Author: Ron

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Experience

Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) Specialist

Experience

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Pharsalus Tailings Storage Facility and Plant Site

Pharsalus Tailings Storage Facility and Plant Site

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Project Manager for the mine infrastructure plant site and tailings storage facility for the Pharsalus Project Guyana. Site visit and evaluation of borrow area for tailings storage, data review, and development of conceptual design. Direction of design of the containment embankment using insitu materials supplemented with mine waste, evaluation reports, technical review and client liaison.

Toro Gold Limited Mako Gold Project

Toro Gold Limited Mako Gold Project

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Project reviewer for the DFS Tailings Storage Facility designed by others. Gaps in the design identified and recommendations provided for improvements to the design. Independent review of TSF construction.

RoxGold Project

RoxGold Project

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Independent review of TSF construction.

Evolution Mining Lake Cowal

Evolution Mining Lake Cowal

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Project reviewer for the Tailings Storage Facilities designed by others November 2016. Gaps in the design and operations identified and recommendations provided for improvements to the existing design by encapsulating these facilities with mine waste from pit cutbacks to form an integrated waste landform (IWL). The IWL was adopted and constructed in 2019/2020.

BC Iron Mardie Salt Project

BC Iron Mardie Salt Project

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High level advice for the geotechnical aspects of the Prefeasibility Study for the design of the evaporation pond, crystallisers and process plant.

Syama Tailings Storage Facilities

Syama Tailings Storage Facilities

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Project Manager for the Tailings Storage Strategy Study for 4 tailings streams from the Syama Project Mali. Evaluation of options for combined process streams, water recovery tailings handling (thickened and filtered) for the life of mine tailings storage.

Balama Graphite

Balama Graphite

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Project Geotechnical Consultant to Syrah Resources for the bituminous lined Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), plant site foundations and roads. Evaluation of DFS data prepared by others and preparation of recommendations, process water, mine waste and TSF for thickened tailings for the initial 40-year life of project. In mid-2018 consideration of the change to dry stacked tailings commenced.

Ravenswood Project

Ravenswood Project

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Project Geotechnical Consultant to Resolute Mining Limited for their proposed (DSTSF). Evaluation of data and preparation of design concept with recommendations for dry stacking for the 10-year life of project.

Balama Graphite

Balama Graphite

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Project Geotechnical Consultant to Twigg Mining and Exploration Limitada for their proposed conversion from thickened tailings to a Dry Stacked Tailings Storage Facility (DSTSF). Evaluation of data and preparation of the preliminary study leading to the PFS for dry stacking for the remaining 38-year life of project.

Wahgnion Gold Project

Wahgnion Gold Project

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Project reviewer for the FS Tailings Storage Facility designed by others. Gaps in the design identified and recommendations provided for improvements to the design. Independent review of TSF construction.