Claire Linklater Email & Phone Number

Sydney

Geochemist specialising mineralised mine waste management: acid/alkaline rock drainage (ARD) assessment and prediction; water quality and pollutant mobility from waste rock dumps, tailings storage facilities, underground workings and pit walls; assessing the effectiveness of potential mine closure strategies. Consultancy tasks relate to the review and interpretation of available data, building conceptual models of processes which control in situ geochemical behaviour, design and management of laboratory programmes, and the application of geochemical modelling codes. Experienced user of codes such as PHREEQC and Geochemist’s Workbench, and also SRK’s numerical model SULFIDOX (developed to estimate rates of sulfide oxidation in waste rock dumps and ore stockpiles).

Sydney

Geochemist specialising in the use of geochemical modelling tools to assess geochemical behaviour within both engineered and natural systems. Research focus was in areas such as sulfidic waste management, bio-leach and bio-oxidation heap optimisation, and water quality and pollutant mobility at mine sites.

Harwell, Oxfordshire, Uk

Geochemist providing expertise and consultancy related to building the case for underground (geological) disposal of radioactive wastes. Focus was understanding and quantifying the geochemical behaviour and mobility of radionuclides in the ‘geosphere’ surrounding a proposed underground repository and assessing the long-term stability of engineered and natural barriers. Role included design and implementation of laboratory programmes to measure sorption, and application of geochemical modelling techniques such as PHREEQC.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Geology

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Geology