Project Geotechnical Consultant to Evolution Energy Minerals Limited for their proposed Co-Mingled Tailings and Mine Waste. Evaluation of FS data prepared by others and preparation of recommendations on stacking for the project.
Australia
Experience
Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) Specialist
Experience
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Commodity: Gold
Nobles Nob Gold Project (Tennant Creek, Northern Territory)
Project Geotechnical Consultant to Wave International and Tennant Mining for their proposed Dry Stacked Tailings Storage Facility (DSTSF) for the Nobles Nob Gold Project. Geotechnical tailings testing and evaluation, followed by preparation of a preliminary stability analysis and preparation of recommendations on dry stacking of tailings.
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Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Gold
Mungari Project, Western Australia
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Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Copper
CSA Cobar, New South Wales
Country:
Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Copper
Mt Chalmers Project (Rockhampton., Queensland)
Project Geotechnical Consultant for the Prefeasibility Study for a valley-style TSF. Geotechnical tailings testing, to optimise the TSF from project start-up to closure.
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Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Graphite
Siviour Graphite Project
Project Geotechnical Consultant to Wave International for the DFS for the 0.85 to 1.625 Mt Graphite Project. Evaluation of data and input to the DFS for 20-year life of project.
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Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Mineral Sands
Kalbar Fingerboards Project, Victoria
Geotechnical advice, reviews and conceptual designs for above ground and mined pit tailings storage facilities for the following projects in Australia. Mineral sands typically split the sand and slimes (slit and clay) fraction during the processing, with the fines fraction potentially having a very low settled insitu dry density and high insitu moisture content, which can inhibit closure.
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Australia
Climatic:
Temperate
Commodity: Mineral Sands
Cyclone Mineral Sands Project – Rawlinna, WA
Tailings from the processing comprise two streams that were to be mixed in the tailings hopper before being pumped to the discharge point. The sand stream, with a maximum particle size of 1 mm, comprises the majority of tailings. Initial deposition was a standalone stack with the discharge point extending longitudinally along the crest of the stack. After development of mine voids, the tailings stream was diverted into the sterile mine voids.
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Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Mineral Sands
Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project – Dampier Peninsula, WA
Third party review of the proposed surface tailings storage facility and in-pit tailings deposition. Initial deposition was a standalone stack with the discharge point extending longitudinally along the crest of the stack. After development of mine voids, the tailings stream was diverted into the sterile mine voids.
Country:
Australia
Climatic:
Semi Arid
Commodity: Mineral Sands
Avonbank Mineral Sands Project – Horsham, Victoria
Review of the proposed in-pit tailings storage system. This review resulted in additional testwork which not only confirmed that the proposed flocculated tailings facility was stable and could be rehabilitated relatively quickly with the site being returned to agricultural use, but also resulted in the pit walls for mining being steepened to recover more ore. This project is yet to be completed.