Quantify, Evaluate, and Maximize the Orebody

GEOVIA Surpac provides mining companies with the powerful, reliable, and customizable 3D mine planning and geological modelling software they need to deliver advanced drillhole-data management, perform rigorous statistical and geostatistical analyses, and develop comprehensive resource models, mine designs, and mine plans for either open pit or underground operations.

With Surpac, geologists can quantify and evaluate the physical characteristics of a deposit, even with limited information. Engineers can visualize mine designs and plans that maximize ore recovery while complying with project constraints. Mine production teams can integrate vast amounts of data to determine the best way to extract reserves.

GEOVIA Surpac Roles

Discover the world’s most comprehensive geology and mine planning role-based portfolio for surface and underground mining.

Block Modeler

Analyze the spatial variability of earth characteristics and create regularized volumetric models of the combined set of characteristics. Perform bench based block grade control calculations for open cut operations.

Calculate volume and quality of materials within extents of an area under investigation
Create reports of any geological object according to international standards
Generate volumetric block models & perform geostatistical analysis
Evaluate mineral resources
Produce outputs for regulatory reports and investment feasibility decisions

GEOVIA Sectional Geology > Dassault Systemes

Sectional Geology Modeler

Visualize and analyze drill holes and other surface samples and measurements. Perform compositing, sectional geological modeling, meshing and gridding of surface and subsurface geology objects, and bench based grade control calculations for open cut operations.

Input, access and output various types of geological data
Select, constrain, view and interpret geological data
Create geological, structural and domain models
Conduct face mapping from point cloud and photogrammetric meshes
Calculate volumes and model quality of materials within area under investigation

GEOVIA Structural Geology > Dassault Systemes

Structural Geology Analyst

A comprehensive set of visualization and analysis tools for any kind of oriented data such as drill holes, point clouds and textured meshes.

Extract and visualize orientations directly from drill holes, points and block models
Analyze surface gradients
Visually create planes from point clouds or textured meshes and analyze them on a stereographic projection
Perform structural trend analysis in large and complex datasets
Perform rapid structural analysis of point cloud and photogrammetry dataset

Mine Contributor

All the tools you need to visualize and collaborate with other mine planners and geologists on enterprise mining data.

Input, access and output mining geological and engineering data
Select, constrain and view exploration data and mine information
Model and create complex surface and solids representing mining data
Create point and line data with comprehensive CAD toolset
Import and manage massive point cloud data, clean and generate surface meshes, and report on volumes
Automate workflows using powerful scripting capabilities with ability to record and playback
Support very large point cloud datasets
Enable reports, plans and visual outputs for production crews and other downstream uses
Languages supported: English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and French

Surveyor

Generate the daily survey requirements for the mine site by integrating and processing survey data from CMS, GPS and other traditional survey instrumentation, and update as-built mine geometry from reduced survey data.

Calculate total material handled, rehandled or filled
Set out or delineate locations and boundaries
Ensure compliance with survey‑related regulation or legislation
Publish the following measured survey data for use in the mining production process:
- Survey control stations and reduced pickups
- Mining infrastructure (buildings, roads, processing plants, etc.)
- As-built maps of the mine, compared to the design
- Monthly volumes mined/filled and broken (reconciliation)

Mine Designer

Convert strategic mine plans into practical mine designs including mine surfaces, ramps, tunnels, haul roads, waste dump, whilst also producing reserve reports and mine plans. Encompasses all design horizons including daily, weekly, monthly and long term.

Design bench, berm and ramps constraints for surface mining
Design stopes, tunnels, ramps and shafts for underground mining
Design waste dumps, tailing dams and haul roads for mining infrastructure
Incorporate geotechnical constraints such as slope stability
Integrate geology for reserve reporting of grade, tonnes and volumes
Produce mine plans and visual outputs for communication with production crews

Drill and Blast Designer

Design and plan suitable blast patterns to ensures monthly production tonnage targets are met, factoring in safety, materials and costs associated while looking for ways to reduce costs and improve performance.

Surface mining - efficient design of bench blast patterns considering blast hole layout, load and charging, detonation sequence and blast solids
Underground mining - efficient design of underground ring or drill & blast patterns considering blast hole layout, load & charging, detonation sequence and drill rig parameters
Produce reports, plans and visual outputs for production crews and required reporting for costs and volumetrics against targets

Stope Optimizer

Create and consider multiple possible stope designs to determine the optimal design that meets a set of strategic objectives, often tied to extracting the highest possible economic value from a deposit.

Generate optimum stope designs for a range of underground mining methods
Produce stope inventories from block models that spatially represent the location of mineralization
Generate stope designs that maximize recovered resource value above cut-off grade
Create practical mining parameters such as minimum and maximum mining width, anticipated wall dilutions, minimum and maximum wall angles and many other factors