Services
We provide practical mining consulting services, including full quarry and mine designs tailored to your specific project needs. Garret's expertise ensures efficient permitting, well-planned site operations, and proactive environmental management.
Mining Consulting
When mining projects fail, they typically collapse at the intersection of regulatory requirements, field conditions, and financial reality. We've designed our mining consulting to get to the heart of that problem.
Regulators have unwritten expectations beyond official guidelines. Our applications succeed because we know what reviewers are really looking for - significantly reducing revision cycles and getting you to operation faster.
We assess your equipment fleet before finalising extraction plans, so we create plans that work with your actual equipment, not generic assumptions. No more beautifully drawn plans that are worthless on the ground.
Financial sustainability is at the heart of everything we recommend. We help you get the most out of your resource while keeping cash flow healthy and capital expenditure reasonable so your mine remains viable through market fluctuations.
Quarry Design
Quarry productivity suffers when designs ignore reality. Our quarry consulting starts by looking at your site - equipment, staff, and site constraints.
We design blast patterns to match your drill rig's actual performance. Access roads follow gradients your haul trucks can handle. Staging areas are designed around your material-handling workflow. Nothing is theoretical; it's all pre-planned.
This ground-level quarry design gets you operational efficiency fast. You'll avoid those mid-project changes that blow your budget and extend your timeline, getting you to target production faster with fewer surprises.
Mine Dewatering & Water Management
Water gets in the way of mine schedules and budgets when traditional methods fail. Our mine dewatering solutions anticipate the variables others miss, like seasonal flow variations, equipment performance degradation, and long-term settlement issues.
We usually get called in after flooding emergencies threaten the entire operation. We have developed water management systems that can handle twice the volume predicted and use less energy than the original design. That's what happens when you know the field.
We specialise in tricky situations where typical solutions don't work. Our custom dewatering services work in complex geologies, high water tables, and contaminated water situations that stump conventional methods.
Soil & Groundwater Remediation
Remediation of a contaminated site is about balancing compliance, technical effectiveness, and budget. We've built a reputation for creating remediation strategies that meet all three.
Our soil and groundwater remediation projects turn compromised sites into usable assets for less than the industry average cost. That's because we select the right technology for the right contamination profile, rather than one-size-fits-all.
We've dealt with sites contaminated with heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and mixed industrial waste - converting environmental liabilities into productive land while meeting the most stringent regulatory standards.
Wetland Restoration
Wetlands need to be where hydrology, biology, and soil science intersect. Our restoration projects restore the natural function while meeting compliance.
We study water flow patterns, substrate composition, and native species requirements before developing a restoration plan. This approach means newly created wetlands reach equilibrium rather than needing perpetual maintenance.
Our wetland restoration has worked in challenging post-mining landscapes, industrial sites and agricultural conversions - creating ecological assets where none existed before.
Mining Project Management
Big mining projects have dozens of contractors, multiple government agencies, and countless technical decisions. Our mining project management ties it all together.
We coordinate drilling programs, geophysics, permitting, development, and activities to minimise downtime and avoid costly schedule conflicts. We help you anticipate regulatory problems before they become headaches.
From exploration through development to closure, we provide consistent field-based management, preventing the disconnects that plague projects managed by specialists in different boxes.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can contact Garret directly via phone or email. Phone calls are ideal for quick discussions, while emails are better for sending detailed information or site documentation.
When reaching out about a specific project, it's helpful to include a brief description of your site and challenges, the current stage of operations or development, key timeline constraints, and any regulatory deadlines or restrictions.
Yes, we often conduct initial site visits to assess challenges firsthand. We travel throughout New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region for these visits.
For international projects, we can arrange video calls to discuss your project before conducting site visits. We work with mining operations in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the USA.
We aim to respond to enquiries quickly, often providing initial guidance during the first call. For emails, we typically respond within 24 hours.
Let's Work Together
Got a mining or remediation project coming up? We can help with everything from tough excavation problems to quarry expansions to site restoration work. Advanced Mineral Solutions is ready when you are.
- Phone +64 27 403 1085
- Location Hamilton, New Zealand
