Esri Mining User Group

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1 Esri Mining User Group UC July 7, 2013 San Diego, CA, USA Housekeeping Thanks to: Esri, Spatial Dimension, Geosoft, SRK Special Thanks to: Willy Lynch, Geoff Wade Safety briefing Ground rules Cell phones to silent or vibrate Respect others No interrupting No side conversations 1

2 Agenda 2:00 2:15 MUG Intro Iain Allen, Barrick 2:15 2:30 MUG Communication Willy Lynch, Esri 2:30 2:45 User Talk Z Editing Toolbar IDEA David Triggs, Minara Resources 2:45 3:00 User Talk The GIS Project at Rio Tinto Exploration Marcelo Braghin, Rio Tinto 3:00 3:15 User Talk Streamlining geologic map production and archiving with NCGMP Tools JanelDay, AGS 3:15 3:30 Sponsor Talk Spatial Dimension What s new in FlexiCadastre 3:30 3:45 Break 3:45 4:00 User Talk Barrick and ArcGIS Online, Iain Allen, Barrick 4:00 4:15 Sponsor Talk Geosoft What's new with the Geosoft extensions to ArcGIS 4:15 4:30 Year Two review and discussion of Year 3: What s next for the MUG? Iain Allen, Barrick 4:30 5:00 MUG List and discussion, chaired by Marcelo Braghin, Rio Tinto 5:00 7:00 Joe s Crab Shack What is the MUG? Launched at the Esri User Conference in San Diego in July, 2011; Officially recognized and supported by Esri; Modeled after the Esri PUG; A unified voice for the industry to Esri and Business Partners; Keeper of the Esri MUG List A collaboration forum; 2

3 Who Are We? All aspects of the mining industry: Grass Roots Exploration Feasibility Production Closure Reclamation All mined commodities: Precious metals / Base metals Coal / Iron Ore Rare Earths Sand and gravel Oil sands Who Are We? Mining and Exploration companies, large and small Consultants and contractors Esri Business Partners and Distributors Academic institutions Government agencies 3

4 Membership A volunteer organization Unfunded membership is free Sponsorship pays the bills Open to all Industry, Esri, Business Partners, Government, Academia A Steering Committee provides overall direction and guidance The Steering Committee Officers serve a 2 year term Elected by electronic ballet, results announced at the Esri UC First election Q3, 2013 Officers: Chair (Iain Allen) Past Chair (outgoing Chair, to ensure continuity) Regional representatives Members at large Details in the Charter 4

5 The Steering Committee Iain Allen Barrick Gold (North America) Rupa Mukherjee Teck (North America) Marcelo Braghin Rio (North America) Chris Franks Freeport (North America) Mike Barker Newmont (North America) Pieter Mostert AngloAmerican (South Africa) Karl Warschau Consultant (Australia) Willy Lynch, Geoff Wade Esri Regional Liaisons/Meetings Target members by region/city where annual geology related events occur Organize local meetings Responsible for content and promotion Local Esri distributor and meeting sponsor organize venue, pay the bills and help with promotion 5

6 Recent and Planned Meetings 2012 Vancouver, Capetown, Johannesburg, Toronto (2), San Diego, Anchorage and Denver 2013 January Vancouver (RoundUp) February Cape Town (Indaba) March Toronto (PDAC) March Perth (Spatial Dimension) July San Diego (Esri UC) Where Else to Meet? We are weak everywhere except North America and South Africa Australia has a series of Esri/Geosoft sponsored Resource User Group Symposiums (RUGS) Other African locations? Latin America Lima Peru around time of Esri Latin American User Conference (Oct 13) Suggestions & Venue Volunteers Welcome! 6

7 Esri Mining User Group (MUG) 7