Shamrock Gold Mine, QLD – Flue Dust Cell Lining
The rehabilitation of a mine site is becoming an increasingly important phase of the lifecycle of a mine.
The end use of a mine is carefully planned and programmed by mine operators to maximise the health and amenity of the surrounding environment. Rehabilitation and decontamination of a mine site may also be required to enable a mine to become operational again.
At the D’Aguilar Gold Shamrock Mine site, construction of a containment cell was required to safely store contaminated rock and flue dust material, preventing migration of contaminants into the groundwater table.
"In order to recover precious metals from the flue dust material, an above-liner collection system was specified using a Megaflo® Flat Panel collection system."
Following installation of the drainage/collection systems and the ELCOSEAL®GCL base liner, the cell was divided into ‘sub’ cells. The ‘sub’ cells were created using the contaminated waste rock as internal partitions. These ‘sub’ cells were used to store the flue dust material and to form the leachate dam.
