Russell Staines

Russell Staines is an environmental geochemist with more than 15 years of experience in a variety of settings in Australia, South America, Europe, and the Arctic. He has expertise in acid rock drainage (ARD) prediction and prevention; mine water characterisation, modelling and management; mine closure planning; geochemical exploration; and contaminated land site investigation. Mr Staines has provided consulting expertise in the private and public sectors on projects concerning mining and baseline environmental characterisation issues in order to achieve legal compliance, improve environmental performance, or manage risk. He has extensive field experience in mineral exploration and the sampling of geochemical media for environmental applications. Mr Staines also has wide experience in data management, and the analysis and interpretation of geochemical data including hydrological and geochemical modelling using tools such as GoldSim and PHREEQC.