Engineering Geology
Infrastructure
Mining
Tunnelling
SERVICES
Our services focus on the design and supervision of projects in the mining and energy industry. Our expertise includes, but is not limited to, the following:
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Tunnel and cavern design
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Slope stability analysis
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Rock and soil mechanics
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Risk studies and geological characterization
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Hydrogeology
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Planning and execution of field campaigns
ABOUT US
Suricata - Miner by Nature offers specialized consulting services for the mining, transportation and energy industries.
The company was founded in 2014 by Matías Egaña. Matías is a Mining Engineer and Geophysicist from the University of Chile, and has an MSc. in Engineering Geology from the University of Leeds (UK). In addition to being a consultant at Suricata, Matias is:
-Expert advisor on tunnels of the Ministry of Public Works of Chile
-Director/Co-founder of the Journal of Mining Engineering and Research (www.j-miner.cl) from the Chilean nstitute of Mining Engineers (IIMCh)
-Representative of Chile in the tunnel chapter of the World Road Association (PIARC)
-Director of the Committee of Tunnels and Underground Spaces of Chile (CTES/ITA).
PROJECTS AND CLIENTS
The following are some of the projects in which Suricata has recently participated:
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Advice on post-contingency underground works Ituango Hydroelectric project. Client: AFRY (POYRY).
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Advice on the Geotechnical Baseline Report of Los Bronces Underground. Client: Skava.
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Geological and geotechnical studies of Mentarang Induk Hydroelectric Project, Indonesia, approx 1000 MW.
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Supervision during the repair of the Chacayes Spillway HPP, Pacific Hydro.
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In Situ Stress characterization Alto Maipo hydroelectric project. Client: Strabag-Alto Maipo.
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Monitoring during the construction of the underground works of the Los Cóndores project, including TBM and Drill & Blast. Client: Norconsult, ENEL.
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Constructibility study of the Vallecito hydroelectric project. Client: Norconsult, ENEL.
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Inspection during the emptying of the tunnels of the La Higuera hydroelectric project. Client: Sweco, Tinguiririca Energía.
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Inspection during the repair of the La Confluencia hydroelectric project, including head tunnel and dam. Client: Norconsult, Tinguiririca Energy.
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Codelco's "Rapid preparation of caving type mines" project. Client: IM2, Codelco.
CONTACT
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PUBLICATIONS
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Egaña M., 2022. Transforming old railway tunnels to modern road tunnels. Three case studies from Chile. Proceeding of World Tunnel Congress 2022, Denmark.
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Egaña M., Engelstad O., Mathiesen T., Villegas F. and Nilsen B. 2017. Challenges on the design of mining caverns. Proceeding of World Tunnel Congress 2017, Norway.
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Egaña M. and Ortiz J. 2013. Geostatistical tools in rock mass classification: A case study in the mining industry. Journal of Geoengineering.
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Helland I., Tuttle K. and Egaña M. 2013. Environmental risk assessment of soil and water contamination from mining sites. Proceedings of Enviromine 2013, Chile.
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Egaña M. et al. 2008. Geostatistics applied to geotechnical parameters. Proceedings of MININ 2008, Chile.