Jordin Barclay

Jordin is a Principal Hydrogeologist for Fortescue Metals Group’s Chichester Operations. He has been working for FMG for over 5 years and has been a mining hydrogeologist for 15 years at various mine sites in Western Australia, United States, Mexico and throughout Canada. The Chichester Operations (Cloudbreak mine and Christmas Creek mine) operate the second largest mine dewatering system in the world and is situated adjacent to the Fortescue Marsh, an endorheic basin with hypersaline groundwater at depth. The Chichester Operations are currently approved for 200 gigalitres per annum abstraction, most of which is re-injected in order to maintain the water levels adjacent to the Fortescue Marsh. Jordin has been involved in all stages of MAR at the Chichesters, including approvals, bore and infrastructure construction, testing, operations and maintenance.