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SRK's 45th Anniversary

1974 - 2019
SRK Global

Over 45 years, we’ve grown into an independent, international consultancy with 45 offices, 1,400 staff, and more than 20,000 earth and water resource projects under our belt.

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Africa: Mandena Mineral Sands Mine, Madagascar
SRK Pietermaritzburg

SRK initiated an investigation to evaluate the geotechnical properties of the orebody sands, aimed at defining the distribution and geotechnical properties of cemented strata within the orebody, to generate a site-specific geotechnical model for the deposit

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Africa: Chris Hani District Municipality
SRK East London

This Municipality in the Eastern Cape has a Water Service Authority responsible for the provision of water and sanitation services.

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Africa: International Airport
SRK Cape Town

Cape Town International airport, one of three international airports in South Africa, currently comprises two active runways.

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Africa: Marula Tailings Dam 2
SRK Johannesburg

Marula Platinum Mine is in the process of constructing a new tailings dam abutting their existing tailings dam.

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Africa: Kipushi Mine
SRK Johannesburg

Kipushi is a past-producing, high-grade underground zinc–copper mine located in the Central African Copperbelt.

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Africa: Environmental Compliance
SRK Johannesburg

South Africa has a comprehensive governance framework informing environmental management compliance in the mining sector.

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Africa: Platreef 4 Mtpa Feasibility Study
SRK Johannesburg

In 2015, Ivanplats (Pty) Ltd investigated the feasibility to develop a new 4 Mtpa underground PGM mine known as the Platreef project, located on the Northern Limb of South Africa’s Bushveld Complex

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Africa: Kakula Mine
SRK Johannesburg

The Kamoa-Kakula Copper project has been independently ranked as the world’s largest, undeveloped, high-grade copper discovery and comprises a near-surface, relatively flat-lying copper deposit located within the Central African Copperbelt

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Africa: Stakeholder Mapping
SRK Johannesburg

A mine’s ability to maintain good stakeholder relations has become essential in managing community expectations and proactively addressing legacy issues.

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Africa: Bisha Mine
SRK Vancouver

Bisha is a polymetal operating mine in Eritrea, in the Horn of Africa. SRK’s team participated in multiple projects and provided operational assistance to this mine from 2014 to 2019.

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Africa: National Resettlement Framework
SRK Johannesburg

The expansion of projects in Guinea is encroaching on communities, necessitating resettlement.

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Africa: Hydropower Plant
SRK Pretoria

In 2016, SRK was appointed to act as the Environmental, Health and Safety Manager for a 9 megawatt hydropower plant.

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Africa: South African Power Pool (SAPP)
SRK Johannesburg

SAPP coordinates power utilities to support development and identify priority power projects.

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Africa: Sasol South Africa Limited
SRK Pretoria

Sasol appointed SRK as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) to facilitate the environmental authorisation processes associated with the construction and operation of the Sasol Secunda Fine Ash Dam (FAD) 6 project.

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Africa: Solar Energy Development
SRK Johannesburg

In the last decade, the South African government recognised that a stable electrical grid would require sustainable energy generation and made the decision to promote the renewable energy sector.

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Africa: Maputo Harbour
SRK Johannesburg

An engineering geological study of the entire seafront of the Maputo harbour, in Mozambique was conducted between 2013 and 2014.

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Africa: Mbombela: Development Of A Climate Change Response Policy, Strategy And Implementation Plan
SRK Johannesburg

In response to the pressures and threats of climate change, it is essential that all levels of government, nationally and globally, develop a policy, strategy and implementation plan.

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Africa: Strategic Planning
SRK Johannesburg

In Uganda, economic growth has had a negative impact on the environment, to the extent that environmental degradation has resulted in a decline in economic growth.

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Africa: Panda Hill Feasibility Study
SRK Australia

SRK was retained by Cradle Resources to undertake the mining and geotechnical components of the pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for the Panda Hill Niobium project in south west Tanzania.

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Africa: Koumbia Mineral Resource
SRK Australia

SRK prepared Mineral Resource estimates and models for 11 bauxite deposits in Alliance Mining Commodities’ Koumbia Mining Concession area in Guinea to support a definitive feasibility study.

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Africa: Genmin Exploration Support
SRK Australia

Since 2014, SRK has supported Genmin’s exploration of iron ore properties in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.

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Africa: Tasiast Coarse Beneficiation
SRK Vancouver

SRK has been working with mining companies to assess the potential to upgrade or pre-concentrate feed ahead of the process plant.

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Africa: Port Loko Bauxite
SRK Cardiff

SRK has provided technical assistance to SierraMin Bauxite Holdings Ltd for their Port Loko bauxite project in Sierra Leone since 2008.

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Africa: Meya Mine, Sierra Leone
SRK Vancouver

SRK has been involved in the project since 2016, assisting in geology development and bulk sampling.

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Africa: Letšeng, Lesotho
SRK Vancouver

The Letšeng Diamond Mine is the lowest grade primary diamond deposit presently being mined globally and it contains some of the world’s largest and highest value diamonds.

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Africa: Rwanda Mines
SRK Cardiff

SRK was contracted by the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) to carry out exploration and evaluation of seven selected targets across Rwanda for multiple commodities.

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Africa: Lucara’s Karowe Diamond Mine
SRK Vancouver

Lucara is a leading independent producer of large, exceptional quality Type IIa diamonds from its 100% owned Karowe mine in Botswana, the only diamond mine in recorded history to have produced two +1000 carat diamonds.

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Asia: Drone Photogrammetry
SRK Kolkata

In 2019, SRK was retained by a limestone mining company in India to review the mine geotechnics, assess opportunities for slope steepening and to develop a slope management programme.

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Asia: Fuli Peridot Industry Co. Ltd.
SRK China

In 2017, SRK was retained by Fuli Peridot Industry Co. Ltd. to provide technical services on its Yiqisong peridot project in Yanbian, Jilin province, China, contains more than one billion carats of gem quality peridot, occurring in peridot sand inclusions in basalt.

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Asia: Red Bull Copper Project
SRK China

In 2015, SRK was commissioned by Goldstone Investment Co. Ltd. to review a copper project in Shangri-la, Yunnan province, China as a potential investment.

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Asia: Grand T G Gold Holdings
SRK China

In 2016, SRK was commissioned by Grand T G Gold Holdings Ltd. to provide an independent technical review on the Haochayu-Ganxiewa-Xipo Gold mine.

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Asia: Oman Mining Strategy
SRK Cardiff

In 2017, SRK was appointed by the Public Authority for Mining as lead consultant of a consortium with Wood Mackenzie Limited and Mayer Brown LLP to deliver a multi-disciplinary review of the Oman mining sector and develop a strategy to support the sector’s development over the next decade, laying the foundation for its long-term sustainable growth.

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Asia: Ciemas Gold Project
SRK China

From September 2017 to October 2018, SRK led a feasibility study and collaborated with China Nerin Engineering Co. Ltd. on the Indonesian Ciemas Gold Project owned by P.T. Wilton Wahana Indonesia, a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

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Asia: Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
SRK Cardiff

SRK has provided consulting assistance to Hindustan Zinc Limited for their multiple operating mines and projects located in India since 2005.

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Asia: Bunda Kandung
SRK China

In 2017, Agritrade, a Singapore-based company, appointed SRK to conduct a gap analysis for the Bunda Kandung open pit coal project, located in the jungle areas of Central Kalimantan.

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Asia: Sepon Closure Planning
SRK Australia

SRK assisted with the development of pre-feasibility level closure plans for Sepon, a large open-pit copper mine in central southern Laos.

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Asia: Caculo Cabaça Hydropower
SRK China

In June 2016, SRK was appointed to conduct pre-financial close due diligence and a series of regular independent compliance reviews, and thereafter every six months to assess project performance against Equator Principles (EPs) during the construction phases.

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Asia: Bukit Besi SGX Listing
SRK Australia

SRK completed a Qualified Person’s Report and Independent Valuation of the Bukit Besi iron project in Malaysia.

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Australasia: Mount Isa Closure Designs
SRK Australia

SRK developed final landform designs for all Mount Isa Mines’ major landforms, including tailings storage facilities, waste rock dumps, major residual stockpiles and infrastructure areas in accordance with the closure goals and availability of rehabilitation materials and water management.

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Australasia: Freida River Integrated Storage
SRK Australia

SRK undertook a multi-disciplinary design of an integrated hydroelectric power, mine waste rock and tailings storage facility.

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Australasia: Century Zinc Water Quality Studies
SRK Australia

SRK completed a series of technical studies to support closure planning at the Century Zinc mine, a large open cut zinc, lead and silver mine located in North West Queensland.

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Australasia: Woodlawn U/G Mining Study
SRK Australia

SRK completed the underground mining engineering components of a Feasibility Study for Heron Resources’ Woodlawn Project.

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Australasia: Burnakura
SRK Australia

SRK prepared an Independent Technical Report in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 and an update of the Mineral Resources for Monument Mining’s Burnakura project in Western Australia.

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Australasia: Capricorn Copper
SRK Australia

SRK provided Capricorn Copper with independent reviews of the development and reporting of resource estimates under guidelines for best practice and the JORC Code for orebodies at its Capricorn Copper Mine in North Queensland.

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Australasia: Structural Modelling
SRK Australia

SRK was first engaged in 1999 to review an underground coal mine’s structural interpretation, following a series of complex unexpected faulting which had a serious impact on panel development.

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Australasia: Croydon
SRK Australia

SRK prepared an Independent Specialist’s Report, consisting of a technical assessment and valuation of Crater Gold Mining’s base metal, graphite and gold exploration assets comprising the Croydon Project in Queensland, Australia.

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Europe: Cukaru Peki, Serbia
SRK Vancouver

SRK was engaged to undertake studies on the Cukaru Peki upper zone.

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Europe: Woodsmith Mine
SRK Cardiff

SRK has worked with Sirius Minerals on its polyhalite project in North Yorkshire, UK since 2010.

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Europe: Underground Mine, Kazakhstan
SRK Cardiff

Marula Platinum Mine is in the process of constructing a new tailings dam abutting their existing tailings dam.

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Europe: Almalyk
SRK Cardiff

SRK undertook a maiden JORC compliant MRE and PFS for the Almalyk mining and metallurgical complex in Uzbekistan.

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Europe: Norilsk
SRK Moscow

Norilsk’s Oktyabrskoe and Talnakh deposits are the largest Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in the world.

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Europe: DNK Mine Phase 2
SRK Cardiff

Since 2011 SRK has been involved with the DNK mine which exploits a world class chromite deposit located in north-west Kazakhstan, operated by the European Resource Group. In 2014, SRK undertook a technical study on implementing the inclined caving method.

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Europe: Gold Mines Of Wales
SRK Cardiff

SRK completed geochemical soil sampling on behalf of Alba Mineral Resources plc (Alba) in the historic Clogau-St David’s gold mine located near Dolgellau in North Wales, UK.

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Europe: Blagodatnoye Gold Mine
SRK Moscow

The Blagodatnoye gold mine is a large operation in central Russia operated by Polyus Gold.

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Europe: Sakatti Project
SRK Cardiff

Significant technological design challenges have been overcome to advance this world-class polymetallic VMS project in an area of protected biodiversity in Finland.

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Europe: Gypsum Mine
SRK Cardiff

Gyproc in Ireland, part of the French company Saint-Gobain, extract gypsum from shallow underground room and pillar mines and an open cut located in County Monaghan, Ireland. SRK have been involved in providing underground geotechnical services at the mine since 1998.

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Europe: Curraghinalt Mine
SRK Cardiff

The Curraghinalt mine will be the first underground mine permitted in many years in Northern Ireland.

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Europe: SUEK
SRK Cardiff

SRK has, in 2019, once more undertaken Coal Resource and Reserve audits on behalf of SUEK in Russia.

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Europe: Bystrinskoye
SRK Cardiff

From 2006 to 2008, in cooperation with Russian design institutes in St Petersburg, SRK prepared a Metallurgical/Processing Technical Study for the 10 Mtpa Bystrinskoye copper concentrator in Siberia.

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Europe: Kazatomprom
SRK Cardiff

On November 13, 2018, Kazatomprom made its stock market debut in London and Astana with an implied valuation of US$3bn on initial trading.

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Europe: Norge Mining
SRK Cardiff

Norway’s Bjerkreim-Sokndal layered intrusion is the largest in Europe at 230 km2 and hosts important Ti-P-V deposits. It is covered by Norge Mining PLC’s exploration licences.

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North America: Copper Mountain Mine
SRK Vancouver

This open pit copper mine near Princeton, British Columbia, resumed production in 2011 after the mine’s 1996 suspension.

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North America: Long Canyon Mine, Nevada
SRK Denver

SRK was selected by Newmont Mining Company to conduct baseline hydrogeologic studies to support dewatering plans and predict impacts from dewatering associated with a planned mine expansion.

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North America: Hermosa
SRK United States

SRK remains heavily involved in the South 32 Hermosa project in southern Arizona.

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North America: Gahcho Kué
SRK Vancouver

SRK was the Independent Engineer for the Lenders $370M debt financing for Mountain Province.

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North America: Centerra Gold, BC
SRK Sudsbury

SRK developed a production simulation of the mine design for the extraction level of the Kemess Underground block cave mine.

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North America: Closure Projects
SRK Tucson

SRK has been involved in the closure and Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) cost estimation for a client with seven mines located in four different states in Mexico.

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North America: Caving
SRK Vancouver

In the past three decades, modern mechanised cave mining has proven to be a successful mining method for the exploitation of large low-grade deposits that could not otherwise be economically extracted.

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North America: Robinson Copper Mine, Nevada
SRK Reno

SRK assisted with management of the new tailings storage facility (TSF) in 1996, and has provided a wide variety of engineering, permitting and closure services.

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North America: Faro Mine, Yukon Territory
SRK Vancouver

The Faro mine was once one of the world’s largest lead and zinc mines.

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North America: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
SRK Clovis

In 2014, a radioactive release occurred at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico, contaminating parts of the facility.

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North America: Twin Metals, Minnesota
SRK Reno

Beginning in 2015, SRK has been providing environmental consulting and permitting expertise to Twin Metals, a subsidiary of Antofagasta plc, for the development of an underground copper, nickel, platinum, palladium, gold and silver mine in northern Minnesota.

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North America: Mount Wright
SRK Vancouver

SRK’s open pit teams completed two major projects on ArcelorMittal’s biggest iron ore operation in the world, Mount Wright and Fire Lake in eastern Canada, from 2018 to 2019.

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North America: Kennady North
SRK Vancouver

SRK has provided geology development, evaluation and resource estimation for the Kennady North project, owned by Kennady Diamonds, a subsidiary of Mountain Province Diamonds.

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North America: Hope Bay, Nunavut
SRK Alaska

Since 2002, SRK has worked at the Doris North mine on the 80 km Hope Bay Greenstone Belt in Nunavut, and has helped advance this gold project from the initial scoping study, through the detailed engineering and construction quality assurance phases.

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North America: Galore Creek Mine
SRK Vancouver

SRK hydrogeologists completed field studies in cooperation with the SRK rock mechanics and tailings teams to support design of an expanded mine design for the Galore Creek project, British Columbia.

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North America: Teck Saturated Rock Fill Projects
SRK Vancouver

Since 2008, SRK has worked with Teck to develop technology for using saturated rock fills (SRFs) for treatment of selenium and nitrate in waters at Teck’s Elk Valley metallurgical coal operations.

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South America: Chuquicamata Pit Closure
SRK Chile

SRK assisted in providing information for decisions on the best slope steepening alternative for closure of the pit.

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South America: Cerro Moro
SRK Buenos Aires

This project is located in the region known as Macizo del Deseado, a gold and silver district from low sulfidation epithermal deposits in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina.

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South America: Grainsize Distribution Monitoring
SRK Belo Horizonte

SRK has been involved in various studies relating to river dynamics for a confidential client to inform decisions on the reclamation of watercourses impacted by mining activities.

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South America: Candelas Lithium Brine
SRK Buenos Aires

Candelas is located in the Antofagasta de las Sierras District, Catamarca Province, Argentina.

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South America: Pascua-Lama
SRK Buenos Aires

Since 2014, SRK has worked on the closure of the Pascua-Lama gold project on the border of Chile and Argentina, owned by Barrick Gold.

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South America: Cerro Vanguardia
SRK Buenos Aires

SRK worked for the Cerro Vanguardia mine, located in Santa Cruz, Argentina, from 2012-2018, validating and optimising the design of several open pits.

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South America: Subfluvial Tunnel And Risers
SRK Buenos Aires

SRK assisted the client in the construction of a tunnel and risers on the Matanza-Riachuelo project.

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South America: San Rafael Geomechanical Model
SRK Lima

Additional resources have been found 1400 m below the surface at San Rafael mine, but deepening underground operations has become challenging.

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South America: TecPlata
SRK Buenos Aires

In 2013, SRK designed the excavation sequence for the placement of rockfill protection under the dock at La Plata, Argentina.

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South America: Orosur Mining
SRK Buenos Aires

A deep open pit that was flooded for eleven years in Uruguay, was dewatered in 2015 to carry out underground mining.

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South America: Salar Del Rincon
SRK Buenos Aires

During 2015-18, SRK worked on the Rincon project in Salta, undertaking a geotechnical investigation for the process plant and spent brine disposal ponds, and developed the feasibility and detailed engineering studies for the spent brine disposal facility (SBDF).

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South America: Computational Geomechanics
SRK Buenos Aires

SRK has positioned itselt as a regional leader in the application of numerical methods for geotechnical design and analysis.

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South America: Chinchillas
SRK Vancouver

Chinchillas is a high-altitude silver, lead, and zinc deposit in northern Argentina. SRK worked on this project from 2015 to 2019 encompassing different levels of studies including preliminary economic assessments, pre-feasibility and feasibility.

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South America: Cerro Lindo, Peru
SRK Lima

SRK was commissioned by Minera Milpo S.A.A. (Nexa Resources) to prepare an environmental study for the expansion of the processing plant to 22.5 Ktpd.

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South America: Salar De Uyuni Brine Deposit
SRK United States

In 2017, the Government of Bolivia appointed SRK to prepare a resource estimate of the Salar de Uyuni brine deposit.

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South America: Geomechanical Design
SRK Chile

The Chuquicamata underground mine in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the largest planned mining projects in the world to use the method of block caving with a macro-blocks option to mine copper ore.

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South America: Doce River, Brazil
SRK Belo Horizonte

SRK has created a hydrological and hydraulic model that simulates extreme hydrological events that could cause a significant impact due to rising water levels within the river channel.

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South America: Santander Feasibility
SRK Lima

Trevali operates the Santander Mining Unit in the province of Huaral, department of Lima, Peru. SRK developed a study of location alternatives and tailings disposal methods for the project.

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South America: Inmaculada Mine
SRK Lima

Hochschild Mining operates the Inmaculada Mining Mine Unit, a gold and silver operation in the province of Páucar del Sara Sara, Peru.

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South America: San Rafael Mine, Peru
SRK Lima

This mine is a deep and narrow hard rock mine with frequent rock bursts problems due to large, open stopes left without backfill.

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South America: MEIA Expansion
SRK Lima

Atacocha Mining Company proposed the expansion of the Glory Hole open pit in Pasco, Peru and the development of new components.

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South America: Veladero Mine
SRK Buenos Aires

The Veladero mine is located in Argentina, in the west of the San Juan Province, 5 km from the Chilean border.

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South America: Tucush
SRK Lima

The Tucush tailings deposit detailed engineering consisted of pulp and filtered tailings for the Contonga mine located in Peru.

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South America: Buenos Aires Metro
SRK Buenos Aires

In 2015, SRK developed the conceptual-to-construction design for extending Line H, of the Buenos Aires Metro.

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