Promine Inc. is a company which produces a self-titled software used for mining engineering and geological work. Promine functions as an extension of

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software, providing additional functionality specifically oriented for work in the

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industry. Promine uses the native

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aspect of CAD software to enable users to produce functional models of working, planned or past mines. Though focused on development of underground mines, Promine also supports above ground (

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) mining as well as strictly geological work.

History

Promine was founded as Yvan Dionne Inc, by the company's founder and President Yvan Dionne over twenty years ago in

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. The incorporation was warranted due to the large number of functions he had developed on contract which together made a de facto software suite. After deciding on the company name, Promine, the company was reincorporated as Promine Inc. The company today stands at approximately 10 employees and has two separate branches, the

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office specializing in Marketing, sales and business development and the

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office specializing in software development.

Areas of operation

Promine is available in

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, French and

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, natively. The evolution of supported languages has followed the evolution of the company's client base. Promine was founded in

, where the official language is French, and so too was the first language of the software. As clients from other Canadian provinces got the software, the need for an English version was satisfied. Finally, after much expansion into

and the

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the company began to make inroads into

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

, eventually providing full Spanish translations. The company has clients in French-speaking Africa and several consultants in Europe use the software as well.

References

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