Tierra Group proporcionó una revisión por terceros del diseño de depósito de relaves y una revisión de las actividades de construcción de las etapas 1 y 2 al proyecto Hermosa en Patagonia, Arizona.
Sweetwater Mine Permitting Tierra Group’s Team began work at the Sweetwater mine in 1993 assisting permitting and developing tailings impoundment management strategies for the mine. We successfully designed and installed an innovative internal seal for repair of the mine’s damaged…
Tierra Group completed a geotechnical investigation, which included overseeing hollow stem auger (HSA) drilling and laboratory testing, that characterized the existing earthen dam. Tierra Group completed a low-level outlet structure design that was believed to have been compromised by internal…
Tierra Group performed a technical peer review of the Isabella Pearl heap leach facility (HLF) owned by Gold Resource Corporation. Isabella Pearl mine is located at the west end of the Santa Fe mining district in the Walker Lane gold…
East Boulder Tailings Independent Review Panel (2018-present) Tierra Group reviewed a TSF design to support an NI 43-101 compliant Feasibility Study. The TSF design incorporated a paste tailings disposal method in an environmentally sensitive fisheries habitat. Tierra Group sits on the Independent…
Tierra Group supported proposed Rapid Infiltration Basins Geotechnical Investigation at Au-reka Gold Corporation’s Cove Project in Nevada. Investigation included borehole drilling, test pits, infiltration testing and permeability testing.
Midas Gold’s project is located in the remote central Idaho Rockies near the town of Yellow Pine. It is a brownfields gold-antimony project featuring three open pits and an anticipated 22,000 tpd plant throughput, along with challenging terrain and environmental…
Tierra Group provided engineering and permitting support to Douglas County Public Works Engineering for NPDES Phase II Program compliance. Tierra Group’s scope of work included developing Runoff Control Plans (RCPs) for new County facilities, updating RCPs at existing County facilities,…
Tierra Group advanced the TSF design to a Feasibility Level according to the Canadian National Instrument NI 43-101 and the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s Subpart SK-1300 regulation. Tierra Group’s scope of work included a geotechnical investigation, engineering analysis, and TSF…
The Midas Mine is located in northern Nevada, and is owned and operated by Hecla Mining Company. The mine is an underground mine with an operating mill. The mine’s existing tailings facilities are nearing their end of operating life and…
Tierra Group is assisting Millcreek Mining and Black Mountain Sand with the preparation of permitting documents for the Lost Creek Project; including a preliminary Stormwater Management Plan, preliminary Groundwater Monitoring Plan, and general permitting exhibits. Tierra Group conducted a site geotechnical…
Tierra Group developed a water balance model to track flows into a backfilled pit at the closed Big Ledge Mine Barite Operation near Wells, Nevada. The Model was used to determine pipeline sizing to a remote treatment pond that is…
Tierra Group assisted with developing tailings disposal alternatives.
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