Datamine International was founded in 1981 by Peter Stokes and
Stephen Henley to develop and market an integrated system of geological
and mining software. The initial version was released in 1983, largely
based on the British Geological Survey G-EXEC geological data handling
system. It was written in Fortram 77 and used an early relational
database framework. It was designed to operate within the constraints of
microcomputers running the CP/M operating system, and Fortran
development language. It was considered to be a product well ahead of
its time.
Early development of an industry leading block modelling tool by
Steve Henley strengthened the Datamine product and company position as a
leader in resource modelling and mine planning technology.
By 1993 the company had grown to 30 staff worldwide. Its success was
recognised by Queen’s Awards for Export in 1989 and Technological
Achievement in 1990. It forged commercial relationships with several
major mining groups as preferred supplier on both a cost and technical
basis.
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