BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Price W., M. Aziz and K. Bellefontaine. 2010 Review of Financial Security at Equity Silver Mine. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  Equity  financial security  lime  treatment 


  2. Chambers D.. Alaska Large Mine Reclamation Bonding - 2005. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  financial security  regulation 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Alaska Large Mine Reclamation Bonding - 2005
    2. Financial Assurance Reviews for Alaskan Mines - Fort Knox, Green Creeks, Kensington Gold, Pogo and True North

  3. Bellefontaine K.. BC is Booming - Is ARD Looming? An Overview of Regulatory Approaches and Recent Mining Issues in British Columbia. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  financial security  management  mitigation  prediction  regulation  selenium 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Environmental Management Plans: A Key Tool in Ensuring Successful Long-term Environmental Management at Closed Mine Sites with ML/ARD

  4. MacDonald B.. Cape Breton Development Corporation (CBDC) Site Closure Program. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  background  Cape Breton  closure  financial security  flooded  subsidence  underground 


  5. Wiatzka G.. Closure Liability Estimating for Cape Breton Development Closure Properties. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Cape Breton  closure  financial security  guidance  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Development of a Screening Level Risk Assessment Methodology for Abandoned Mines and Former Military Sites in Northern Canada
    2. Risk Assessment of Site Conditions at the Port Radium Mine Site, NWT

  6. Meints C. and M. Aziz. Equity Mine - 25 Years of Closure. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  batch  closure  collection  construction material  discharge  drainage chemistry  dry cover  Equity  financial security  HDS  hydrology  impoundment  monitoring  physical stability  prediction  receiving environment  soil barrier  solid residue  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 


  7. Ferguson K. and M. Aziz. Equity Silver Mine - Ten Years Experience with Dry Covers. Presented at the 2000 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Equity  financial security  hydrology  lime treatment  monitoring  soil cover 


  8. Nahir M.. Faro Mine Rehabilitation Project. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  closure  diversion  drainage treatment  dry cover  Faro  financial security  option analysis  pit  tailings  waste rock  water management 


  9. Purdon R.. Implementing Mine Closure Plans - Ontario's Experience. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  financial security  guidelines  Lockerby  Ontario  regulation  Timminco 


  10. Ayres B.. Lessons Learned from 20+ Years Post-Closure Monitoring at BHP’s Legacy Mine Sites in North America. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  attenuation  Carson Hill  diversion  dry cover  Elliot Lake  financial security  heap leach  Lisbon  relinquishment  Selbaie  soil barrier 


  11. Ziemkiewicz P.. Long-term Performance of Passive AMD Treatment Systems. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  anoxic  cost  financial security  limestone bed  maintenance  passive  treatment  wetland 


  12. Patterson R.J.. Mine Closure Planning at Equity Silver Mines Ltd.. Presented at the 1995 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  closure  Equity  financial security  soil cover 


  13. Cowan W.R.. Mine Rehabilitation in Ontario: Legislation Development and Progress. Presented at the 1999 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  closure  financial security  Ontario  regulation 


  14. Shaw S.. Technology Readiness Levels: Guidance for Source Control and Water Treatment R&D for Mines in British Columbia. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  disposal  dry covers  financial security  guidelines  long term  maintenance  proprietary  regulation  research needs  risk assessment  treatment  waste rock 


  15. Bradley R.. The Rehabilitation of Ontario's Kam Kotia Mine. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  consolidation  dry cover  financial security  GCL  Kam Kotia  lime  NaOH  rehabilitation  solid residue  tailings  treatment 


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