BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. G. Meiers and M. Pernito. A Holistic Closure Strategy that Integrates the Cover System within the Context of the Surrounding Physical Environment. Presented at the 2025 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  capillary  closure  dry cover  geomembrane  model  monitoring  oxygen ingress  soil cover  tailings  water ingress 

  2. Meiers G., J. Sgaoula and S. Turcotte. Capillary-Break Cover Systems: Challenges in Laboratory to Field and Field to Laboratory Evaluation and Design. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend  bentonite  capillary  dry cover  Goldex  Manitou  store and release  tailings cover  waste rock 

  3. C.H. Benson. Field Hydrologic Performance of Final Covers for High Elevation Mine Waste Containment. Presented at the 2025 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Blackfoot Bridge  capillary  composite  freezing  GCL  geomembrane  hydrology  liner  rock cover  Smoky Canyon  soil barrier  store and release  waste rock 

  4. Arseneault B. and N. Chevé. Large Scale Field Trials of Cover Systems at Mine Canadian Malartic. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Canadian Malartic  capillary  codisposal  dry cover  options analysis  soil 

  5. A. Zhang, J. Bain, A. Schmall, C.J. Ptacek and D.W. Blowes. Performance of a Composite Cover at Kam Kotia Mine, ON – Hydrology, Gas Transport, and Geochemistry. Presented at the 2023 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  capillary  cover  drainage chemistry  gas  GCL  hydrology  isotopes  mineralogy  tailings  weathering 

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