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Experience in critical components

Our geotechnical engineering experience covers the design and construction of mining components such as leach pads, tailings facilities, waste rock dumps and process plants, as well as geomechanical projects for tunnels and open pits.

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Tailings facilities and dams

CR-1 tailings dam and waste rock dump

Risk management effectiveness report, operations manual and design of the CR-1 tailings dam and the waste rock dump.

Client
Compañía Minera Reliquias S.A.C.
Location
Huancavelica, Peru
Year
2026
Tailings facilities and dams

Effectiveness analysis: Choclón tailings dam, dumps and pits

Effectiveness analysis of the Choclón tailings dam, 15 waste dumps and 5 open pits, including an update of the alert thresholds (TARP).

Client
Shougang Hierro Perú S.A.A.
Location
Marcona, Ica, Peru
Year
2025
Open pit mining

Geotechnical due diligence of the Zafranal and Victoria pits

Lead of the geotechnical discipline in the review of the feasibility geotechnical study for the Zafranal and Victoria open pits.

Client
Compañía Minera Zafranal S.A.C. – Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Location
Arequipa, Peru
Year
2025
Underground mining

Coroccohuayco project: open pit and underground feasibility

Feasibility-level geotechnical and geomechanical studies and designs for the open pit and the underground mine (SLC and SLS methods).

Client
Glencore
Location
Espinar, Cusco, Peru
Year
2021–2022
Open pit mining

Romina project: geotechnical and geomechanical studies

Geotechnical and geomechanical studies and designs for the open pit and the underground mine using SLS, SLC and SLR methods.

Client
Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A.
Location
Lima, Peru
Year
2021–2022
Underground mining

Geomechanical feasibility of the San Antonio and Coca Cola mines

Geomechanical feasibility study for Sub Level Stoping (SLS) mining at the San Antonio and Coca Cola I and II mines.

Client
Minera del Valle SpA
Location
Coquimbo, Chile
Year
2021
Tailings facilities and dams

Dam breach analysis

Breach analysis of the tailings dam to assess failure scenarios and their affected areas.

Client
Compañía Minera Reliquias S.A.C.
Location
Huancavelica, Peru
Year
2025
Tailings facilities and dams

Rehabilitation of the tailings dam and the Matacaballo dump

Scope, cost and schedule management of the rehabilitation works for the Reliquias tailings dam, the Matacaballo dump and civil works.

Client
Compañía Minera Reliquias S.A.C.
Location
Huancavelica, Peru
Year
2025
Water resources

Riparian strip of the Orcococha and Virreyna lakes

Study to delimit the riparian strip of the Orcococha and Virreyna lakes.

Client
Compañía Minera Reliquias S.A.C.
Location
Huancavelica, Peru
Year
2026
Underground mining

Huarón mine: settling pond and hydraulic backfill

Detailed engineering for piles, stability and a concrete wall expansion of the settling pond, and for the hydraulic backfill of the Horizonte zone.

Client
Pan American Silver
Location
Pasco, Peru
Year
2025
Underground mining

Backfill system trade-off for SLS mining

Trade-off of rock fill and cemented fill systems for Sub Level Stoping mining, and detailed engineering of the selected option.

Client
Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A.
Location
Peru
Year
2025–2026
Underground mining

Geomechanical study of the Cochasaywuas underground mine

FL-1 geomechanical study for the Cochasaywuas underground mine project (300 tpd).

Location
Peru
Year
2026
Open pit mining

Katy project: feasibility geotechnics and seismic hazard

Review, update and validation of the feasibility study in the geotechnical discipline, and seismic hazard study for the project.

Client
Cultinor S.A.C.
Location
Peru
Year
2026
Open pit mining

Mina 22 open pit

Geotechnical studies and detailed engineering for the Mina 22 open pit.

Client
Shougang Hierro Perú S.A.A.
Location
Marcona, Ica, Peru
Year
2024
Tailings facilities and dams

Removal of the old Morococha tailings deposit

Conceptual engineering for the removal of the old Morococha tailings deposit.

Client
Minera Chinalco Perú S.A.
Location
Junín, Peru
Year
2024–2025
Open pit mining

Structural orientation and borehole geophysics

Geotechnical study of structural orientation using televiewer logs and borehole geophysics.

Client
Minera Las Bambas S.A.
Location
Apurímac, Peru
Year
2023–2024
Underground mining

Marañón project: televiewer and borehole geophysics

Geomechanical study of structural orientation and borehole geophysics (resistivity, conductivity, IP, spectral gamma, magnetic susceptibility and SP) in up-holes and down-holes.

Client
Compañía Minera Poderosa S.A.
Location
La Libertad, Peru
Year
2022–2023
Open pit mining

Structural orientation with televiewer

Geotechnical study of structural orientation using televiewer logs and borehole geophysics.

Client
La Arena S.A.
Location
La Libertad, Peru
Year
2022
Open pit mining

Borehole geophysics and structural orientation

Geotechnical study of structural orientation and borehole geophysics with televiewer logs.

Client
Minera Chinalco Perú S.A.
Location
Junín, Peru
Year
2023
Environment and closure

Conceptual closure of the Esperanza tailings dam

Conceptual closure study for the Esperanza tailings dam.

Client
San Ignacio de Morococha S.A.A. (SIMSA)
Location
Junín, Peru
Year
2023–2024
Environment and closure

Physical and hydrological stability monitoring

Physical and hydrological stability monitoring of mining facilities in Pasco, Lima, Junín, Cajamarca and Puno.

Client
Activos Mineros S.A.C. (AMSAC)
Location
Pasco, Lima, Junín, Cajamarca y Puno, Peru
Year
2023–2024
Leach pads and waste rock dumps

Physical stability of the Condorcayán dump

Update of the physical stability of the Condorcayán waste dump at the El Brocal mine.

Client
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.
Location
Pasco, Peru
Year
2022–2023
Tailings facilities and dams

Construction of the San Rafael tailings dam

Specialized geotechnical support during the construction of the San Rafael tailings dam.

Client
Minsur S.A.
Location
Puno, Peru
Year
2022
Leach pads and waste rock dumps

Sabancaya dump stability and geophysics

Design and stability analysis of the Sabancaya dump, and a resistivity geophysical survey (VES) for a biodigester feasibility study.

Client
Yura S.A.
Location
Arequipa, Peru
Year
2021–2022
Tailings facilities and dams

Telemetry instrumentation of the Alpamarca tailings dam

Design of the complete geotechnical instrumentation with telemetry for the Alpamarca mine tailings dam.

Client
Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A.
Location
Junín, Peru
Year
2017
Infrastructure and construction

San Isidro tunnel – Amojao irrigation (11.5 km)

Detailed-engineering design review of the inter-Andean tunnel: geotechnics, geomechanics, geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, geochemistry, seismic hazard and support costs.

Client
Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (MINAGRI)
Location
Amazonas, Peru
Year
2017–2018
Leach pads and waste rock dumps

Apumayo waste dumps and leach pad

Risk management effectiveness report, operations manual and MINEM-approved design of the Apumayo, Huamanloma and Ayahuanca waste dumps and the leach pad.

Client
Apumayo S.A.C. (en consorcio con GRAMSA)
Location
Ayacucho, Peru
Year
2024–2025
Environment and closure

Closure environmental audit of 8 mines

Closure environmental audit of eight mining units.

Client
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (en consorcio con FICSA)
Location
Peru
Year
2025
Tailings facilities and dams

Due diligence of the Yauricocha tailings dam

Expert audit, due diligence and site visit to the Yauricocha mine tailings dam.

Client
Sociedad Minera Corona – Sierra Metals (con RPM Global)
Location
Lima, Peru
Year
2021

Components we work on

Leach pads

Design, static and dynamic physical stability, ore liquefaction and operation manuals.

Tailings facilities

Stability, consolidation, seepage, dam breach and inundation mapping.

Waste rock dumps

Design, physical stability, stabilization and NAG material assessment.

Process plants

Foundations for crushers, mills, thickeners and ancillary facilities.

Open pits

Structural mapping, blast full control and slope design.

Tunnels and underground workings

Geomechanical characterization, tunnel and ground support design.

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