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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
About This Manual
MineSight and Mineral Evaluation and Planning

Flowcharts
MineSight Dataflow for a 3-D Block Model
MineSight Dataflow for a GSM Model
Accessing the PCF
Drillhole Data Analyses
Statistical & Geostatistical Analyses
Compositing
Topography Entry
Building a 3-D Mine Model
Mine Planning
Cut Generation with Truncation
Financial Modeling

Getting Started
Overview of Files
MineSight Graphical Interface
Running MineSight Programs
Writing Run Files
What to do When a Problem Arises

100-SERIES PROJECT INITIALIZATION

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M100TS - Interactive Creation of Project Control & History Files
M101V1 - Add, Update or List Project Data Table
M102TS - Interactive Creation of MineSight Data File Descriptors
M102V1 - Creation of MineSight Data File Descriptors
M104TS - Interactive List & Edit of the PCF File Table
M105TS - Interactive List of the PCF File Descriptors
M110V1 - Transfer Data Between Permanent Files

Technical Section
Determination of Efficient Data Packing

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120-SERIES GRAPHICS
Introduction Section
120-Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M122V1 - General Purpose Graphics Program
M124TS - Coordinate Conversion of M122 Files
M126MF - View Metafiles
M140V1 - Plot Survey Files

Technical Section
Technical Information - Plotters

200-SERIES DRILLHOLE DATA OPERATIONS

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries
Introduction to Drillhole Data Entry & Manipulation
Steps for Entering Drillhole Data
Suggestions for Drillhole Items

Program Section
CONCSA - Conversion of Collar, Survey, Assay and Geology Data to 201 Format
M201V1 - Load Drillhole Data to MineSight Data Files
M202FS - Interactive Drillhole Data File Editing
M202V1 - Drillhole Data File Editing
M203V1 - List Drillhole Assay File
M203V2 - List Drillhole Assay File and Geologic Boundary Points
M204V1 - List Drillhole/Blasthole Survey File (Standard Format)
M204V2 - List Drillhole Survey File (Special Format)
M205V1 - Addition of Codes to the Assay File
M206V1 - Collar Plot (M122) of Drillhole Survey File
M207V1 - Extract Data from the Drillhole Assay and Survey Files
M208RP - Special Project Calculations (Reverse Polish Notation)
M208V1 - User Interface for Drillhole Data Files
M209V1 - Drillhole Intersection Coordinate Calculations
M210V1 - Coordinate Rotation of Drillhole Collars
M212V1 - Sort Drillhole Survey File
M215V1 - Strip Log Plot (M122) of Drillhole Data
M216SM - Cross-Section Plot with Seam Joining (M122)
M216V1 - Cross-Section Plot (M122) of Drillhole Data
M216V2 - Plan Plot (M122) of Drillhole Data
M217V2 - Assign Seam Dips to Drillhole Data Using VBM Sections
M219V1 - Convert Drillhole into 3-D Coordinates
M234V1 - Extract Drillhole Locations for Polygon Calculations
M236V2 - Generate Drillhole Polygons and Areas
M237V1 - Plot Polygon Outlines (M122)

Technical Section
Setting Up Drillhole Data
Normalized Survey Files
Selection of Data within Boundaries
M208V1 Driver Program
Access to MSTorque Assay/Geology Coverage Data

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300-SERIES GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M300V1 - Interactive Model and Plot of Variograms
M301V1 - Compute Experimental Variograms for Assay Data
M303V1 - Compute Experimental Variograms for Composite Data
M303V2 - Compute Experimental Variograms (up to 50)
M308V1 - Lithology Contact Analysis
M311V1 - Generate H-Scatter Plots

Technical Section
Variograms

400-SERIES CLASSICAL STATISTICS FOR DRILLHOLES & COMPOSITES

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M401V1 - Statistical Analysis of Assay Data
M402V1 - Statistical Analysis of Composite Data
M403V1 - In-situ Statistical Analysis of Assay or Composite Data
M404V1 - Dip/Strike Analysis of Drillhole Data
M411V1 - Correlation Analysis of Assay or Composite Data
M411V2 - Generate Scatter Graph, Histogram and Simple Statistics
M412V1 - Cumulative Distribution Analysis of Assay or Composite Data

Technical Section
StatisticsBasic Concepts

500-SERIES COMPOSITE DATA OPERATIONS

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries
Procedure Summary
Checks to be Performed
Suggestions for Bench Composite Items
Suggestions for Seam Composite Items

Program Section
M500V1 - Load Composites into MineSight Data Files
M501SM - Compute Seam Composites from Drillhole Data
M501V1 - Compute Bench Composites from Drillhole Data
M502V1 - Update Composite Using Batch Run
M503V1 - List Composite Files
M504V1 - Bench Plan (M122) of Composite Data
M505V1 - Addition of Codes to Composite Files
M506V1 - Sort Composite Data File

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M507V1 - Extract Composite Data

M508RP - Special Project Calculations (Reverse Polish Notation)
M508V1 - User Interface for Composite Files
M516V1 - Cross-Section of Composite Data (M122)
M516V2 - Cross-Section of Composite Data (M122, without dh traces)
M517V1 - Load VBM Codes to Assay or Composite Files
M522V1 - Drillhole Spacing Analysis
M523V1 - Decluster Composite Data
M524V1 - Point Validation for Interpolation Techniques
M525TS - Interactive Evaluation of Point Validation

Technical Section
Calculation of Composites
M508V1 Driver Program
Access to MSTorque Composite Set Data

Blasthole Section
M500BHS - Load Blasthole Assay Data into BH File 9
M502BHX - Update Blasthole Assay Data in BH File 9
M503BHS - List or Dump Blasthole Assay Data File
M507BHS - Dump Blasthole File 9 to ASCII Data File

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600-SERIES MINE MODEL OPERATIONS

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries
Mine Model Operations
Program Section
M601V1 - Initialize a Mine Model File
M601V2 - Create a Compressed Format Model File
M602FS - Interactive Mine Model File Editing
M603V1 - List Specified Data Items from the Mine Model File
M606V1 - Plan Map (M122) of Mine Model Data
M607V1 - Contour Plot (M122) of Mine Model Data
M607V4 - Create Contour Data Using Triangulation
M608V1 - Classical Statistical Analysis of Model Data
M609V1 - Cross-Section (M122) of Mine Model Data
M610V1 - Enter Integer Data into a Mine Model File
M610V2 - Enter Real Data into a Mine Model File
M612RP - Special Project Calculations for Mine Model Files
M612SM - Surface Generation
M612V1 - User Interface for Mine Model Files (Benches)
M612V2 - User Interface for Mine Model Files (Section)
M615V1 - Compute Block Codes from Digitized Plan Boundaries
M615V2 - Compute Block Codes from Digitized Section Boundaries
M617V1 - Add Mine Model Codes to Composite Data
M618V1 - Correlation Analysis of Model Data
M619V1 - Cumulative Distribution Analysis of Model Data
M620V1 - Inverse Distance Weighting Interpolation (Std. Version)
M620V2 - Inverse Distance Weighting Interpolation (Octant Version)
M621V1 - Trend Plane Search Interpolation
M624IK - Multiple Indicator Kriging Technique
M624MIK - Multiple Indicator Kriging Technique with the GSLIB routine
M624V1 - Kriging Interpolation Technique
M625V1 - Gradient Interpolation Technique
M630V1 - Load 2-D Surface File (File 13)
M633V1 - Add Topography Percent to the Mine Model
M635V1 - Create a Digital Terrain Model
M636V1 - Calculate Elevations at Grid Point in a D.T.M.
M637V1 - Cross Section Thru a D.T.M.
M639V1 - Generate Block Partials Between Two Surfaces
MSB2PR - Block Values from Sub-block Data
MSCS - Conditional Simulation
MSPCS - Conditional Simulation Post Processing
MSUC - Uniform Conditioning
ELLIPSE2MS - Create a debug ellipsoid
Technical Section
Concept of Geologic Items
Model Rotations
Technical Considerations for Interpolation
Rotation Parameters for Modeling and Variograms
Sub-block Model Data Access
Writing MineSight User Subroutines
Useful COMMON BLOCK Variables

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VBM-SERIES VARIABLE BLOCK MODEL OPERATIONS

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M640V1 - Interpolate Seam Thickness into a VBM File
M649V1 - Load Digitized Data to a VBM File
M650AR - Outline and Average Reserves
M650BH - Interactive Ore Control Graphic Planner
M650DL - Dragline
M650ED - Interactive VBM Editor
M650IP - Interactive Graphics Planner
M650PT - Pit Expansion
M650SV - Survey Editing
M651V1 - Normalize Node Points of VBM Data
M651V2 - Combine/Add VBM Features
M651V4 - Update Line Segments in the VBM
M652V1 - List a VBM Model Index
M653AC - Convert VBM Data to AutoCAD DXF Format
M653V0 - Extract VBM Data
M653V1 - List VBM Data in Report Format
M653V2 - List VBM Data and Utility Functions
M654V0 - Plot VBM Contour Data in Plan or Section (M122)
M654V1 - Plot VBM Point Data in Plan or Section (M122)
M654V2 - Plot VBM Pits Merged with VBM Topo (M122)
M654V3 - Plot VBM Pits Clipped by File 13 Topography (M122)
M654V5 - Plot Clipped VBM Data (M122)
M655V1 - Calculate Plane Intersections from VBM Data
M655V2 - Calculate Section Intersections from VBM Data
M657V1 - Extract Intersections of VBM Data with a Grid
M657V2 - Create Gridded Data from Intersections
M658V1 - Plot Cross-Sections from VBM (M122)
M658V2 - Plot Pit Cross-Sections from VBM (M122)
M658V3 - Extract Features from VBM
M658V4 - Reformat M658V3 Points
M658V5 - Slice Features from Section VBM
M659V1 - Compute Block Partials from VBM Features
M659V2 - Calculate Waste Dump Volumes from VBM Data
M661V1 - Interpolate Intermediate VBM Planes
M662V1 - Truncate Mining Cuts Stored in the VBM
M663V1 - Compute Seam Length for 3-D Blocks from VBM Data
M664V1 - Compute Outcrop Intersections for VBM Data
M665V1 - VBM Cut Generator
M667V1 - Compute Model Codes and/or Partials from VBM Outlines

Technical Section
VBM Data
VBM Orientation
VBM Data Entry

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700-SERIES MINE PLANNING OPERATIONS

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M705V1 - Calculate Block Partials from Pit Outlines
M708V1 - User Interface for Reserve Calculations
M710V1 - Set Up or List the Reserve Summary File Logic
M711V1 - Calculate 3-D Mine Model Reserves
M712V1 - Reserve Summary Report Generation
M717TS - Interactive Initialization of Pit Optimization Model Descriptors
M717V1 - Initialization of Pit Optimization Model Descriptors
M718V1 - Create the Pit Optimization Model from the Block Model
M718V2 - Create the Pit Optimization Model from the Block Model with a User Subroutine
M720V1 - Economic Pit Limits (Constant Pit Wall Slope)
M720V2 - Economic Pit Limits (Complex Pit Slopes)
M720V3 - Economic Pit Limits (Lerchs-Grossman Method)
M720V4 - Economic Pit Limits (Complex Pit Slopes - Lerchs-Grossman)
M721V1 - Plan Plot of Optimized Pits (Printer)
M721V2 - Plan Plot of Optimized Pits (M122)
M721V3 - Section Plot of Optimized Pits (M122)
M722V1 - Printer Maps of Condensed Model Data
M723V1 - Pit Optimization Reserve Calculations
M724V1 - List Condensed Model Values
M727V1 - Summarize Reserves for Intermediate & Final Pit Outlines
M728V1 - Calculate Block Partials from Optimized Pits
M729V1 - Edit Surface Files or Add Mining Restrictions

Technical Section
Pit Optimization
Pit Design

GSM-SERIES GRIDDED SEAM MODEL

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries
Procedure Summary for GSM Routines

Program Section
M706SM - Determine Mining Limits from the GSM
M708SM - GSM Reserve Calculations
M708S0 - Create an Auxiliary Schedule File
M709SM - Reserve Targeting
M709S1 - Plot End of Target Periods
M712SM - GSM Reserve Summary
M713SM - Merge M708SM Reserves Summary Output
M714SM - Report Merged M708SM Reserves Summary Files

Technical Section
Introduction to Stratiform Deposit Tonnage Calculations

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800-SERIES PRODUCTION SCHEDULING

Introduction Section
Series Description
Program Summaries

Program Section
M805V1 - Long Range Scheduling for Open Pit Mines
M806V1 - Long Range Scheduling from Pit Optimization Designs
M806V2 - Long Range Scheduling from Pit Optimization Designs
M819V1 - Extract Assay Slice Files for Outline and Average
M819V2 - Extract Composite Slice Files for Outline and Average
M819V3 - Extract Composite Slice Files for M820V1 (File 9 only)
M829V1 - Extract Plan Slice Files for IGP
M829V2 - Extract EW Section Slice Files for IGP
M831V1 - Plot M830V1 Cuts

Technical Section
Resource Calculation Logic

THE MENU SYSTEM

The Menu System

Procedures
What is a procedure

Overview of Steps

How a Procedure Works

Procedure Names
Default Responses
Types of Variables

How to Build a Procedure

Comments
Labels
Procommands
Calculations
Logical Testing
Panels
Pop-up Windows

Sample Panel
Using Variables with ITM commands
Using Variables with TMP lines
Using Variables with Run File Names

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APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
Glossary/Dictionary of Terms

ERROR MESSAGES
General Pit Optimization Error Messages
General GSM Error Messages
General Subroutine Error Messages
General VBM Error Messages
General Program Termination Error Messages and Warnings

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