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v.26.2.72
AI Block ModelingPoint Cloud ProcessingDrillhole PlanningDynamic Open Pit DesignUltimate Pit Optimization
Latest June 2026

Block Model

  • New Optimize Sub-Blocked Model: New task that merges small sub-blocks within their parent blocks wherever possible without losing quality or quantity characteristics, reducing model file size and significantly speeding up volume calculations, reserve estimation, and visualization of complex block models.
  • New Block Visibility Manager: New task to save block-visibility filtering setups, letting you instantly return to predefined display scenarios without re-entering parameters.
  • New Create Block Model with AI: Intelligent block-model generation directly from geological database data. AI algorithms analyze the spatial distribution of grade values, dramatically cutting the time spent on manual wireframe creation and initial resource estimation.
  • New Create Image: Automatic generation of static images from flat block-model sections, letting you quickly export visualizations of the deposit internal structure and grade distribution for reports and presentations without building extra graphic objects.
  • New Add Sub-Blocked Model Blocks: New task to quickly add blocks to an existing Sub-Blocked Model by auto-generating them within selected wireframes, to refine the model in specific areas or update it when calculation contours change without rebuilding the whole object.
  • New Merge Sub-Blocked Model Blocks: Automatically merges sub-blocks with identical geometry and grade values into larger structural units, strictly within the parent block, substantially reducing data volume and boosting calculation speed without losing model accuracy.
  • New Merge Sub-Blocked Models: New tool to combine two separate sub-blocked models into a single object, with correct transfer of geometry and attribute data for every sub-block.
  • New Resize Sub-Blocked Model: Rebuilds a Sub-Blocked Model with refined extents, constraining it to the currently visible blocks or expanding the modeling domain using auxiliary objects, keeping the workspace current as data-processing boundaries change.
  • New Assign to Horizons: New task that automates stratigraphic coding and spatial assignment of blocks to mining or geological horizons, based on a single project reference book.
  • New Block Modeling System Core: In-memory data caching during block-model operations minimizes disk-subsystem access, significantly accelerating visualization, filtering, and object calculation for smooth performance even with highly detailed models.
  • Update Import Sub-Blocked Model: Automatic delimiter detection (period, comma, semicolon) when importing sub-blocked models from external text files eliminates manual pre-editing and prevents column shifts, ensuring correct reading of coordinates and grades regardless of regional system settings.
  • Update Reblock Sub-Blocked Model: Extended with support for specialized formulas to recalculate specific gravity using the weighted-average method.
  • Update Build Sections by View: Alternative mode for generating block-model sections. Instead of a surface array, you can now create flat raster images of sections, drastically lowering graphics-subsystem load and project file size while keeping fast navigation and full section detail.
  • Update Edit Property List: Full support for Octant and Sub-Blocked models, enabling centralized management of attribute data and changing of indicator types.
  • Update Export Block Model to CSV: Greatly improved CSV export. The file now contains a full technical passport of the object (overall dimensions, start and end point coordinates, total parent-block count and geometry) plus a description of all exported properties, enabling automatic identification of the model structure in third-party systems.

Geology and Drillhole Database

  • New Drillhole Filtering: Intelligent selection of geological drillhole intervals. Filter by grade values (component content, lithology) and spatial position within a defined constraint, quickly preparing data samples for grade calculation and compositing while excluding irrelevant samples.
  • New Set Interval Value: Rapid assignment of values to selected drillhole intervals. Working together with the filtering tools, it automatically assigns attributes (such as ore grade, lithology type, or process index) to a filtered sample, speeding up geological-database preparation and minimizing the risk of missed data from manual entry.
  • New Calculate Interval Centers: Automatically computes the spatial coordinates (X, Y, Z) of interval centers in the sampling tables of the geological database, quickly producing point data for each drillhole interval.
  • New Numerical Compositing: Intelligent creation of composite intervals grouped by category (lithology, ore grades, and so on), calculating weighted-average component content separately for each geological variety, with flexible composite length, coverage percentage, and residual-interval handling (discard, attach, or even distribution).
  • New Drillhole Planning: Powerful new module for interactive and automated design of drilling programs from surface or underground workings, letting you quickly create single holes or series of exploration profiles. Key capabilities: automatic collar positioning with step offset, direction azimuth, and 180-degree vector inversion; trajectory and geometry control by drilling intervals with optional deviation; intelligent hole closing at the intersection with a wireframe surface or at a fixed depth; automatic tolerance diagnostics (maximum depth, overrun, spatial offset); and direct import into the K-MINE database plus semi-automatic export to CSV.
  • Update Drillhole Settings: Quickly switch the working sampling table in drillhole settings, with intelligent retention of previously mapped field correspondences, so you can change data sources without manually reconfiguring table structure.
  • Update Interpolate Sampling Data: The task now considers only visible (filtered) drillhole intervals, enabling selective interpolation by specific horizons or wireframes. Added support for the Specific Gravity property for correct weighting in reserve and resource calculations.
  • Update Compare Grade by Blocks and Composites: Now automatically syncs with current interval-visibility settings, comparing data only across the filtered composite sample, enabling local validation of interpolation accuracy within individual ore bodies or mining blocks without the influence of out-of-balance data.
  • Update Run Implicit Modeling: The algorithm now automatically considers only visible (filtered) drillhole intervals, giving flexible control over wireframe generation by focusing modeling on specific geological categories or deposit areas without creating separate databases.
  • Update Run Vein Modeling: Significantly expanded toolset for modeling vein deposits. It syncs with filtering to use only visible intervals; performs intelligent analysis of holes that do not intersect the target body for correct pinch-out modeling; supports configurable vein-intersection rules by chronological sequence; builds a reference plane from midpoints between hangingwall and footwall for more stable geometry; and allows hard limits on minimum and maximum vein thickness to prevent modeling artifacts.
  • Update Run Numerical Modeling: The calculation now automatically processes only visible (filtered) drillhole intervals, enabling local grade modeling within specific areas, horizons, or ore zones while excluding irrelevant geostatistical data.
  • Update Calculate Virtual Drillholes: Now supports inclined holes via azimuth and dip angles, producing spatially accurate drillhole models for detailing deposit geometry and grades in zones where actual drilling was angled or requires complex design.

Wireframe and 3D Modeling

  • New Add Point to Edge: New task for synchronized editing of adjacent objects. Add a physical point to a shared edge of two different wireframes simultaneously, guaranteeing perfect topological match and no geometric gaps between neighboring geological bodies or workings during refinement.
  • New Create Wireframe by Direction: New task for modeling objects by extruding along a defined vector. Build wireframes from linear and surface objects over a set distance with defined azimuth and dip angles; the program automatically handles contour closure, creating solids or open shells depending on the source topology.
  • Update Refine Wireframe: Significantly expanded mesh-refinement tool with automatic detection of minimum triangle-edge length to optimize mesh density, plus new geometry-processing modes: refinement with surface smoothing for smooth forms, or without smoothing to strictly preserve source boundaries.
  • Update Find Errors: Substantially updated error-detection toolset for high topological correctness. Change the input object directly in the task interface; the updated automatic triangle-fill closes all contours below a specified area threshold; new check criteria cover maximum and minimum distance between points; and new auto-healing modes include merging close points, clearing internal structure (removing triangles inside a solid), and removing or fully rebuilding defective triangles.

Point Clouds

  • New Point Cloud Control Panel: Dedicated interface for quickly adjusting level of detail, point size, and display modes in real time.
  • New Extract Visible Points: New task that creates a new cloud containing only the points visible from the current camera position, clipping occluded areas.
  • New Statistical Outlier Filter: New task that removes statistical outliers and isolated noise points located far from the main data mass.
  • New Terrain Filter: New task that classifies points into ground surface and objects (vegetation, buildings), quickly isolating the digital terrain.
  • New Noise Filter: New task that cleans the cloud of artifacts by analyzing the radius around points, producing a cleaner surface.
  • New Set Point Cloud Color: New task controlling visualization, including point size, color (by attribute or intensity), and normal display.
  • New Calculate Normals: New task that automatically determines vector orientation for each point, required for correct visualization and wireframe construction.
  • New Invert Normals: New task that quickly reverses the normal-vector direction for correct rendering of surface sides.
  • New Create Wireframe by Poisson Method: New task that automatically builds a closed wireframe model from cloud points using their normals.
  • New Export Point Cloud: Powerful export of point-cloud datasets to third-party systems, with support for over 15 industry formats for full compatibility with photogrammetry, CAD, and BIM software.
  • Update Import Point Cloud: Significantly improved import of external scan data. Support for over 15 industry formats (including *.las, *.laz, *.e57, *.pcd, *.obj and others) enables integration with any modern scanners and photogrammetry systems, while automatic cloud offset by X, Y, Z vectors aligns survey data to the project coordinate system without third-party software.

Open Pit Design

  • Update Dynamic Design: Major optimization and feature update. Performance: geometrically faster wireframe operations and surface construction, plus a modernized wireframe-intersection algorithm. New capabilities: undo and redo support; generation of closed solids without mandatory binding to a topographic surface; and intelligent handling of pillars or non-mineable project areas. Automation and contours: automatic removal of contours that do not meet design criteria, and one-click clearing of all base contours. Haul-road design: automatic road matching, automatic switchback-to-road connection, configurable smoothing length after a switchback, and centerline generation for use in the scheduling module. Interface: redesigned control layout, a dedicated project-line button, and flexible per-user display settings.

Pit Optimizer

  • Update Optimal Pit Contour: The update goes beyond building geometric boundaries to deep techno-economic analysis. It adds automatic determination of the ultimate pit (limiting contour) under given mining-geological and economic conditions; automatic calculation and highlighting of the best coefficients and the optimal NPV and maximum-profit points on result charts; visual indication of key indicators (best NPV, profit, ultimate pit) directly on optimization diagrams; semi-automatic haulage-cost calculation by depth (horizon) to account for rising operating costs at depth; and an express tool to review extreme (maximum and minimum) values directly from block-model attribute fields.

Volume Calculation

  • New Core: Switch measurement systems when running volume calculations, choosing between the metric (meters, cubic meters) and imperial (feet, cubic yards) systems, for flexibility on international projects and results in the required units without extra conversion.
  • Update Calculate Volume Between Surfaces: Improved horizon workflow with a quick-launch button for the dedicated editor straight from the calculation form, plus integration with block-model grades. Volume calculation between two surfaces now offers four modes (no geology, or constrained by wireframes, surfaces, or the block model directly); with a block model it auto-weights by Specific Gravity, supports multi-level report grouping by integral properties, and computes grades by volume-weighted or weight-weighted averaging.

Platform

  • Update Import from DWG/DXF: Improved CAD data exchange with full DWG format support for direct compatibility with other engineering platforms without intermediate conversion, plus optimized DXF handling for correct transfer of geometry, layers, and attribute data.
  • Update Export to DWG/DXF: Improved CAD data exchange with full DWG format support for direct compatibility with other engineering platforms without intermediate conversion, plus optimized DXF handling for correct transfer of geometry, layers, and attribute data.
  • New 2D/3D Grid: Comprehensive tools for precise spatial orientation and object construction. A 2D grid visualizes the coordinate grid on the current working plane; a 3D grid is built from selected objects to assess real node coordinates and scale anywhere in 3D; and grid snapping adds a magnetic mode to precisely fix points and nodes to grid intersections.
  • Update Dynamic Context Menu (Core): The context-menu command list now adapts automatically to the type and number of selected objects, giving instant access to the relevant tasks and simplifying the interface.
  • Update Custom Views in Project File (Core): User views are now saved directly in the project file. Open the file in another version or on another workstation and all saved views import automatically into the current K-MINE session, instantly restoring set viewpoints.
  • Update Repair Damaged Objects: The updated Repair button comprehensively resolves all detected topological errors in one click, focusing strictly on restoring object structure without deleting elements, preserving model integrity.
  • Update Custom View: Improved Place Objects in View Plane with an intelligent point mode: if specific nodes are selected at launch, only they move to the working plane while the rest stays in place; with no selection, whole objects move. Snapping logic in 2D is also improved, giving snapping to the working plane top priority while final coordinates are projected onto the current working plane.
  • New Console: Intelligent console combining control and monitoring. Instantly search and launch tasks by keyword while a detailed real-time log of system actions and processes is displayed, providing full control over operations and simplifying diagnostics.
  • New Security and Licensing: Interactively select an internet license at program startup. Integrated with the cloud user-authorization service, it lets specialists quickly switch between available license packages and working profiles.
v.26.1.26
FEM Stability AnalysisLongwall and Room-and-Pillar DesignInteractive DeclineCompositing by Categories
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.