As part of the TAILLIQ project, we are testing different mine tailings on a mini calibration chamber developed at UWA through the modification of a triaxial equipment and the addition of two different small CPT probes developed by the NGCF team (http://www.ngcf.edu.au/) also at UWA. The mini calibration chamber allows the preparation of samples with diameters of 200mm and 300mm tall. Samples prepared with moist tamping and slurry deposition techniques have been penetrated at