Hydrogeologic solutions for the international mining community since 1984

Mine Water Supply

  • Reconnaissance investigations
  • Exploration and testing
  • Well siting, design, and wellfield optimization
  • Water supply development
  • Pumping impacts assessment
  • Climate change impact projection

Feasibility Studies

  • Exploration and testing
  • Hydrogeologic characterization
  • Monitoring design and instrumentation
  • Impact assessment

Mine Dewatering

  • Exploration and testing
  • Depressurization/dewatering modeling
  • Dewatering/depressurization well and wellfield design
  • Monitoring systems design and installation

Tailings Water Management

  • Water balance studies
  • Water quality sampling and analysis
  • Seepage impacts mitigation
  • Regulatory support

Brine Resources & Lithium Characterization

  • Resource characterization / estimation
  • Extraction system design
  • Freshwater resources quantification
  • Due diligence / third party review

Environmental Impact Studies

  • Data collection
  • Water resource characterization
  • Alternative action assessment and development
  • Impact quantification
  • Public outreach

Environmental Compliance

  • Regulatory support
  • Monitoring program design
  • Data acquisition systems
  • Passive containment design
  • Post-closure water level assessment
  • Reporting

To learn more, contact Chris Cottingham at 971.227.2256 or in South America, Mike Rosko at 56.2.2896.9250

Representative Clients

Allkem
Alpha Lithium
Altair Minería
Antofagasta Minerals S.A.
ASARCO LLC
BHP Copper Inc.
CODELCO
Compañía Minera Antamina S.A.
Compañía Minera Ares S.A.C. / Hochschild
Compañia Minera Cerro Colorado Ltda.
Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi SMC
Compañía Minera Milpo S.A.A.
Continental Gold Limited Sucursal Colombia
Enami
ERAMET S.A.
Excelsior Mining Corp
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Galaxy Resources (formerly Lithium One)
International Lithium Corp
Kennecott Utah Copper

La Arena S.A.
Lithium Americas Corp
Lithium Chile
Millennial Lithium Corp
Minera Escondida Ltda.
NRG Metals Inc.
One World Lithium
Pampa Norte Group
PepinNini Minerals Limited
Pinto Valley Mining Corporation
Posco
Pure Energy
Resolution Copper Mining LLC
Rincon Lithium Project
Rio Algom Mining LLC
Rio Tinto Services Inc.
Rosemont Copper Company
Shahuindo S.A.C.
SQM
Wealth Minerals