Technical expertise and sound analysis for your mining project, both large and small.
Agapito Associates LLC is a mining and geoengineering consulting practice founded in 1978 and headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado. It provides technical consulting to producers of metals and industrial minerals, energy production and storage operators, and underground waste isolation projects, with completed work in 35 US states and 28 countries. Core capabilities span mine and cavern design, solution mining, rock mechanics, geologic and geomechanical investigations, slope stability, and subsidence analysis, supported by an in-house rock mechanics laboratory and full field services team.
Michael P. HardyChairman of the Board
Timothy A. RossPresident and Principal
across a wide spectrum of mining methods and materials.
Engineering and planning support for underground and surface mining operations, including stone mine planning and design.
Design of ground control and support systems for underground and highwall stability.
Analysis, modeling, and design of underground mine ventilation systems.
Design, planning, and rehabilitation of underground mine shafts.
Management and engineering oversight of mine construction and development projects.
Specialized geomechanical and engineering support for longwall mining operations.
Resource estimates prepared per Canadian NI 43-101, Australian JORC, and USA SEC standards (S-K 1300 and Industry Guide 7).
Evaluation, prediction, and forensic investigation of surface subsidence resulting from underground mining.
Geotechnical evaluation and design for highwall, surface mine, and waste dump slope stability.
Engineering services for tailing storage facilities and waste disposal.
In-situ stress measurements, instrumentation installation, geologic field services, and rock sample collection.
Application of rock mechanics to underground mine design, supported by an in-house laboratory and field equipment facility in Grand Junction.
In-situ stress measurements and instrumentation installation to monitor rock mass behavior.
Stability analysis and design of underground openings, pillars, and support systems.
Two- and three-dimensional computer modeling for geomechanical and resource analysis.
Design and permitting support for solution mines recovering soluble evaporite minerals.
Engineering support for the solution mining and recovery of potash.
Specialized design and analysis for trona and soda ash solution mining.
Engineering and stability analysis for nahcolite recovery.
Cavern design and solution mining services for salt recovery.
Design of mined underground caverns for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas, hydrocarbons, or compressed air.
Technical and financial evaluations to guide mining projects from concept to completion, including mine economics.
Geological engineering and site characterization studies supporting mine planning and design.
Mining · Aggregates & Quarrying · Metals · Oil & Gas · Energy Storage · Nuclear · Waste Management
Green River · Mining · 2025 · Client: American Critical Minerals Corp.
Appointed by American Critical Minerals Corp. to define a National Instrument 43-101 exploration target for lithium at the Green River Project.
Nevada Test Site, Nevada · Nuclear · 1994 · Client: Sandia National Laboratories
Provided consulting and geomechanical support services to Sandia National Laboratories at the Nevada Test Site Nuclear Waste Repository.
Los Angeles, California · Government · 1984 · Client: US Army Corps of Engineers
Provided geotechnical and engineering services under contract for the US Army Corps of Engineers.