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SRK's 40th Anniversary

1974 - 2014 SRK Newsletter
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SRK Consulting, an independent, global company providing services to the mining and water resource industries, celebrated 40 years of business.

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Africa: Upgrading Of The Quinera (Gonubie) Wastewater Treatment Works
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The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in East London, SA, faces strong demand for residential development in the Quinera area south of the N2 highway.

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Africa: Karoo Aquifers
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In September 2011, Shell appointed SRK to lead a team of experts on Karoo aquifers in South Africa to carry out an evaluation of available data on groundwater in their shale gas licence application areas.

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Africa: Bafokeng Tailings Dam
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When the Bafokeng platinum tailings dam in Rustenburg, SA failed in 1974, liquefied tailings flowed into an adjacent shaft, killing 13 people underground.

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Africa: Belinga
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In April 2014, SRK began managing and executing exploration work for the Belinga iron ore project in northeastern Gabon.

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Africa: Platinum Tailings
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From the late 1970’s, SRK has been involved with numerous tailings disposal projects in the platinum-rich Rustenburg and Polokwane areas of SA. This work includes:

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Africa: Hopefield Wind Farm
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Umoyo Energy (RF) (Pty) Ltd appointed SRK as the geotechnical engineers for the first wind farm to be commissioned in South Africa (1 Feb 2014).

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Africa: Air Separation Unit Plant
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Air Liquide appointed SRK for civil engineering, geotechnical and environmental aspects for an air separation unit at Highveld Steel, Witbank, SA.

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Africa: Alchemy Community Empowerment Initiative
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Anglo American Platinum appointed SRK as part of the team of consultants, managers and line function specialists at corporate and mine levels, to provide advisory services to the Alchemy project.

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Africa: Liberia Iron Ore Export
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In November 2013, Sable Mining appointed SRK to manage the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Liberia iron ore export project.

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Africa: Madaouela Uranium
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SRK was retained in 2009 to provide technical assistance on the 100% Goviex owned Madaouela project in Niger.

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Africa: Garafiri Bauxite
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Since 2009, SRK has completed multiple phases of work on the Garafiri project in Guinea.

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Africa: MINTEK
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In the last quarter of 2013, MINTEK appointed SRK to provide engineering and design services for mine rehabilitation projects at several derelict/abandoned asbestos mine sites in the Limpopo and Northern Cape Provinces, SA.

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Africa: Acid Mine Drainage
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Early in 2012, SRK was appointed by the Dept. of Water and Forestry, now Dept. of Water and Sanitation, to assess the qualities and quantities of mine waste water in the northern Goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin as part of the feasibility study to develop appropriate water treatment solutions.

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Africa: Nacala Rail Corridor
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In January 2012, Vale, one of the world’s premier mining companies, appointed SRK as the Project Management Consultants and Engineer under the FIDIC conditions of contract for the Nacala Corridor Railway Project Section 3 in Malawi.

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Africa: Investigation Of Sites For Nuclear Power Stations
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In late 2007, SRK was appointed by Eskom (South African Electricity Supply Commission) to investigate, characterise and prepare licensing documents for three sites for the potential establishment of new nuclear power stations.

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Africa: Sega Project Open Pit Slope Design, Amara Mining
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This gold project in Burkina Faso involved the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of existing data to generate geotechnical drilling locations for rock mass characterisation studies.

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Africa: Cambambe Hydroelectric
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In late 2012, SRK was appointed by HSBC Bank plc to undertake the pre-financial close Environmental and Social Due Diligence of the Cambambe Dam Hydroelectric project on the Kwanza River in Angola.

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Africa: National State Of The Environment Report
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In 2004, SRK was commissioned by the South African Government to report on the drivers and state of South Africa’s biophysical and social environments.

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Africa: Zanaga Iron Ore
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Zanaga plans to mine, process and transport 30Mtpa of iron ore concentrate by slurry pipeline.

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Africa: South African National Disaster Management Centre
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An increase in disaster declarations due to floods and storms in South Africa prompted the National Disaster Management Centre to appoint independent consultants to assist with verifying disaster damage to uninsured infrastructure.

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Africa: Avocet Mining, Inata Gold Mine Remediation
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In 2012, SRK inspected some multi-bench and bench-scale failures in the North and Central pits of this mine in Burkina Faso.

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Asia: NI 43-101 Report, Zijin Mining Group
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In 2012, SRK was retained by Zinjin Mining Group, one of the largest gold and copper producers in China, to produce an NI 43-101 Report for public news release on the company’s seven major mines located in various provinces in China.

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Asia: Fuwan Silver
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Minco Silver Corporation retained SRK in 2007 to carry out a Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Fuwan Silver Project in Guangdong Province, China.

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Asia: Eruu Gol Iron Mine
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SRK was commissioned by Lung Ming Holdings in 2008 to carry out an open pit optimisation and design study, prepare a production schedule, and convert JORC Resources to JORC Reserves for the Eruu Gol Iron Mine Project in Selenge Province, Mongolia.

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Asia: Olon Ovoot Gold Mine
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In 2007, SRK was appointed by Mongol Gazar to conduct a geotechnical assessment and provide open-pit design recommendations for the Olon Ovoot gold mine in Mongolia.

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Asia: Ciemas Gold
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Wilton Resources Corporation Limited commissioned SRK in 2014 to evaluate their Ciemas gold project in West Java, Indonesia, and produce an Independent Qualified Person’s Report.

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Asia: Hanking Mining Ltd’s IPO Listing
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In 2011, SRK produced an independent technical review report on Hanking Mining Ltd’s iron ore properties in Liaoning Province, China for their IPO listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx).

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Asia: Coal Mining
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An International banking organisation, representing a large consortium, commissioned SRK in 2013 to undertake an independent technical review of a significant coal mining operation in Central Kalimantan.

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Asia: Chromite Feasibility Study
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Balasore Alloys (BAL) commissioned SRK to undertake a feasibility study and prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for its underground chromite properties in Odisha.

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Asia: Tethyran Copper Company’s Reko Diq
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This project in Balochistan, Pakistan involved mining and processing copper and gold ore to generate a concentrate, which would be transported through a 680km pipeline to a dedicated marine terminal at the port of Gwadar.

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Asia: Review Of Nickel Refinery
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Citigroup, for the purpose of the project’s financing, commissioned SRK in 2008 to review the environmental and social performance of a nickel refinery operation in Shaanxi Province, China, according to the Environmental, Health, and Safety Performance Standards and Guidelines for the International Finance Corporation and The Equator Principles.

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Asia: QA/QC And Resource Estimation
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In 2013, SRK was retained by Hengshi Mining Ltd to conduct an exploratory QA/QC and resource estimation for its four iron ore deposits in Hebei and Liaoning Provinces, China. Over 400 million tonnes of iron ore resources were estimated in the four deposits.

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Asia: Afghanistan
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SRK, in conjunction with the US Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, has been active in Afghanistan since 2011.

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Asia: Graphite Mineral Resource
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SRK has provided support in 2013 and 2014 to PT Grafindo Nusantara to delineate a maiden graphite mineral resource in West Kalimantan.

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Asia: Coal India Limited’s IPO
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In 2010, when the Government of India divested 10% of its equity in CIL, SRK, as an Independent Engineer, conducted an audit of CIL’s coal resources and reserves and prepared an Independent Technical Report for CIL’s Initial Public Offering of shares to the public, following the guidelines set out in the 2004 JORC Code.

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Asia: Vieng Kham Gold Project
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In 2012, United Mining and Minerals Company requested support and on-site exploration oversight and management of their Vieng Kham gold project in northern Lao PDR.

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Australasia: Jack Hills Iron Ore Expansion
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SRK was appointed by Crosslands Resources in 2010 to undertake a Definitive Feasibility Study of the Jack Hills expansion project in Western Australia.

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Australasia: Legacy Iron
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Legacy Iron Ore Ltd commissioned SRK in 2011 to provide an independent technical assessment and valuation report on the company’s mineral assets.

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Australasia: Osborne Copper/Gold
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n 2011, SRK prepared a series of Technical Reports in line with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 reporting standards, for mining activities for Inova Resources, formerly Ivanhoe Australia, at the Osborne copper/gold project in north-western Queensland.

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Australasia: Gloucester Basin Gas
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AGL Energy selected SRK in 2010 to conduct a preliminary groundwater assessment and conceptual hydrogeological model of the Gloucester Basin, New South Wales.

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Australasia: Karara Iron Ore
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During the period 2007 to 2014, SRK completed the feasibility design for Karara Iron Ore Mine’s filtered tailings storage facility in Western Australia, and provided detailed design, an operations manual and operational engineering assistance.

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Australasia: Ok Tedi Copper-Gold
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Between 2006 and 2013, SRK supported studies for this large copper-gold open-pit operation in Papua New Guinea, through geological mapping, hydrogeological testing and rock mass characterisation.

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Australasia: Mt Mason Hematite
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SRK was commissioned by Jupiter Mines in 2011 to provide feasibility study proposals and resource reviews for their Mt Mason hematite deposit in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia.

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Australasia: Xstrata Frieda River Limited
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Xstrata undertook a feasibility study for a greenfield copper mine and related infrastructure in Sandaun and East Sepik Provinces, Papua New Guinea

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Europe: Udokan Copper
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Udokan is one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world in terms of metal contained with a JORC Ore Reserve of 16Mt of contained copper in an open pit reserve.

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Europe: SUEK
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From 2005 to 2011, Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK OJSC) commissioned SRK to prepare JORC Code-compliant Resource and Reserve statements for its coal mining assets in the Russian Federation.

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Europe: Koza Gold Corporation
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SRK began work with Koza in 2009, preparing a Competent Person’s Report for its initial listing on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, followed by annual audits of their mineral resources and reserves.

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Europe: Sakatti, Anglo American
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Situated 150km north of the Arctic Circle in Finland, the Sakatti deposit is a grassroots Copper-Nickel-PGE discovery made by Anglo American plc in 2009.

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Europe: York Potash
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Sirius Minerals’ York Potash project will exploit the significant polyhalite resource located under north-east England.

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Europe: 1st Uranium Mining In Turkey
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The Temrezli in-situ recovery uranium mining project is located approximately 200 kilometers east of Turkey’s capital, Ankara.

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Europe: Lisina Phosphate
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SRK has been involved in developing the Lisina phosphate project in Serbia since 2009. SRK has provided on-going advice and support to the Company owners as the project has advanced.

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Europe: Yenipazar
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Aldridge Minerals retained SRK in August 2011 to carry out specialist studies for its Yenipazar project in Turkey where recovery of copper, lead and zinc concentrates, together with gold dore bar containing silver, was planned.

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North America: Royal Nickel’s Dumont Project
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Involved since the pre-feasibility stage of the project in 2010, SRK was commissioned to generate a mineral resource model to support the feasibility study on the Dumont Nickel project.

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North America: Vale Structural Geology Support
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The Sudbury Basin is the second largest nickel district in the world.

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North America: Giant Mine Closure
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Fifty years of roasting the arsenic-bearing gold ore at Giant Mine, near Yellowknife, produced 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust that was stored underground.

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North America: Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Structural Geology Investigations
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Since 2011, SRK has been involved in the geoscientific site evaluations for NWMO’s Adaptive Phased Management (APM) project. The NWMO is implementing APM, which is Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel.

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North America: Inuvik To Tuktoyaktuk
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SRK is providing geochemical advisory services to the Government of the Northwest Territories for the construction of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway.

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North America: Cortez Hills Gold
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Since 2006 to the present, SRK has prepared the Plan of Operations for the Cortez site.

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North America: Cliffs Natural Resources
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SRK has worked with Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. since 2006 on multiple properties, including but not limited to United Taconite, Northshore, Tilden, Bloom Lake, Wabush, and Hibbing.

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North America: De Beers Structural Study
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The Snap Lake kimberlite is a diamondiferous dyke intrusion located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. SRK has been involved in the project since before De Beers Canada acquired it in 2000.

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North America: Hycroft Gold-Silver
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Since 2010, SRK has completed a comprehensive groundwater resource study to support water supply development, dewatering and permitting at the Hycroft Mine in Nevada, including the design and management of a field investigation and testing program to support hydrologic characterisation of multiple hydrothermally-altered volcanic rock packages and deep, penetrating hydrothermally-influenced faults.

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North America: Mount Hope Molybdenum
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SRK was retained in 2005 to provide environmental baseline studies (wildlife, vegetation, etc.), geochemistry, hydrogeology, and mine waste baseline studies and provide permitting expertise for the Mount Hope project located in north-central Nevada.

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North America: Cameco: Conditional Simulation
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Since 2011, SRK has worked with Cameco Corporation to quantify uncertainty in uranium grades for exploration and operation projects in Australia and Canada.

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North America: Goderich Salt
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Since 2011, SRK has assisted Compass Minerals in geomechanical and mine design improvements at their operations in Ontario.

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North America: Madsen Gold
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From 1938 until its closure in 1976, the Madsen gold mine in Ontario produced more than 2.4 million ounces of gold.

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North America: NioCorp: Elk Creek Niobium
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Beginning in 2014, SRK worked with NioCorp Developments Ltd. to develop its Elk Creek niobium project in Nebraska, including a review of the extensive work completed by Molycorp in the 1970s and 1980s.

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North America: Hope Bay Gold
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Doris North will be the first mine operating on the 80km Hope Bay Greenstone Belt in Nunavut.

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South America: Túnel Sur – Los Bronces, Tunnelling: TBM Vs Drill & Blast
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The comprehensive development of this project in Chile began in 2007, continued into 2012 and covered the conceptual stage to supervising construction of an 8km exploration tunnel with a 4.5m excavation diameter with TBM.

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South America: Tucano Gold
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From 2010 to 2015, SRK undertook the feasibility, detail design and construction supervision of the Tap D in-pit tailings facility for the Tucano gold project in Brazil.

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South America: Boa Esperança
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Mineração Caraiba S.A.’s Boa Esperança project is located in the municipality of Tucumã, Pará State, Brazil.

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South America: Miraflores Gold
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In 2013, the Miraflores field programme near Quinchia, Columbia, piggybacked the exploration drilling, gathering data on rock strengths and fracturing to determine variations in rock mass quality.

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South America: Pascua-Lama Gold
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Since 2012, SRK has worked at the Pascua–Lama project, on the border of Chile and Argentina, owned by Barrick Gold, providing geotechnical advice for the process plant foundations and acting as the Technical Manager of the binational tunnel construction.

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South America: Tunnels For The Mauro Tailings Dam Project
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In mid-2004, Minera Los Pelambres requested SRK to carry out the detailed engineering of 4 tunnels in Chile:

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South America: Buenos Aires Underground
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The professional team of SRK has been working on the construction and extension of the underground network of the city of Buenos Aires for more than 15 years.

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South America: Risk Evaluation, Nueva Andina II Expansion Project
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In 2008, this copper project began in Chile at the pre-feasibility level.

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South America: Dominga Iron Ore
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In 2011, SRK commenced a pre-feasibility engineering study for Andes Iron’s Dominga project in Chile.

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South America: Pampa De Pongo Iron Ore
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SRK has been working on developing this iron ore mining project since mid-2013.

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South America: Toroparu Gold
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SRK is currently providing mining consulting services to Sandspring Resources Ltd. (a Canadian based company) for their Toroparu gold project, located in northwestern Guyana.

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South America: Cerro Matoso Nickel
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From 2008 to 2012, the project included a technical audit of available hydrogeological data, and developing and implementing a field hydrogeological program in Colombia.

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Multi-Continent: Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
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SRK has been involved with ERG (formerly ENRC) since 2006, including experience with its assets in Kazakhstan and internationally.

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Multi-Continent: Independent Review Of The Falconbridge Ltd. Worldwide Exploration Portfolio
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In connection with the acquisition of Falconbridge Ltd., the integration planning team of Xstrata plc commissioned SRK in July 2006 to provide technical guidance for the evaluation of Falconbridge’s exploration assets.

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