Elemental Geoscience is a consulting firm which provides senior geochemical expertise to help organisations tackle challenging projects and expand their in-house capabilities.
Founder, Lindsay Robertson, has 20 years experience in the technical study and application of principles related to mine waste environmental management, environmental geochemistry, soil physical processes, and water quality management.
Lindsay has provided both technical and organizational input into several industry working groups and guidance documents including the Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide, the MEND Study of Tailings Management Technologies, and the Revised Environmental Consequences Classification for Mining Dams for the Canadian Dam Association (CDA).
With Elemental Geoscience, Lindsay brings her 15 years of professional consulting experience, and 5 years working in industry related research and development to your projects.
Our focus is on capacity building,
knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Let us help you achieve practical outcomes, not endless studies, with our focus on prevention and mitigation strategies for life-cycle value in mining operations.
We have experience in:
program design
sample selection
laboratory test program development
data analysis
interpretation and reporting
We’ve done work on:
scoping level
pre-feasibility
feasibility
and detailed design studies for mining projects on drill core, waste rock, metallurgical tailings, tailings, ore, sediment, soil, and construction materials
Successful projects include characterization and analysis of existing mining projects to support changes in waste management practices including:
new facilities
material consolidation
changes to tailings management
and mine closure