BSI 20/30409932 DC 2020

This document provides guidance related to the necessary planning activities for new and operating mines.

Recommendations are provided on:

1. Closure and reclamation of mine site, including:

   1. Tailings storage facilities

   2. Water storage facilities

   3. Waste rock management facilities

   4. Heap leach facilities

   5. Open pits

   6. Underground workings

   7. Mine infrastructure

   8. Temporary closure

2. Land reclamation and water management, including:

   1. Landforms

   2. Surface preparation

   3. Vegetation establishment

   4. Water management

   5. Covers

   6. Climate change effects

3. Stakeholder engagement, including:

   1. Objectives

   2. Approach

4. Decision and analysis tools, including:

   1. Design levels

   2. Alternatives identification and analysis

   3. Designing and operating for closure and reclamation

   4. Risk assessment and management

   5. Cost estimating

   6. Performance monitoring and reporting

   7. Adaptive management

   8. Application to the long-term care phase

This document does not provide detailed survey methods, testing or monitoring methods, detailed engineering procedures, detailed product requirements, or detailed construction and operational procedures. Occupational health and safety issues related to mine closure and reclamation construction are also excluded from this standard. Exploration activities are also excluded from this document.

This document is not intended to be used for the closure and reclamation of abandoned mines.