Oil Sands

Marston Canada Ltd. provide full-service mining, geological and geotechnical consulting, environmental and project management services to the oil sands industry. Marston has more then 25 years of operating experience in the mining industry with broad expertise in oil sands, coal, precious and base metal mining. Throughout its history Marston has developed and maintained several major clients in the oil sands industry including Syncrude, Suncor and Albian Sands.

MINE DESIGN AND PLANNING

• Mine Design and Mining Method Analysis

• Equipment Evaluation and Selection

• Short-and Long-Range Mine Planning

• Production Sequencing and Scheduling

• Mining Cost Estimates

• Surpac, Mincom, Minesight and Vulcan Software Experience

MINE TAILINGS

• Tailings Scheduling and Sequencing

• Tailings Dam Design

• Tailings Characterization

• Tailings Beaching Behavior Studies

GEOLOGICAL SERVICES

• Ore Reserve Estimation

• Core Logging and Description

• Overburden Classification

• Subsurface Sampling

GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES

• Slope Stability Analysis

• Foundation Engineering

• Earth / Rock Dump Design

• Heap Leach Pad Design

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

• Environmental Baseline Studies

• Reclamation Planning and Monitoring

• Geographical Information System (GIS) Services

• Compliance Monitoring