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Cigar Lake Uranium Mine

Tim Coleman, Matthew Clark - April 2017

Publication - SRK News Article

The SRK Vancouver Rock Mechanics team has been working at Cameco’s underground Cigar Lake Uranium Mine providing advanced multidisciplinary geotechnical modelling since the summer of 2015.

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Evolution of the Stratification of a Northern Pit Lake

 Event - Vienna, Austria

This presentation analyzes the 18-year evolution of a pit lake located in Northern Canada and emphasizes the increasing challenges of treating pit water due to rising salinity and acidification, prompting consideration of restoring its original meromictic state.

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Mont-Wright and Fire Lake

Mine Design and Reserve Update

Project - Fermont, Quebec, Canada

SRK completed two major projects on ArcelorMittal’s biggest iron ore operation.

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Control of Pit-Lake Water Chemistry by Secondary Minerals, Summer Camp Pit, Getchell Mine, Nevada

Rob Bowell, Jeff Parshley - June 2004

Publication - Published Paper

Over the last two decades, significant improvements in mining and metallurgical operations have led to the development of extensive open pits as a method to extract low-grade ores, particularly for gold and copper in the western United States and South America.

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Determination of Groundwater-Pit Lake Interactions, Liberty Pit, Tonopah, Nevada, USA

Rob Bowell, Riona Kruger, Brooke Miller Clarkson, Jeff Parshley, B Anderson, N Chutas, A Carpenter - February 2025

Publication - Published Paper

This paper presents a case study of an open pit acting as a terminal sink in a net evaporative environment. The Liberty Pit, located on the Tonopah project in Nye County, Nevada, hosts a small permanent body of water.

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Is Your Pit Lake A Post-Closure Liability?

Mark Willow - April 2019

Publication - SRK News Article

Except in some extremely arid environments or at higher elevations, open pit mining tends to result in the development of semi-permanent or permanent water bodies post closure, when dewatering has ceased and pre-mining water tables have recovered.

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Mine Closure: It’s All About the Water

James Lake - July 2022

Publication - Article

One thing all mines have in common is that, at some point, every single one of them will have to shut down. Water is a particularly important element of mine closure, and mistakes in its management can have devastating consequences.

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Pit Lake Water Quality Modelling at Century Mine

Claire Linklater, Alex Watson, Alison Hendry, John Chapman, J Crosbie, P Defferrard - November 2017

Publication - Published Paper

The Century open cut zinc mine at Lawn Hill undertook closure planning for the site which was initiated by Zinifex, developed further by MMG, and is continuing under new ownership.

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Terrafame Pit Water Management Study

Pit Water Management Study for the Terrafame Mine

Project - Finland

The SRK UK water team undertook a water management study of the Kuusilampi pit at the Terrafame Mine, Finland to predict inflows to the pit and pore pressure development in the pit walls as the mine expands and to gauge the impact these elements will have on future mine operation and pit slope stability.

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10 Things You Should Know About Mine Planning for Open Pit Stratified Deposits

Filip Orzechowski - April 2017

Publication - Presentation

Open pit strip mining requires a lot of mine planning effort to provide quality product at lowest cost possible.

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