Gemcom Software International

Gemcom Focuses on Driving Productivity With Release of Gemcom Surpac 6.1 Mining Software
Geology and Mine Planning Software Addresses Key Industry Challenges

Gemcom Software International Inc. (TSX:GCM), the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced the release and immediate global availability of Gemcom SurpacTM 6.1, the latest version of its award-winning software for orebody evaluation, open pit and underground mine design, mine planning and production.

Gemcom Surpac is the world's most popular geology and mine planning software, delivering efficiency, accuracy, ease-of-use, powerful 3D graphics, workflow automation and multilingual support. Gemcom Surpac 6.1 offers a range of new features designed to make users more productive than ever before, including:

- An updated, geostatistics module with enhanced usability that is shared with Gemcom GEMSTM 6.2 and Gemcom MinexTM 5.3, delivering better visualisation and improved functionality;

- Enhanced graphics and a new, more "CAD-like" drafting mode that provides users with greater design flexibility; and

- Improved integration with other systems including Gemcom WhittleTM and Gemcom GEMS as well as third-party products such as acQuire.

"The new Whittle interface inside Surpac provides considerable time savings, in particular importing pit design and pit lists back into Whittle, which is an important function for checking mine schedules and design assumptions," said Michael Sebbag, manager of strategic planning for Barrick Gold Corporation. "This process used to take several hours of manipulation in the past and with the new interface it has streamlined the task to several minutes."

"To keep pace with rising costs and the growing skills shortage it's becoming critical for the mining industry to seek out and adopt productivity enhancing solutions," said Rob Ferguson, Gemcom's product line manager, general mine planning. "Surpac 6.1 offers improved usability, facilitating shorter times to proficiency for new staff, as well as multilingual capabilities that in the face of global consolidation allow companies to utilise a common software platform across international operations."

Gemcom today also announced new versions of four other products: Gemcom MineSchedTM 6.0, Gemcom GEMS 6.2, Gemcom Whittle 4.2, and Gemcom Minex 5.3. Detailed information on each of these products announced today by Gemcom is available on the Company's website www.gemcomsoftware.com/news. For product demonstrations, visit Gemcom's booth at MINExpo, being held September 22-24, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

For more information on Surpac 6.1, please visit www.gemcomsoftware.com/surpac61kit.

About Gemcom

When mining companies seek to increase mine productivity, they turn to Gemcom for technology and services. The Company is home to world-renowned mining solutions like GEMS, Surpac, Minex, Whittle, and InSite and to industry thought-leaders who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible in mining. Established in 1985, Gemcom has a global reach delivering comprehensive solutions in all major mining centres in more than 90 countries. Every major mining company, including BHP Billiton, Codelco, De Beers, Newmont and Vale is a Gemcom client. Through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, the Company has become the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions. For more information, visit www.gemcomsoftware.com.

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