Mining Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering | Mining Engineering
Heap Leach Pad Design | Metals Mining | Tailings Storage Facilities

Colorado, Nevada Mining Services Pic The Smith Williams team has over 165 years of collective domestic and international Consulting Metallurgical Engineering experience with outstanding experience in Civil and Geotechnical design of mining engineering project elements to include: Heap Leach Pad Design, Tailings Storage Facilities, Waste Rock Dumps, Buildings, Roads, Surface Water Diversion, and Sediment Control related to both operational and closure phases of the projects. With Consulting Metallurgical Engineering Design experience on over 140 mining projects world wide our team brings a wealth of experience to projects in virtually any region of the world. We provide a wide range of consulting metallurgical engineering services relating to the mining industry.

Mining Services

Consulting Metallurgical Engineering, Metals Mining,
Heap Leach Pad Design, Mining Engineering,
Tailings Storage Facility Design
  • Consulting Metallurgical Engineering
  • Tailings Storage Facility Design & Construction
  • Heap Leach Pad System Design & Construction
  • Waste Rock Dump Design
  • Geotechnical Site Investigation & Evaluation
  • Design of Process Water and Storm Water Ponds
  • Surface Water & Storm Water Diversion Design
  • Access and Haul Road Design
  • Water Balance Analyses
  • Alternative Analyses & Feasibility Studies
  • Pre feasibility/Fatal Flaw Studies
  • Due Diligence and Bankable Feasibility Studies
  • Hydrology & Hydraulic Analyses
  • Construction & Operational Cost Estimation
  • 3D Modeling & Computer Aided Design Service, both Still and Animated
  • Bid Document Generation & Bid Evaluation Services
  • Independent Third-party Review
  • Life-of-Mine Studies
  • Forensic Evaluations
  • Construction Quality Assurance & Construction Quality Control (See Construction Oversight)
  • Construction Management (See Construction Oversight)
  • Permit Applications & Closure Plans
  • Broad Range of Metallurgical Engineer and Mining Engineering Services

Heap Leach Pads and Tailings Storage Facility Projects

Service Profiles
Important to Know
Heap Leach Pad Design | Mining Engineer | Metals Mining
Tailings Storage Facility Design | Metallurgical Engineering
  • Our team has been involved in consulting metallurgical engineering design and construction of over 75 heap leach pads, totaling over 500 million square feet (over 50 million square meters) of leach pad area.
  • Our team has been involved with metallurgical engineering design, review and/or construction on over 60 tailings storage facilities constituting an aggregate tailings storage capacity of over 4 billion tons.
  • We have worked on over 140 mining engineering projects on five continents.
  • Our experience spans climatic settings that include tropical zones, high altitude settings, desert regions and arctic regions.


Smith Williams Consultants, Inc.
Englewood, CO and Elko, NV
Colorado PH: (303) 433-0262
Nevada PH: (775) 778-3200
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