Geology

Characterising and Managing Mining Overburden Using Geological Data

Landloch staff have backgrounds in geology, soil science, and engineering, and have extensive experience with operating minesites and proposed projects across Australia and overseas. An important feature of Landloch’s approach to overburden characterisation is the potential to combine information on geology, material properties and erosion risk, vegetation and climate, and landscape processes. This allows us to provide guidance on the construction and remediation of waste rock landforms that are fully consistent with site constraints and requirements. It also allows crucial landform design decisions (that ultimately determine whether a site can be relinquished) to be made from the outset of a mining proposal, giving investors greater certainty as to the environmental liability of the project being proposed.