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v.26.1.26
FEM Stability AnalysisLongwall and Room-and-Pillar DesignInteractive DeclineCompositing by Categories
Latest February 2026

Block Model

  • New Block Modeling System Core: Adaptive rendering switches to parent-block display for large datasets; automatic metadata persistence for parent-block dimensions and dominant axis simplifies dependent task configuration.
  • Update Create Sub-Blocked Model: Generation algorithms optimized - model creation is up to 10x faster. Added parent-block grid preview during setup, progress indicator, optional validation bypass, fixed template saving, and unified wireframe naming.
  • Update Import Sub-Blocked Model: Intelligent auto-detection of data types and system properties on import; on-the-fly data type conversion; expanded preview window for manual geometry configuration (block counts, origin point, rotation angle) and quick camera centering.
  • Update Reblock Sub-Blocked Model: Automatic calculation of FILLVOL (sub-block fill volume) and VOIDVOL (unfilled volume) indicators; user task settings can now be saved and reloaded.
  • Update Split Sub-Blocked Model: Extended analytics with system properties (split flag, wireframe membership, constraining solid name). New quick commands: Split by Wireframe (local refinement at intersection), Split by Mining Surface (model below surface), Split by Two Surfaces (model between surfaces), Split by Closed Wireframe (model inside solid).
  • New Resize Sub-Blocked Model: New task to rebuild a model with modified spatial extents - expand or reduce the modeling domain while preserving data.
  • Update Export Block Model to CSV: Added TAB delimiter support and full model metadata export (geometry parameters, property list and types).
  • Update Set Section Plane: Gradient text coloring based on property values for better visual differentiation; simplified property selection via checkbox.
  • Update Set Properties: Updated formula editor for value calculations; new geometry constraint condition for quick filtering of blocks inside a specified wireframe.

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • Update Geostatistical Analysis: Modeling space transformation by unfolding complex fold structures into a flat plane, enabling geostatistical calculations that account for deposit morphology and improving estimation accuracy.
  • New Drillhole Settings: New task for managing drillhole property visualization in 3D - intelligent font sizing, automatic text orientation on camera rotation, and dynamic callout system for improved readability.
  • Update Drillhole Database: Automatic drillhole name assignment to the object Label property during construction, streamlining drillhole identification in the workspace.
  • Update Validate Database: Extended validation algorithms with new integrity checks for SURVEY and ASSAY tables, ensuring data correctness before modeling.
  • New Compositing by Categories: Advanced compositing with lithological and technological boundary control. Strict boundary enforcement when merging intervals by categorical attributes (lithology, rock types, oxidation codes), preventing cross-domain data mixing and improving estimation reliability.
  • Update Export to CSV: Relational data linking on export - automatically includes parent table attributes (drillhole name, ID) in subordinate tables (SURVEY, ASSAY) for data integrity and easier processing in external systems.
  • Update Swath Plots: Automatic detection of drillhole interval centers for calculations, eliminating manual field configuration and accelerating comparative analysis.
  • Update Virtual Drillholes: Angled drillhole projection for greater flexibility when modeling stratified deposits with complex geometry.
  • Update Vein Modeling: Anisotropy trend support for vein solid construction, enabling accurate reproduction of natural ore body geometry.
  • Update Implicit Modeling: Fault and topographic surface awareness during automatic wireframe generation; optimized grid calculation for improved model detail.
  • Update Numerical Modeling: Optimized grid calculation, improved sample selection algorithms from the database, and histogram generation for quick visual distribution analysis.
  • Update Fault System: Automatic wireframe clipping at fault-topography and fault-fault intersections for topological correctness; improved surface generation detail; per-node azimuth and dip angle parameterization for variable-geometry fault planes; wireframe input support in addition to polylines.

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • New Detail Wireframe: New task for wireframe refinement - smoothing and densification tools with multiple algorithms for flexible triangulation mesh control.
  • New Simplify Wireframe: New task to reduce wireframe complexity while preserving shape, decreasing file size and improving calculation performance.
  • Update Edit Wireframe: Instant object refresh directly from the open task form, speeding up verification and error correction workflows.

Open Pit Design

  • Update Dynamic Design: Significantly faster surface generation with improved geometric accuracy; bottom wireframe constraint for layered deposits enabling nested project hierarchies; automatic solid output from calculations; minimum polygon area threshold to filter artifacts from output wireframes and solids.

Underground Design

  • New Grid Mine Workings and Longwall Design: New tool for automated underground planning - room-and-pillar network layout and longwall face design with real-time interactive parameter editing and scenario analysis.
  • New Interactive Decline: New tool for rapid decline and spiral ramp design with automatic curve fitting at turns and real-time gradient control for underground haulage access.

Stope Optimization

  • Update Stope Optimization: Sub-blocked model support for higher-accuracy representation of complex ore body geometry, improving tonnage and grade calculations.

Stability Analysis

  • Update Pit Wall Stability: Sub-blocked model support for higher-precision stability calculations on variable-size block models with better geological contact conformance.
  • New FEM Stability Analysis: New finite element method capabilities - joint system modeling, groundwater and piezometric line influence, and pore pressure calculation for improved rock mass stress state assessment.

Drill and Blast

  • Update Blast Simulation: Automatic blast impulse vector construction for visualizing explosion energy direction and distribution, enabling detailed blast pattern efficiency analysis.

Platform

  • Fix Core: File opening 3-4x faster; Layer Editor performance optimized for large projects; faster drillhole text and tunnel clipping rendering; adaptive 3D text background color; transparency support for textured wireframes; adjustable object smoothing.
  • Update Property Editor: Mathematical expressions directly in property fields for inline arithmetic without external tools.
  • Update Save: Automatic backup creation on manual save, minimizing data loss risk.
  • Fix Select: Precise multi-point object selection with Ctrl - only objects fully within the selection rectangle are selected.
  • Update Drag and Drop Files: Added *.DAT and *.STR format support for faster data import from other mining software.
  • Update Import From OBJ: Batch drag-and-drop import for multiple OBJ files simultaneously.
  • Update Diagram Settings: Extended legend positioning options for flexible chart layout in reports and presentations.
  • New Measure Interactively: Forced 2D/3D measurement mode switching for accurate spatial parameter capture.
  • Update Add Image: Auto-orientation and alignment to current view plane on load; image transparency support for raster-vector overlay; two-point georeferencing with automatic geometry recalculation.
  • Update Menu: Restructured Geology section with dedicated Drillholes menu entry for faster access to drillhole-specific tasks.
v.25.3.83
Sub-Blocked ModelsVein System ModelingFault NetworkGeostatistics Engine
October 2025

Block Model

  • New Flexible Sub-Blocking Method: Sub-blocking density adapts to the block's intersection angle with a constraining surface, achieving better volumetric conformance with fewer cells than octree sub-blocking.
  • New Create Sub-Blocked Model: Build block models with free sub-blocking using triangulated surfaces and orebody wireframes as geometric constraints.
  • New Import Sub-Blocked Model: Direct import of freely sub-blocked block models from CSV files for downstream evaluation.
  • New Split Sub-Blocked Model: Use surfaces and closed wireframes to partition the model or locally refine sub-blocks.
  • New Reblock Sub-Blocked Model: Configurable aggregation rules to recompute cell attributes, preserving data fidelity when changing grid resolution.
  • New Convert Seam Block Model: Transform a seam (stratified) block model into a freely sub-blocked model for engineering calculations and operational use.
  • Update Extended Sub-Block Support: Sub-blocked models now supported in Set Properties, CSV Export, Section Plane, Volume/Weight Calculation, Gradient Fill, Swath Plots, Grade Tonnage, Interpolation, Data Analysis, Trend Calculation, Regression, and Geostatistical Analysis.
  • Update Edit Block Properties: Displays parent-block extents for the selected sub-block to aid context and QA/QC.
  • Update Properties Editor: Extended metadata on Dimensional Information tab: parent-block counts, sizes, model origin/output point, and key parameters.
  • Update Volume and Weight Calculation: Save and load chart configurations from volumetric and mass calculations for repeatable analytics.
  • Update Set Section Plane: Automatic display of active property name on section annotations; automatic text scaling relative to block size.
  • Update Section View Rendering: Display-mode changes (solid, transparent, edges) now correctly honor block scaling; edge mode yields crisper contours.
  • Update Create Seam Block Model: Assign unique specific gravity per layer/seam; automatic vertical splitting of cells within specified layer thickness.
  • New Export to Triangular-Prism Model: Export seam block models to triangular-prism format for interoperability with prism-based modeling tools.
  • New Constraints Toolkit: Quick commands to instantly filter, show, or hide block model cells or point cloud points based on specified limiters.

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • New Vein System Modeling: Generate volumetric 3D vein solids from sparse drillhole data. Produces geologically sound outlines for resource estimation with fast model updates.
  • New Fault Network Construction: Build a coherent fault and structural framework for your deposit. Improves geological accuracy and supports better design decisions.
  • Update Drillhole Data Workflow Overhaul: Refined minimum-curvature trajectories; From/To compositing with gap handling; harmonized field names with automatic structure upgrade; optional survey data from COLLARS table; automatic total depth from collar, survey, and assay tables; robust trajectory construction without zero survey interval; instant toggle between full traces and filtered intervals for QA/QC.
  • Update Selective Triggers for Borehole Data: Run trigger-based calculations only on filtered assay rows for faster batch updates.
  • Update Geostatistics Engine: One streamlined engine across geology and block models for consistent results; expanded regression fits (linear, polynomial, power, exponential, logarithmic); boxplots by any parameter; cleaner histograms, boxplots, and Q-Q plots; one-click X/Y swap in correlation charts.

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • Update Edit Wireframe: Dedicated quick command for validation and repair; normalize wireframe during error checking; new minimum point-to-point distance check with automatic merge of point clusters.

Open Pit Design

  • Update Dynamic Design: Isoline creation and smoothing on design horizons; automatic line-to-horizon assignment by Z-coordinate; refined crest construction from baseline; automatic horizontal inserts for haul roads; stability and performance improvements.

Pit Optimizer

  • Fix Optimal Pit Contour: Improved stability and runtime performance with bug fixes for edge-case scenarios.

Scheduling

  • Update Calendar Scheduling: Automatic material allocation considering shortest distance and receiving capacity; ore blending tools to control feed quality during scheduling.

Stability Analysis

  • Update Heterogeneous Wall Stability: Spencer and Morgenstern-Price methods for bench and pit-wall stability (Factor of Safety); new critical slip surface search algorithm for geologically heterogeneous slopes.

Platform

  • New Core Rendering: Improved line anti-aliasing and sharper text rendering.
  • New Block Model Rendering: Faster in-block text labels in section mode for smooth navigation in data-dense cross-sections.
  • Fix User View: Automatic activation of the view whose center is closest to the target plane when switching working planes.
  • Update Volume Between Surfaces: Automatically generate a sub-blocked model from the calculation grid to verify volumetric results.
  • Update Volume by Vertical Sections: Optional wireframe triangle edges as constraints for tighter control of the computation domain.
  • Update Select Objects Above Wireframe: Automatically selects drillholes whose collars lie above the specified surface.
  • Update Charts in Tables: Label display control per column; real-time show/hide of data series; save and load chart presets.
  • Update Properties Editor: Open the directory of block model (ODFB) or point cloud (ODFP) files directly from the Tree tab.
  • Update Explode to Primitives: Each resulting primitive is auto-placed into an appropriate sublayer for better project organization.
  • Update Table Editor: Natural sort handles numeric values inside text fields correctly (e.g., "Block 2" before "Block 10").
  • Update Menus: Export/import custom toolbars; context menu (Ctrl + R) on any command for button size and hotkey assignment.
  • New Copy Object: Select an object and Ctrl-drag from a handle to create a copy.
  • Update Drag and Drop Files: Now supports CSV, DM, 3ds, block model files, and K-MINE point clouds (ODFB, ODFP).
  • Update Properties Editor: Instantly switch the Table tab between horizontal and vertical layouts.
v.25.2.73
KNA AnalysisDynamic Ramp DesignBlast Visualization
June 2025

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • Update Geostatistical Analysis: Improved visualization of statistics and variograms; Kriging Neighbourhood Analysis (KNA) for interpolation optimization; parallel calculation of multiple parameters.
  • New Trigger Calculations: Execute trigger calculations on filtered data subsets within subordinate tables.
  • Update Database Validation: Optimized search algorithm for faster error detection.

Block Model

  • Update Volume and Weight Calculations: Now supports block models with percentage distribution.
  • New Automatic Seam Thickness: Calculates and stores seam thickness values, supporting both average and actual representations.
  • New Export Block Model to CSV: Direct export of layered block models to CSV format.
  • New Property List Editing: Rapid addition or removal of block model properties.

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • New Automatic Wireframe Error Correction: Automatically fills wireframe holes with triangles.

Drill and Blast

  • New Blast Visualization: Full blast visualization with charge mass/quantity calculations, dispersion modeling, terrain integration, and interactive playback.
  • Update Delay Timing: Increased accuracy with dynamic and reverse calculation support.
  • New Delay from Center Point: Automatic delay calculation relative to a specified center point.
  • Update Delay Along a Line: Dynamic differentiated delay calculations for finer blast parameter adjustment.
  • New Dynamic Reverse Delay: Reverse-direction delay calculations for expanded blast scenarios.

Underground Design

  • New Dynamic Ramp Design: Flexible design of inclined transport ramps with slope, distance, and connection point management.
  • Update Economic Optimization: Cost analysis (mining, transportation, processing) with comparative economic reports.

Scheduling

  • Update Calendar Scheduling: Intermediate mining state exports; improved excavator event visualization; material transport reports; scenario creation from calculated solutions.

Pit Optimizer

  • Update Optimal Pit Contour: Increased file handling capability; additional cost indicators in economic reports; revised planning report formats.

Platform

  • New Section Creation from Views: Generate cross-sections from block and wireframe models using predefined user views.
  • Update Custom View Transitions: Automatic scaling and centering when switching views.
  • Update Object and Point Selection: Advanced selection with object and point inversion and manual customization.
  • Update Point Movement: Drag-and-drop editing for points.
  • Update Automated Depth Fixation: Automatically sets object creation depth based on selected points.
  • New Quick Centering: Prolonged mouse-wheel click for rapid centering.
  • New Image Export: Save workspace images as TIF + TFW format.
v.25.1.57
Automated Underground NetworkDrag-and-Drop ImportOBJ Support
March 2025

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • New OBJ Import/Export: Exchange 3D wireframe models with other software through OBJ format.

Underground Design

  • New Automated Underground Network Design: Automated layout creation optimized by ore body locations and technological constraints.

Scheduling

  • Fix Scheduling Output: Results now export as polylines and wireframes, integrating scheduling with mine design workflows.
  • Update Dynamic Volume Calculations: Rapid volume calculations for quarry areas, excavation equipment, and operational sections in a single action.

Platform

  • New Drag-and-Drop Import: Import PNG, JPEG, DXF, TXT, and LAS files by dragging directly into K-MINE. Automatic format recognition.
  • New License Manager: Select and switch between license types via an intuitive interface.
  • Update Image Export: Export workspace images as PNG or JPEG for documentation and reports.
  • Update 3D Borehole Annotations: Visualize quality indicators, rock names, and intervals directly on 3D borehole models using dynamic text annotations.
v.25.1.30
Heterogeneous Wall StabilityAuto View GenerationVolume Between Surfaces
February 2025

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • New Export to CSV: Respects filters applied to subordinate tables (e.g., ASSAY), exporting only filtered drillhole data.
  • Update Database Validation: Clicking an error during validation navigates to the corresponding table row.

Stability Analysis

  • Update Heterogeneous Wall Stability: Redesigned UI; new Results tab; added Simplified Janbu and Swedish Method (Corps of Engineers); custom slip surface creation; water saturation and seismic loading factors.

Open Pit Design

  • Update Dynamic Design: Volume calculation now considers real topographic surfaces; detailed reporting with horizon lists; visual verification of block model portions used in calculations.
  • New Volume Between Surfaces: Point cloud visualization for calculation grid; enhanced reporting with contour area, layers, horizons, and geological data.

Scheduling

  • Update Scheduling: Transportation calculation adapted to new capabilities; expanded reporting with grouped categories (From Quarry, From Stockpiles, By Excavators, By Sections).

Platform

  • Update Custom Views: Automated view generation from block model section planes; improved intersection and tunnel intersection modes; SHIFT + mouse wheel positioning; 2D mode auto-positions last active custom view.
  • New Auto View Generation: Views by Objects, Views by Horizons, and View by Two Points modes.
  • New Intersection Analysis: Object intersection points with working plane; wireframe intersection lines with working plane.
  • Update System Optimization: Faster block model rendering; automatic backup and restoration of settings.
  • New Object Management: Select by Object Layer (auto-selects all objects on the same layer); Cut Objects in Screen Plane (one group cuts another simultaneously).
  • Update Edit Wireframe: Now supports Intersection and Tunnel Intersection custom view modes.
  • Update Menu: Quick object color editing with direct ID-based color selection.
v.24.4.41
Hurricane SamplesResource CategoriesWorking Plane and 2D Mode
November 2024

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • Update Interpolation Improvements: Uniform sample distribution in ellipsoid octants for more balanced grade estimation.
  • New Resource Category Calculations: Automatic resource categorization with color-coded block visualization for Measured, Indicated, and Inferred classes.
  • New Hurricane Samples: Identify and adjust samples with anomalous values to reduce high-grade bias in resource estimation.
  • Update CSV Export Enhancements: Now supports Date and Date and Time data types for drillhole database exports.

Block Model

  • Update Expanded Q-Q Plot: Logarithmic scaling option for broader distribution analysis in statistical QA/QC.
  • New Forced Value Lists: Enforce value lists for Byte and Integer properties to maintain data consistency across block models.
  • New Model Slicing by User-Defined Planes: Slice block models along custom planes for section analysis and design verification.

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • New Automatic Error Detection: Detect and visualize wireframe errors with guided corrections for faster model cleanup.

Drill and Blast

  • New Automatic Drilling Depth Calculation: Calculate drilling depth from block base geometry for optimized drill program planning.

Scheduling

  • New Shared Quality Indicator Selection: Select shared quality indicators across multiple block models simultaneously to simplify ore blending setup.

Platform

  • New Automated View Creation: Generate views automatically based on object lines, points, or directions.
  • New Working Plane: Manipulate and create objects within a designated reference plane.
  • New 2D Mode: Simplified workflow within defined planes for drafting and design tasks.
  • Update Smooth Animations: View centering and transitions use smooth animations for better navigation comfort.
  • New Section Plane Visibility: Option to disable section plane visualization during configuration to reduce visual clutter.
  • New Merge Objects: Automatically combine selected objects into a single entity for simpler project organization.
  • New Multiline Object Enhancements: New Topsoil Layer display mode and customizable line types with on-line symbols.
v.24.4.2
Stope Optimization ModuleQ-Q Plot and CorrelationDeclusteringTrend Calculation
October 2024

Block Model

  • Update Import Block Model With Irregular Height: Faster calculation and CSV loading for irregular-height (seam) models.
  • Update Create Block Model: Expanded seam model options - correction markers, automatic minimum block size determination, and dimension calculations from CSV data.
  • New Block Model Dimensions: Manually set block model size by snapping output points to selected objects.
  • New Gradient Fill: Create legends for Double-type block properties; save gradient fill settings as reusable templates.
  • Update Edit Block Properties: Faster handling of large models; new editing capabilities for cubic and seam block models in Section visualization.
  • New Calculate Trend: Compute block parameter values based on spatial position and trend equations from the drillhole database.
  • New Calculate by Regression Equation: Use regression equations to calculate block model parameter values.
  • New Statistical Analysis: Added Q-Q Plot and Correlation methods with regression equations, using drillhole or block model data.

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • New Trend Calculation: Identify patterns between sample positions and values using spatial trend analysis.
  • New Complete Declustering: New interface and visualization for declustering results with adjustable cluster sizes.
  • New Export to CSV: Export drillhole data from the geological database directly to CSV files.

Open Pit Design

  • Update Dynamic Design: Design level labels, improved wireframe creation, and topographic surface integration for open pit designs.

Pit Optimizer

  • Update Optimal Pit Boundaries: Compare predefined vs. calculated boundaries; economic cut-off grade support; improved boundary accuracy with new block connection grids.

Stope Optimization

  • New Stope Optimization: New module for underground production block optimization using cut-off grades and economic indicators across multiple mining technologies.

Scheduling

  • Update Scheduling: Multi-block-model support, scenario creation within projects, and enhanced mineral extraction visualization with charts.

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • New Outline Wireframes: New task to outline open wireframes.
  • New Wiring-Up Lines: Combined parameterized and complex wiring-up line creation with dynamic editing modes.
  • Update Wireframe Operations: Auto-set properties on resulting objects; delete originals after operations.

Platform

  • New Menu Enhancements: Quick-access commands for object property settings.
  • Update Import Point Cloud: Faster loading for large point clouds.
  • New Offset in Plane: Move objects dynamically within the user plane; create copies at specified intervals.
  • Update Print Enhancements: Auto-fit excerpts to specified sheet formats for cleaner output.
  • New Add Image: Generate images with control points for calibration.
  • Update Export to Shapefile: Expanded exportable object types with custom list support.
  • New Core Interface: Interactive coordinate axes for easier view plane adjustment.