Project Statistics: ~6.630m2. Volume of material moved ~3.100m. The MAAP team were faced with several challenges at the Govier Pit. The steep topography did not readily lend itself to regrading, unknown springs on the slope were disturbed while excavating, and halfway through the project torrential rains poured for four days straight. Tight modelling and excavation controls were set to exploit undulations across the site above the pit face to generate the required fill to grade the site. Complications arose when the natural spring was discovered, turning clay soils to an oozing mud while rain compounded the instability of the slope. The project was put on hold for a week to enable the site to dry and stabilize.  While working around the still flowing spring, the site was completed and hydroseeded with a stabilizing media immediately after earth work. Vegetation quickly established and, with favourable precipitation over the summer season, the site not only stabilized, but thrived.