SRK is the Engineer of Record for the tailings storage facility (TSF) at the Gruyere Gold Mine, located in the Yamarna Greenstone Belt in north-eastern Western Australia. The mine includes an open pit, an ore processing facility, and a TSF designed to store around 10 Mt of tailings annually. The embankment is being progressively raised by downstream methods, over six stages using material from the nearby pit.
In addition to operational support, SRK has undertaken several investigations and projects, including a geotechnical and laboratory testing programme to assess embankment stability. Our tailings team is also assisting the mine in achieving compliance with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management —a requirement for all International Council on Mining and Metals members.
SRK is managing construction quality control for the ongoing embankment raises and has also completed the associated designs and geotechnical studies. A tailings dam breach assessment and dam failure consequence classification were conducted during Stage 3 to inform the TSF’s risk profile and design criteria.
By SRK Australia
