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This webinar provides a practical introduction to water balance modelling in mining, with a focus on tailings facilities and site-wide water management. The session will explore how water balance models are used to support design, operations, and closure planning, drawing on real-world applications and case studies from the mining sector. Attendees will gain insight into key considerations such as system behaviour, uncertainty, and long-term water management challenges. The webinar will also demonstrate how tools such as GoldSim can be applied to simulate complex water systems and support risk-informed decision-making across a range of mining scenarios.

Details

Date
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Time
10:00am (Australia/Sydney; find your local time)
Resources Webcasts and other documents will be available here
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Presenters

Mike Liu

Red Earth Engineering a Geosyntec Company

Mike is a Principal Water Resources Specialist and Registered Professional Engineer with extensive experience in mining water management. Mike supported a wide range of mining projects across Au... Read more

Jarrad Coffey

Mines and Environment

Jarrad is a Senior Principal Engineer at Red Earth Engineering, specializing in tailings risk assessment and management. Over a long career leading the tailings management program at Rio Tinto Iron O... Read more

Rick Kossik

GoldSim

Rick is the co-founder of GoldSim Technology Group, which was acquired by Datacor in March 2026. He has a wide variety of experience in the fields of probabilistic risk analysis and simulation and has... Read more

Panel Members

Krey Price

International Water Training Institute

Educated at the University of California at Berkeley, Krey is a civil engineer and project manager with international experience in water resources. He is engaged in computational modelling, engineeri... Read more