Exploring Okane's Roadmap to Closure
- We have proven experience.We leverage over 25 years of international experience in mine closure and waste management to take a full lifecycle, integrated approach to mine planning and closure.
- We don’t believe in ‘one-size fits all’.We work closely with our clients to develop innovative, agile solutions that reflect their values, risk tolerance, and address their biggest challenges.
- We work with the future in mind.We support clients in planning for future land use while building meaningful relationships with Indigenous rightsholders and community stakeholders.
Mine Planning and Closure Solutions
- Conceptual Closure, Reclamation, and Rehabilitation Plans
- Closure Vision Collaboration
- Closure Success Criteria
- Community Engagement
- Returning Land Use Objectives and Planning
- Permitting and Regulatory Approvals
- Subject Matter Expert Reviews (Stakeholders and Rightsholders)
- Strategic and Tactical Mine Planning and Scheduling
- Equipment Optimization and Planning for Autonomous Operations
- Geotechnical Assessment and Monitoring
- Dam Safety Inspection and Reviews
- Tailings Characterization and Closure Strategies
- Mine Rock (Waste Rock) Characterization and Pile Design
- Geotechnical Design - Tailings and Mine Rock
- Geotechnical Stability Assessments
- Independent Tailings and Dam Reviews
- Tailings and Mine Waste Material Characterization
- Open Pit Mine Slope Design
- Detailed Closure Plans
- Closure Cost Estimates
- Cover System and Landform Design
- Landform Evolution Modelling
- Borrow Material Characterization and Management Plans
- Construction Specifications and QA/QC
- Trigger and Action Response Plans
- Adaptive Management Plans
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Value Driver Tree Analysis (VDT)
- Multiple Accounts Analysis (MAA) and Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
- Acid Rock and Metalliferous Drainage Management
- Material Characterization
- Suboxic Conditions Analysis
- Kinetic Testing and Advanced Customizable Leach Columns
- Source Term, Solute Transport, Water Quality Modelling
- Laboratory Services Management
- Climate Change Scenario Modelling
- Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Modelling
- Pit Lake Management
- Surface Water Management
- Hydrology and Hydrogeology
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Ecological Completion Criteria
- Revegetation Planning
- Vegetation and Wetland Monitoring and Assessment
- Flora and Fauna Survey and Reporting
- Soil Management and Remediation
- Design and Installation of Field Trials and Automated Monitoring Systems
- Instrumentation Procurement and Calibration
- Advanced Data Management and Interpretation
What Type of Cover System is
Suitable for My Site?
The most effective cover system depends on your site's risks, climate, and closure objectives. Okane's Cover System Calculator helps you identify cover system options tailored to your site and provides a practical starting point for detailed design and further assessment, whether you're in the early stages of mine and closure planning or simply exploring your options.

Mine Planning and Closure Solutions
- Conceptual Closure, Reclamation, and Rehabilitation Plans
- Closure Vision Collaboration
- Closure Success Criteria
- Community Engagement
- Returning Land Use Objectives and Planning
- Permitting and Regulatory Approvals
- Subject Matter Expert Reviews (Stakeholders and Rightsholders)
- Strategic and Tactical Mine Planning and Scheduling
- Equipment Optimization and Planning for Autonomous Operations
- Geotechnical Assessment and Monitoring
- Dam Safety Inspection and Reviews
- Tailings Characterization and Closure Strategies
- Mine Rock (Waste Rock) Characterization and Pile Design
- Detailed Closure Plans
- Closure Cost Estimates
- Cover System and Landform Design
- Landform Evolution Modelling
- Borrow Material Characterization and Management Plans
- Construction Specifications and QA/QC
- Trigger and Action Response Plans
- Adaptive Management Plans
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Value Driver Tree Analysis (VDT)
- Multiple Accounts Analysis (MAA) and Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
- Acid Rock and Metalliferous Drainage Management
- Material Characterization
- Suboxic Conditions Analysis
- Kinetic Testing and Advanced Customizable Leach Columns
- Source Term, Solute Transport, Water Quality Modelling
- Laboratory Services Management
- Climate Change Scenario Modelling
- Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Modelling
- Pit Lake Management
- Surface Water Management
- Hydrology and Hydrogeology
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Ecological Completion Criteria
- Revegetation Planning
- Vegetation and Wetland Monitoring and Assessment
- Flora and Fauna Survey and Reporting
- Soil Management and Remediation
- Design and Installation of Field Trials and Automated Monitoring Systems
- Instrumentation Procurement and Calibration
- Advanced Data Management and Interpretation
What Type of Cover System Does My Site Need?

Mine Planning and Closure Solutions
- Conceptual Closure, Reclamation, and Rehabilitation Plans
- Closure Vision Collaboration
- Closure Success Criteria
- Community Engagement
- Returning Land Use Objectives and Planning
- Permitting and Regulatory Approvals
- Subject Matter Expert Reviews (Stakeholders and Rightsholders)
- Strategic and Tactical Mine Planning and Scheduling
- Equipment Optimization and Planning for Autonomous Operations
- Geotechnical Assessment and Monitoring
- Dam Safety Inspection and Reviews
- Tailings Characterization and Closure Strategies
- Mine Rock (Waste Rock) Characterization and Pile Design
- Detailed Closure Plans
- Closure Cost Estimates
- Cover System and Landform Design
- Landform Evolution Modelling
- Borrow Material Characterization and Management Plans
- Construction Specifications and QA/QC
- Trigger and Action Response Plans
- Adaptive Management Plans
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Value Driver Tree Analysis (VDT)
- Multiple Accounts Analysis (MAA) and Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
- Acid Rock and Metalliferous Drainage Management
- Material Characterization
- Suboxic Conditions Analysis
- Kinetic Testing and Advanced Customizable Leach Columns
- Source Term, Solute Transport, Water Quality Modelling
- Laboratory Services Management
- Climate Change Scenario Modelling
- Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Modelling
- Pit Lake Management
- Surface Water Management
- Hydrology and Hydrogeology
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Ecological Completion Criteria
- Revegetation Planning
- Vegetation and Wetland Monitoring and Assessment
- Flora and Fauna Survey and Reporting
- Soil Management and Remediation
- Design and Installation of Field Trials and Automated Monitoring Systems
- Instrumentation Procurement and Calibration
- Advanced Data Management and Interpretation
What Type of Cover System Does My Site Need?

Select which primary closure risk your cover system intends to control
What is the primary objective of your cover system?
What is the major climate zone of your site?
Warm year‑round with seasons defined mostly by rainfall. Sub‑types include: rainforest, monsoon, and savannah climates. For example, northern and central Brazil are tropical rainforest and savannah, as well as nearly all of Indonesia, central Africa, and northern Australia like the Darwin region.
Very dry regions that can be extremely hot or surprisingly cold. Sub-types include: hot desert, cold desert, and hot or cold steppe climates. For example, nearly all of Saudi Arabia is hot desert climate, as well as central Australia, northern Chile, southern Mongolia, southeastern Spain, and central and eastern Turkiye.
Moderate climates with noticeable seasons; summers and winters vary depending on rainfall patterns. Sub‑types include: areas with dry summers, dry winters, or no dry season — each ranging from hot to cool summers. For example, the Pacific coast of Canada and Uniter States have different subranges of temperate climates, nearly all of New Zealand is temperate, as well as southern Brazil, central Chile, western Turkiye, and most of coastal and northern Spain.
Long, cold winters and short summers, with strong seasonal differences. Sub-types include: regions with dry summers, dry winters, or no dry season, plus a range of summer temperatures from hot to very cool, and winters that can be extremely cold. For example, most of central and northern Canada has cold climate, in the United States most northern inner states and Alaska has cold climate, most of Sweden and Mongolia, as well as eastern Turkiye and southern Chile.
Consider a Protection Cover System
A practical cover system design to consider is a simple protection cover system, which helps with diverting clean water and reducing the volume of impacted surface water managed on site.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
Geosynthetic Cover System
Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Barrier Type Cover System
This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control atmospheric water ingress.
Store-and-Release Cover System
This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Geosynthetic Cover System / Barrier Type Cover System
Barrier Type Cover System: This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control net percolation and oxygen ingress. Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Barrier Type Cover System / Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
Barrier Type Cover System: This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control net percolation and oxygen ingress. Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Learn more with the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System / Erosion Protection Cover System
Store-and-Release Cover System: This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and gradually releasing stored water through evaporation and/or transpiration. Erosion Protection Cover System: Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Geosynthetic Cover System / Barrier Type Cover System
Geosynthetic Cover System: Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation. Barrier Type Cover System: This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control atmospheric water ingress.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System / Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
Store-and-Release Cover System: This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock. Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Geosynthetic Cover System / Barrier Type Cover System
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Geosynthetic Cover System: Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems can help reduce net percolation of water and oxygen ingress. Barrier Type Cover System: This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control atmospheric water ingress.
Learn more with the resources below!
Barrier Type Cover System / Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control net percolation and oxygen ingress.
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Store-and-Release Cover System / Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
Store-and-Release Cover System: This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock. Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System
This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock.
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
What is the primary objective of your cover system?
Isolation Cover System
Consider an isolation cover system as the base case design to physically isolate mined materials from the surrounding environment and keep clean water clean.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Capillary Break Cover System
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Consider a capillary break cover system, where a unsaturated and coarser-textured material is placed below a finer-textured material to reduce upward migration of constituents of potential concern and enhance the water holding capacity of the overlying layer.
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the resources below!
Isolation Cover System
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
An isolation cover system is a practical option for limiting the release of radiation and radon gas.
Learn more with
the resources below!
What is the major climate zone of your site?
Warm year‑round with seasons defined mostly by rainfall. Sub‑types include: rainforest, monsoon, and savannah climates. For example, northern and central Brazil are tropical rainforest and savannah, as well as nearly all of Indonesia, central Africa, and northern Australia like the Darwin region.
Very dry regions that can be extremely hot or surprisingly cold. Sub-types include: hot desert, cold desert, and hot or cold steppe climates. For example, nearly all of Saudi Arabia is hot desert climate, as well as central Australia, northern Chile, southern Mongolia, southeastern Spain, and central and eastern Turkiye.
Moderate climates with noticeable seasons; summers and winters vary depending on rainfall patterns. Sub‑types include: areas with dry summers, dry winters, or no dry season — each ranging from hot to cool summers. For example, the Pacific coast of Canada and United States have different subranges of temperate climates, nearly all of New Zealand is temperate, as well as southern Brazil, central Chile, western Türkiye, and most north-central and southern Europe.
Long, cold winters and short summers, with strong seasonal differences. Sub-types include: regions with dry summers, dry winters, or no dry season, plus a range of summer temperatures from hot to very cool, and winters that can be extremely cold. For example, most of central and northern Canada has cold climate, in the United States most northern inner states and Alaska has cold climate, most of Sweden and Mongolia, as well as eastern Turkiye and southern Chile.
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
What is an acceptable range of net percolation for your cover system?
Barrier Type Cover System
This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control atmospheric water ingress.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System
This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover system work for your site!
To refine the cover system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Geosynthetic Cover System
Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Geosynthetic Cover System
Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Geosynthetic Cover System
Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Geosynthetic Cover System
Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Geosynthetic Cover System / Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System
Geosynthetic Cover System: Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation. Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System
This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System / Erosion Protection Cover System
Store-and-Release Cover System: This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and gradually releasing stored water through evaporation and/or transpiration. Erosion Protection Cover System: Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Geosynthetic Cover System / Barrier Type Cover System
Geosynthetic Cover System: Using geosynthetic materials within cover systems reduces net percolation and oxygen ingress through their consistently low-permeability barrier, thereby enhancing long-term control of contaminant generation.. Barrier Type Cover System: This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control atmospheric water ingress.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System / Barrier Type Cover System
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity. Barrier Type Cover System: This cover system involves incorporating one or more low hydraulic conductivity layers to control atmospheric water ingress.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System / Store-and-Release Cover System
Enhanced Store-and-Release Cover System: An enhanced store-and-release cover system involves incorporating additional layers to the standard store-and-release cover system design to further limit net percolation and enhance plant water availability by increasing near-surface water storage capacity. Store-and-Release Cover System: This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Store-and-Release Cover System
This cover system limits net percolation by storing water during precipitation events and then gradually releases the stored water through evaporation or transpiration. It minimizes water available for oxidation of the sulfide minerals within mine rock.
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with
the resources below!
Erosion Protection Cover System
Erosion protection cover systems protect the landform from eroding and promote landform stability
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
Learn more with the resources below!
What is the primary objective of your cover system?
Erosion Protection Cover System
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
To manage wind and water erosion, a practical option is an erosion-protection cover system. This type of system supports overall landform stability and key elements of surface-water management, such as drainage channels.
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the resources below!
Revegetation Cover System
Let's make this cover
system work for your site!
To refine the cover
system for your site conditions and long-term goals, complete the form below or
connect with our team of experts at info@okaneconsultants.com.
A revegetation cover system is the appropriate base case design, supporting not only vegetation, ecosystem establishment, and landform stability, but also recreational uses, visual and geomorphic outcomes, and potential agricultural opportunities.
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Mine Planning and Closure Solutions
- Conceptual Closure, Reclamation, and Rehabilitation Plans
- Closure Vision Collaboration
- Closure Success Criteria
- Community Engagement
- Returning Land Use Objectives and Planning
- Permitting and Regulatory Approvals
- Subject Matter Expert Reviews (Stakeholders and Rightsholders)
- Strategic and Tactical Mine Planning and Scheduling
- Equipment Optimization and Planning for Autonomous Operations
- Geotechnical Assessment and Monitoring
- Dam Safety Inspection and Reviews
- Tailings Characterization and Closure Strategies
- Mine Rock (Waste Rock) Characterization and Pile Design
- Detailed Closure Plans
- Closure Cost Estimates
- Cover System and Landform Design
- Landform Evolution Modelling
- Borrow Material Characterization and Management Plans
- Construction Specifications and QA/QC
- Trigger and Action Response Plans
- Adaptive Management Plans
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Value Driver Tree Analysis (VDT)
- Multiple Accounts Analysis (MAA) and Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
- Acid Rock and Metalliferous Drainage Management
- Material Characterization
- Suboxic Conditions Analysis
- Kinetic Testing and Advanced Customizable Leach Columns
- Source Term, Solute Transport, Water Quality Modelling
- Laboratory Services Management
- Climate Change Scenario Modelling
- Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Modelling
- Pit Lake Management
- Surface Water Management
- Hydrology and Hydrogeology
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Ecological Completion Criteria
- Revegetation Planning
- Vegetation and Wetland Monitoring and Assessment
- Flora and Fauna Survey and Reporting
- Soil Management and Remediation
- Design and Installation of Field Trials and Automated Monitoring Systems
- Instrumentation Procurement and Calibration
- Advanced Data Management and Interpretation
What Type of Cover System Does My Site Need?

Mine Closure Project Case Studies
1000-Year Landform Evolution
A Cover Design Optimized for Haulage, Cost, and Revegetation
A Cover System Model for Dry Stack Tailings
Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD) Toolkit and Management Plan
Adjusting Covers for Climate Change
Advanced Monitoring System Design
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