Surpac supports both open pit and underground operations and exploration projects.

This edition, Surpac 6.5, integrates with two new Geovia products, DraftSight Pro Pack and Geovia Hub 1.7.

DraftSight Pro Pack provides geologists, mining engineers and surveyors access to a 2D computer-aided design product to extend their plotting capabilities, industry to help increase productivity and reduce costs.

Geovia said DraftSight provided a faster and more effective way to create, edit and view plots, including support for the widely used DWG file format.

By providing seamless interoperability with Surpac, it eliminates the cumbersome import and export processes associated with other well-known CAD products and geology and mine planning software.

The Geovia Hub integration module allows Surpac users to exchange planning, production or exploration data onsite or with other locations around the world.

Hub centralises and secures data, enabling it to be easily shared, synchronised and published from within the Surpac user interface, Geovia says.

Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation chief geologist Albert Quaye said the best feature of the Hub was the ability to lock files so you could safely and confidently work on your data.

“The integration provides clarity about what information is currently in use, what information is the ‘right’ information to work with, without unnecessary communications to verify the data,” Quaye said.

“The file icons clearly indicate the current status of files, what actions you need to take and give immediate feedback once you've made changes to your data.”

Geovia was formerly known as Gemcom Software prior to its 2012 acquisition by Dassault Systèmes. The deal was made official last April.