Mark Tang

Consultant - Vancouver

Mark is a professional mining engineer with over a decade of operational and consulting experience for open pit and underground mines.

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Case Study: Use of Machine Learning Techniques for Geotechnical Classification of Exploration Core Photographs (In Person)

Event - Toronto, Canada

This discussion summarizes a machine learning (ML) workflow developed by SRK for use in geotechnical photologging of exploration core photographs. This methodology involves the qualitative description of rock mass character along the length of each drill run with a range from; disintegrated core (ex. faults, overburden) to stick rock. This workflow has been used at a Copper-Gold porphyry mine in Central Asia, where 44,500 m of exploration drill core photos were automatically characterized ...

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The Power of Spectral Remote Sensing

Chris Barrett

Publication

Spectral remote sensing involves the collection, processing, and interpretation of electromagnetic energy that is reflected or emitted from features on the Earth’s surface.

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Backfilled Pits - Optimising Leach Datasets for Closure Planning

Alex Watson, Claire Linklater, John Chapman

Publication - Presentation, SRK News Article

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, management of waste rock includes backfilling of mined out pits.

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Andes Iron's Dominga Norte and Sur Project

Eduardo Bastías

Publication - SRK News Article

From December 2011 to July 2013, SRK carried out a prefeasibility engineering study for Andes Iron’s Dominga Norte and Sur project.

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Poor Gold Reconciliation: Acknowledge The Nature Of The Ore

Vic Hills

Publication - SRK News Article

Gold reconciliation audits are often motivated by the following question...

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Using Ecological Risk Assessment To Establish Closure Criteria

Mark Willow

Publication - SRK News Article

Does an open pit lake represent a toxic threat to wildlife after closure?

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Land Rehabilitation Requirements and Practices in Russia

Ekaterina Vershinina - June 2012

Publication - SRK News Article

Russian legislative requirements on closure and rehabilitation are contained in federal laws and related regulations, under titles law “About subsoil”, Land Code, law “About environmental protection”, “Instruction about the work order on liquidation.

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Structural Controls On Kimberlite Geometry And Emplacement

Jarek Jakubec, Chris Bonson

Publication - SRK News Article

SRK was enlisted by De Beers (Canada) to conduct a structural investigation of its Snap Lake Diamond Project, located in the Canadian Arctic, 220 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife.

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Quantification of the Intact Geological Strength Index for Rock Masses in a Hypogene Environment

Andrea Russo, Esteban Hormazábal

Publication - SRK News Article

The Geological Strength Index (GSI) was introduced as an empirical tool to scale the intact rock properties, from samples to a rock mass scale.

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