MICROMINE, the leading provider of intuitive software solutions for the global exploration and mining industry, is pleased to announce the completion of Stage One of the Pitram Automated Data Collection Project at the Diavik Diamond Mine, an underground diamond mine located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

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