Tutorials

Get productive in a weekend.

Six structured tracks, ~7 hours end-to-end. Written and video lessons calibrated for practising geologists and mining engineers — not entry-level tech tutorials.

SMIN Fundamentals

The absolute basics — sign up, create a workspace, invite your team.

35 min · 5 lessons
  • 01Create your first workspace5m · Beginner
  • 02Invite team members and set roles6m · Beginner
  • 03Import a Collar / Survey / Assay CSV10m · Beginner
  • 04Take the 3D viewer for a spin8m · Beginner
  • 05Export your first PDF6m · Beginner

Geology & Modelling

Everything from downhole compositing to implicit ore shells with domain codes.

1 hr 20 min · 6 lessons
  • 01Downhole compositing rules12m · Intermediate
  • 02Lithology and domain coding14m · Intermediate
  • 03Implicit RBF surface builds18m · Intermediate
  • 04Fault networks and truncation16m · Intermediate
  • 05Volumetric reporting per domain12m · Intermediate
  • 06Deep-dive: field statistics → iso value calibration8m · Intermediate

Resource Estimation

IDW, Ordinary Kriging, variography and confidence classification.

1 hr 45 min · 7 lessons
  • 01Experimental variograms in SMIN15m · Advanced
  • 02Model fitting: nugget, sills, ranges20m · Advanced
  • 03Choosing search neighbourhoods18m · Advanced
  • 04IDW vs OK — when to use each12m · Advanced
  • 05Cross-validation and QKNA panels15m · Advanced
  • 06Classification by slope-of-regression15m · Advanced
  • 07Bulk density assignment strategies10m · Advanced

Pit Optimisation & Scheduling

Lerchs–Grossmann, pushbacks, bench design, NPV optimisation.

2 hr · 7 lessons
  • 01Lerchs–Grossmann max-flow, plain-English15m · Advanced
  • 02Slope zones and revenue factors18m · Advanced
  • 03Sensitivity sweeps across revenue factor12m · Advanced
  • 04Designing nested pushbacks20m · Advanced
  • 05Bench-and-ramp geometry15m · Advanced
  • 06Multi-period scheduling with NPV22m · Advanced
  • 07Building a tornado sensitivity chart18m · Advanced

Reporting & Compliance

JORC 2012 / NI 43-101 / CRIRSCO / SAMREC-compliant reporting workflows.

55 min · 5 lessons
  • 01Report templates and where to edit them10m · Intermediate
  • 02One-click DOCX / PDF / XLSX / PPTX12m · Intermediate
  • 03Competent Person sign-off flow12m · Intermediate
  • 04Data-appendix generation10m · Intermediate
  • 05Custom-branded cover pages11m · Intermediate

Admin & Security

Multi-tenant setup, SSO, audit logs, branding and on-prem options.

40 min · 4 lessons
  • 01Company super-admin walkthrough8m · Intermediate
  • 02Role-based access control10m · Intermediate
  • 03SSO / SAML setup12m · Advanced
  • 04Audit trail and export10m · Advanced

Prefer live training?

We run monthly cohort-based workshops for teams. 4-hour hands-on session led by a resource geologist.

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