Context: A strong tailings management score in mining is sustained through day-to-day control, not periodic oversight, reflecting whether operating decisions stay within safety and stability boundaries.

Challenges: Inspections identify emerging issues but follow-through waits, with responsibility spanning operations, safety, and compliance and no single point accountable for immediate action, so options narrow by the time escalation occurs.

Solution: The Tailings Management Guidance Agent, an AI agent built using Microsoft Copilot Studio, monitors inspection results and environmental conditions as indicators move toward risk thresholds and intervenes during ownership and response decisions, flagging deviation before it becomes non-recoverable.

Impact: Mining operators following this approach see teams respond earlier with current conditions in view, with scores stabilizing because execution stays aligned as conditions change.