MINING SECTOR SERVICES
EXPERIENCED | RESPONSIVE | EFFICIENT
MINES NEED RESPONSIVE HYDRO PARTNERS
The RGC Hydro team has the experience to know that when a mining client calls about our hydrogeology services, it’s often a situation that requires a quick, efficient response. And that’s exactly what we provide. Our nimble, experienced team knows the mining industry well having worked for several mines in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and across the west.
STRATEGIC HYDROGEOLOGOCAL ADVICE & SUPPORT
PROVEN MINING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
The RGC Hydro team has been involved in every stage of the mining industry, from due diligence and feasibility level studies for water supply and dewatering, permitting strategies, public outreach, and water management, to helping legacy mines with heap leach optimization and dewatering/pore pressure monitoring projects. Our team is fully trained in Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
We can provide strategic advice for the permitting process for state and federal groundwater protection permits, conduct the required studies, build and calibrate the groundwater flow model, and author the permit applications. We can install monitor wells, build and maintain environmental databases for water quality, and conduct the required sampling and reporting including calculation of alert levels. Our founder Lauren Candreva, R.G., can stamp permit applications and reports as a Registered Geologist in Arizona, California, and Oregon.
ISCR PROJECT EXPERIENCE
IN-SITU MINING
Both of RGC Hydro’s principal hydrogeologists have more than a decade of experience supporting in-situ mining projects, including Florence Copper in Arizona. We offer critical insights into the development of these projects, including state and federal groundwater protection permitting, public engagement, installation of Class III wells, and strategies for operational controls and well maintenance.
Contact us to discuss how we can support your in-situ mining project.
HYDROGEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DETAILED MINING HYDRO SERVICES
Groundwater Permitting & Environmental Support
- Support for new Aquifer Protection Permits
- Amendments to existing permits
- Groundwater Flow Modeling
- Installation of Monitor Wells
- Compliance sampling of groundwater
- Quarterly reporting
In-Situ Mining
- Permitting strategy for state and federal groundwater protection permits
- Permit application preparation
- Lab test design support
- Groundwater studies – Aquifer testing – Pilot Testing
- Sweep Efficiency Estimation
- Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling
- Wellfield design support and construction supervision
- Class III Well design, installation, and integrity testing oversight
- Pumping equipment specifications
- Instrumentation
- Wellfield operations strategy and control philosophy
- Well maintenance and optimization
- Environmental
- Monitor well design and installation supervision
- Compliance sampling and reporting
Dewatering Program Support
- Working with Mine planners and geophysicists
- Slope stability projects
- Water exploration drilling
- Well construction and testing oversight
- Pumping equipment specifications
- Installation of monitoring equipment
- Monitor Wells
- Nested piezometers
- Vibrating Wire Piezometers
- Dataloggers and telemetry
Water Balances
- Site wide water balances for prediction of demand, storage, or disposal
- Using GoldSim (Monte Carlo Simulation) can include costs
- Water management and treatment strategies
- Infrastructure sizes & timing
Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling
- Pore pressure predictions for incorporation into Slope Stability models
- Life of mine dewatering program design and monitoring (build and calibrate the model, install dewatering / monitor wells, then update the model based on responses and adjust the drilling program annually along with mine plan updates)
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR PROJECT
CONTACT RGC HYDRO SERVICES
The RGC Hydro team would love to help you make well-informed decisions when it comes to hydrogeology and water resource management for your next project. Contact our team today at info@RGCHydro.com to discuss your needs and how RGC Hydro Services can help.