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The fundamental reason why your geological models may be completely wrong

Has Leapfrog Answered this Critic with the Latest Geo Release?

If Richard Feynman was a Geologist…

Has digital field mapping finally arrived?

Is ‘Vectoring’ to Mineralisation a Claytons Jargon?

Why I Give Geological Cross-Sections the Cold Shoulder

A recipe for shrinking a mineral resource by 90%

A recipe for paradigm shifts: Lessons learned from conceptualising Leapfrog Software

Boundary Analysis in Micromine

Five things about Leapfrog Geo that mean I will continue to use Leapfrog Mining

The devolution of the Leapfrog drawing tool – a lesson in designing disruptive technology: Part 2

The devolution of the Leapfrog drawing tool – a lesson in designing disruptive technology: Part 1

What is Implicit Modelling? Part 1

MineSight Implicit Modeller was the first Leapfrog competitor but does it stack up?

State of the art (or science?) in resource and reserve estimation

Maptek’s Vulcan Implicit Modeller, the new kid on the block

The missing link in exploration – Rapid 3D geological modelling

Creating a grade-thickness long section in Leapfrog

Ezy-Ori – The latest offering in mechanical core orientation

There is a new frog in the pond – Micromine Implicit Modeller

The System

Creating a wireframe from a set of points ‒ Part 2

Creating a wireframe from a set of points ‒ Part 1

A long winter ahead…

Basic grade interpolation in Leapfrog

Six reasons why Micromine’s new implicit modelling software could triumph over Leapfrog

Selecting a subset of drillholes in Leapfrog

Fractured knowledge

Public disclosure – Is it too much or too little?

Why discussing public drill hole data can only be done in private

Strain? What strain??!

Rest In Peace Topographic Contours – Part 3

Rest In Peace Topographic Contours – Part 2

1001 reasons why Leapfrog Mining is still better than Leapfrog Geo

The myth of sectional geological modelling: Part 2

The myth of sectional geological modelling: Part 1

Equipment check

Structure at the expense of geology

Rest In Peace Topographic Contours

Structural geology in the mine and the field – sometimes we need a hand

Season’s Greetings from Orefind

What is a Fault?

Geological shortfalls – there are ways to provide a soft landing

Boundary Analysis in Leapfrog

Will Gemcom produce a Leaped Frog out of Leapfrog?

Drill core orientation – An Inconvenient Truth (Part 3 of 3)

Drill core orientation – An Inconvenient Truth (Part 2 of 3)

The Watch Riddle – Discussion

The Watch Riddle

Drill core orientation – An Inconvenient Truth (Part 1 of 3)

Is sectional digitisation in geological modelling still considered “industry best practice”?

Structural Geology and Resources 2012 Symposium

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