Maptek Blogs

Marisa Suarez - Marketing Communications Writer - August 19, 2020

An interview straight from the boots on the ground. 

Geologists in today’s mining industry are always looking for new ways to generate robust models in less time while still remaining confident in their interpretations. Increasing efficiency while upholding the standards of mapping workflows has a direct impact on the quality of these models and can lead to downstream improvements in resource estimation. In this blog post, we interview Project Mine Geologist Ryan Pinguely of the OceanaGold Corporation on his successful adoption of a Maptek digital mapping solution at the Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina.

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Marisa Suarez - Marketing Communications Writer - April 30, 2020

If you’ve been following our 60 seconds with series, then you know we like to use these posts as a way to highlight the unique individuals who make Maptek a great place to work. For this month’s post, we’re still staying true to that message, but we’re adding something new—video! For this video debut, we’ll be featuring Nick Venter, Director of Sales in the USA. Read on for a brief introduction then check out our 60-second interview to hear a few things from Nick himself.
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Aaron Goncalves - Technical Solutions Geologist - March 26, 2020

Accurate survey data is critical to any mining operation. Mining surveyors are responsible for collecting this data and they use a variety of tools, technologies, and techniques to get the job done. The data they collect helps mine planners, engineers, and geologists generate mine plans that are vital to the efficient extraction of material. The more accurate the survey data is, the better the adherence to the mine plan, meaning fewer downstream issues and costs. With such important data at stake, the tools, technologies, and methods used to collect it and subsequently analyse it are also of great significance. (more…)

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Joseph Sykes - Marketing Manager EMEA - March 7, 2020

Maptek DomainMCF vastly speeds up the domain modelling process

What happens when you put cutting-edge machine learning up against traditional techniques for geological modelling?

You get a geological model, in less than 50 minutes.

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Marisa Suarez - Marketing Communications Writer - March 6, 2020

On the morning of February 25th at 7 am sharp, hundreds of women arrived at the Sheraton in downtown Phoenix to take part in this year’s Women of SME breakfast. My colleague, Maureen Moore, and I arrived at the event and were excited to see a packed ballroom full of women in our industry and a significant amount of men also in attendance. (more…)

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