - 09:30 | Keeping up with the technological advances in Survey
09:30 - 10:00 | Practical Data Integration ion the Technical Services Department at Barberton Mines
10:00 - 10:30 | Leveraging Auto Design Rules and Auto Resources Assignment for quick Scenario analysis
10:30 - 11:00 | Short to medium term planning application of Studio OP at QKR Namibia, Navachab GoldMine
11:00 - 11:15 | TEA BREAK
11:15 - 11:45 | Smart Mining with Datamine: Connecting Academia and Industry Best Practices
11:45 - 12:15 | Stope Shape flexibility in MSO
12:15 - 12:45 | Minescape Engineering case study
12:45 - 13:45 | LUNCH

WORSHOP:

14:00 - 15:30 | Minemax Scheduler Workshop: Integrated Scheduling of Open Pit and Underground Mines for Maximising Asset Value
15:30 - 15:40 | TEA BREAK
15:40 - 17:10 | Minemax Scheduler Workshop: Integrated Scheduling of Open Pit and Underground Mines for Maximising Asset Value

15 MAY - Breakaway Session: Field Mapping Exercise

08:00 - 09:00 | Shuttle Departs from the Maslow Hotel
09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome Tea (Olives & Plates at Wits University)
09:30 - 11:00 | Advances in digital underground mapping and sampling
11:00 - 11:15 | TEA BREAK
11:15 - 12:45 | Fieldtrip mapping exercise at Digimine; Findings/Q&A
12:45 - 13:45 | LUNCH at the Wits Club