The mine’s first Independent Monitor report identifies as an “extreme” risk the misclassification of waste rock as “non-acid forming” prior to placement in the mine’s waste rock dump.
It identified that tailings were oxidising rapidly and producing acid, and that the assessment of tailings as non-acid forming was likely to be incorrect. Misclassification of waste rock is identified as a risk in every subsequent Independent Monitor report.
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