Farim Phosphate Project
Client
Itafos Farim SARL (formerly GB Minerals Ltd.)Location
Farim, Guinea-BissauHighlights
- Phosphate mining residue disposal
- Estuarine environments
- Community resettlement
Project Overview
The Farim Phosphate Project is located in Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. The proposed project is a 1 million tonne per year open pit phosphate mining operation involving onsite processing of phosphate rock and transportation of the product to a new port. This will be Guinea-Bissau’s first modern mine.
Project Role
Knight Piésold provided engineering and environmental services for the project from 2014 to 2019, and again in 2021 to 2022, including:
- Geotechnical and hydrogeological site investigations
- Comprehensive supplemental environmental baseline studies
- Preparation of an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA)
- Development and implementation of environmental monitoring programs
- Screening level ESIA of proposed resettlement village
- Waste and water management, geochemistry, hydrogeology, and mine closure planning contributions to a feasibility study in 2015 and an updated feasibility study in 2022