An independent investigation by Call & Nicholas concluded that the failure was caused by an overestimation of the shear strength properties of the liner system at the base of the heap leach facility.

Heap leaching is a widely used process in the mining ... However, challenges such as data scarcity and the need for reliable in-line sensors remain significant hurdles that researchers are working ...

SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) +1.3% pre-market Thursday after saying the February 2024 heap leach failure ... properties of the liner system at the base of the heap leach facility.

found that third-party tests had overestimated the shear strength properties of the liner system at the base of the heap leach. This, it believes, inflated the calculated factor of safety values ...

in line with Guidance of 50,000 - 60,000 GEO. Q4 Production of 10,431 GEO impacted by lower than planned ore grades from residual open pits. Record Production of 5,956, GEO from Heap Leach ...

SSR says a study has shown that the tragic heap leach pad slide in Turkey last February was probably the result of faulty design engineering by a third party.