WML Consultants recognise that successful mining operations rely on well-designed facilities that seamlessly integrate with the surrounding environment and processes.

WML has a team of highly capable Geotechnical Engineers. Our senior staff have extensive site-based experience in open pit and underground mines, in a variety of commodities, ground and stress conditions. We pride ourselves on delivering safe, cost-effective, and practical mining solutions by leveraging WML’s collaborative expertise, advanced software, and streamlined processes, our team generates significant value for your project. This means you benefit from a broader range of consulting skills and gain efficient, data-driven outcomes.

Investigation, Design and Analysis

• Project Management – geotechnical drilling program design and management.
• Data Collection – core logging, mapping, field, and laboratory testing. Rockmass instrumentation and monitoring.
• Characterisation – rock mass characterisation, domaining and modelling.
• Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies.
• Design and Assessments – ground support design and optimisation including site trials and QAQC programs. Underground design and stability analysis including box cut, portal, decline, orebody access, stopes, and shafts. Open pit design and slope stability analysis. Waste rock dump design and inspections and monitoring. Rock mass, caveability and subsidence assessment.

Systems and Site Support

• Development and Review – principal management plans (Slope Stability, Ground Control, seismic Hazard and Pastefill) and critical standards.
• Risk Analysis – geotechnical, hazard identification and risk analysis.
• Inspections – Geotechnical inspections for underground and open pits.
• Auditing – ground support QA/QC and auditing. Independent technical audits and peer review.
• Reviews & Investigation – technical reviews and analysis of slope instability, falls of ground, and ground support scheme failures. Post-failure rehabilitation and recovery plans.
• Seismic Systems – development, installation, and maintenance of seismic monitoring systems. Monitoring program design and analysis
• Pastefill – mix design, implementation, and optimisation, QAQC programs, stability assessments.

With an unwavering commitment to precision and excellence, we invite you to collaborate with us and witness how our mining facility design and drafting expertise can pave the way for your mining success.