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Now more than ever, the safety of tailings dams has been on the lips of everyone in the industry. GeoGroup has been at the forefront of safety at tailings dams with the installation and use of Slimline Vibrating Wire Piezometers by automating tailing dams readings. With real-time information being more readily available, the risk of tailings dam failure is minimized. Engineerin ...

Catch up on the latest news and updates in our July Newsletter.

It is with great sadness that we inform you of Dave Rossiter’s passing. He passed away peacefully On Tuesday 30th June 2020 at home surrounded by his loving family. He had a long struggle with Motor Neuron Disease which sadly took him too soon. Dave Rossiter started Geomechanics in 1989, being the drill rig operator, the core writer, the driver, the CEO, the estimator, the buye ...

Catch up on the latest news and happenings in our May 2020 newsletter.

GeoGroup is permitted for all essential lockdown requirements. "As per the draft Risk-adjusted strategy for economic activity issued by government, level 4 will come into effect on the 1st May 2020 which allows for certain construction activities to resume. The GeoGroup believes we will fall into these construction activities and as such will be in close communication with our ...

March had much in store for us here at Geo Group. Read all about what we got up to in our most recent newsletter.

Geomech Africa was recently featured in the First Mining Magazine, DRC and Zambia.

Members of the GeoGroup management team ride the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020 in their new GeoGroup cycle kit

Using sonic and rotary core drilling techniques in conjunction with each other leads to the extraction of good-quality samples for testing and leads to better understanding of the potential for a tailings dam failure.

The GeoGroup of companies recently celebrated their 30th anniversary and to mark the occasion, Nicolaas Steenkamp of African Mining Magazine met up with Dave Rossiter, founder and non-executive director of the GeoGroup.