Waste Rock definition

Waste Rock means all unprocessed rock materials that are produced as a result of mining operations.

Waste Rock means consolidated material which has been excavated during the mining process but is not of sufficient value to constitute ore.

Waste Rock means earth material that is excavated during mining, from which the economically recoverable native copper has been separated, and that is stored on the surface for 1 year or more. Waste rock does not include earth material from excavation or grading done in preparation for commencement of mining.

Examples of Waste Rock in a sentence

• Table 2 – Inventory of potential pollutants during mining operations *808,660 tonnes of pyrite rich waste rock are encapsulated in the 22.7Ha Waste Rock Emplacement.

• Soil and Waste Rock ManagementMillipede and Lake MaitlandSurface soil cover would be stripped and stockpiled separately to be placed over the areas of backfilled pits as part of ongoing rehabilitation.

• The initial Temporary Waste Rock and Ore Storage Facility was constructed in 2005 (Phase 1) and extended in fall 2007 (Phase 2) to accommodate test mine and pre-production development rock generated in 2005 and 2009, respectively.

• GOLIATH MINE SCREENING LEVEL RISK ASSESSMENTFILE: ENVMIN03018-01.003 | FEBRUARY 2015 | ISSUED FOR USE Waste Rock Approximately 25 million tonnes of waste rock and 4-6 million tonnes of overburden will be produced during the life of the mine.

• The following is extracted from the 2005 Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage and Waste Rock Survey Report – January 2006.

More Definitions of Waste Rock

Waste Rock means all unprocessed rock materials, except ore and Tailings, which are produced as a result of mining and milling operations;

Waste Rock means rock containing insufficient mineral value to the Development, excepting such rock which is inadvertently present in mined ore;

Waste Rock means consolidated material which has been excavated during the prospecting process but is not of suffi- cient value to constitute ore.

Waste Rock means consolidated rock which has been removed during mining or prospecting, but is not of sufficient value at the time of removal to constitute an ore.

Waste Rock means earth material that is excavated during mining, from which the economically

Waste Rock means all unprocessed rock materials that are produced as a result of mining operations;

Waste Rock or “Overburden” or “OB” shall mean all type of sedimentary, meta-sedimentary weathered siliceous & ferruginous variants of calcium magnesium rock & other intercalated associated rock types.