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The management of abandoned mines has become a serious economic and environmental liability globally. The scale of estimated abandoned mines in Australia is not only a significantly mounting economic burden to the government, but also poses threats to human health and safety, and environmental destruction.

A key issue in the management of abandoned mines is the highly profiled impact of acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD). AMD generation is a naturally occurring process and one of the most important hazards produced in mining applications. As such,  AMD generation needs to be predicted, costed and managed early and efficiently to avoid harmful impacts.

As evidenced by the abandoned mines, waste rock continues to produce drainage and the lack of characterisation of the material for AMD potential and further management of the resultant drainage has led to the development of the current significant challenges imposed by abandoned mines.

The exorbitant rehabilitation costs, together with the low gold grade present in the waste rock, have posed huge challenges to the feasibility and profitability for companies to take on the rehabilitation. In addition, inadequate pre-mining forecasts and planning and insufficient environmental bonds are historical causes of this immense environmental burden and ongoing financial liability.

We offer a unique industry approach to waste rock rehabilitation. We believe the business model  has far reaching economic viability and attractive returns to ensure self-sustained waste rock processing,