BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Orava D.. A MEND Case Study Update: The Owl Creek Open Pit Waste Rock Backfill Project. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend limestone  backfill  options analysis  Owl Creek  pit  waste rock 

  2. Ayres B., L. Lanteigne and M. O'Kane. A Review of Performance of the Whistle Mine Backfilled Pit Cover System - Four Years After Construction. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  backfill  dry cover  model  pit  soil barrier  treatment  waste rock  Whistle 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Closure Planning and Implementation at CVRD Inco's Whistle Mine, Ontario, Canada

  3. Shaw S., R. Nicholson, B. Fraser, M. Venhuis, S. Barabas, E. Clyde and J. Stirling. ARD is not the Apocalypse - A closed iron ore mine characterized by active ARD/ML and good water quality. Presented at the 2015 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  PAG  pit  prediction  segregation  Sherman  underwater  waste rock 

  4. Eriksson N.. Boliden Aitik Mine Closure Planning: Overview of the Mine and the Overall Closure Planning Project. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Aitik  closure  model  PAG  pit  receiving environment  tailings  waste rock 

  5. Martin J., G. Wiatzka, J. Scharer and B. Halbert. Case Studies that Illustrate the Benefits, Limitations and Information Requirements of Geochemical Modelling. Presented at the 2005 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  Crean Hill  dry cover  guidelines  Kam Kotia  model  pit  prediction  waste rock 

  6. Thomas C. and T. O’Grady. Closure Activities – Progress over the last 10 years, Britannia Mine . Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Britannia  closure  collection  maintenance  pit  receiving environment  risk assessment  scaling  solid residue  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Fairview Glory Hole Video

  7. Ayres B.. Closure Planning and Implementation at Vale Inco’s Whistle Mine. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  dry cover  monitoring  pit  soil barrier  waste rock  Whistle 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Closure Planning and Implementation at CVRD Inco’s Whistle Mine, Ontario, Canada

  8. Taylor L.. Development of a New Mine on a Brownfield Site and Drainage Chemistry: Doyon Mine and Westwood Mine. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  closure  construction material  costs  desulphurize  Doyon  encapsulation  flooded  HDS  impoundment  operating  pit  solid residue  tailings  treatment  underground  waste rock  Westwood 

  9. Day S. and R. Robichaud. Evolution of East Pit Water Chemistry Predictions at Huckleberry Mine: Effect of a Wall Failure and Mine Plan Changes. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Huckleberry  model  options analysis  pit  prediction  subsidence 

  10. 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 

  11. Blier A. and G. Amyot. Flooding as a Reclamation Solution to an Acidic Tailings Pond and Open Pit; More than 15 Years After. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  impoundment  pit  proprietary  Solbec  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Flooding as a Reclamation Solution to an Acidic Tailings Pond, the Solbec Case. Cambior Inc. (1999).

  12. Williams D.. Golden Sunlight Mine Pit Backfill: The History and the Science of the Backfill Issues at the Golden Sunlight Mine. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  Golden Sunlight  hydrology  pit  waste rock  Zortman-Landusky 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Pit Backfill: Yea or Nay, A Montana Example

  13. Huls B. and D. Caron. Introduction to the Selbaie Mine Reclamation and Role of the Pit. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  pit  reclamation  Selbaie 

  14. Volden L., D. Kirste and K. Sexsmith. Laboratory Characterization of Aquifer Attenuation Mechanisms for Acidic Groundwater at a Copper Mine in Arizona: Experimental Design, Results and Development of Supporting Models. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  attenuation  drainage chemistry  heap leach  kinetic test  low grade ore  mineralogy  model  pit  prediction  receiving environment  waste rock 

  15. Ferguson P., C. Wels, D. Jones and G. Farrer. ML/ARD Impacts and Rehabilitation Planning for Rum Jungle. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  backfill  closure  drainage chemistry  heap leach  hydrology  impoundment  monitoring  PAG  pit  receiving environment  Rum Jungle  soil barrier  tailings  uranium  waste rock 

  16. Day S.. ML/ARD Mitigation at the Red Chris Mine, BC. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  geology  kinetic tests  mitigation  operating  PAG  pit  Red Chris  segregation  selenium  tailings  waste rock 

  17. Brown A.. Predicting Mine Inflow for Water Treatment. Presented at the 2007 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Diavik  hydrology  Pine Point  pit  Pogo  Snap Lake  underground 

  18. Wels C. and L. Findlater. Prediction of Groundwater Recovery and Post-Flooding Groundwater Quality. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  hydrology  model  options analysis  pit  prediction  tailings  waste rock 

  19. Smith Q. and L. Lanteigne. Selection and Implementation of a Dry Cover System at Whistle Open Pit Mine. Presented at the 2004 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  bentonite cover  dry cover  GCL  model  options analysis  pit  soil barrier  waste rock  Whistle 

  20. Unée A.. Svartliden Closure Measures. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  arsenic  backfill  cover  encapsulation  pit  receiving environment  segregation  soil barrier  Svartliden  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 

  21. Morin K. and N. Hutt. The MEND Minewall Technique: Overview and Details. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  humidity cell  kinetic test  minewall  pit  prediction  underground 

  22. Rodgers B., B. Fraser, R. Parker, J. Martin, R. Nicholson and T. Sulatycky. The Owl Creek Pit Part 2: Pit Water Quality 25 Years after Backfilling with Acid Generating Rock. Presented at the 2017 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend  backfill  lime  limestone  Owl Creek  pit  underwater  waste rock 

  23. Guerin F. and J. Rowson. Uranium Tailings Management at AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Part 1: Design Confirmation and Geochemical Observations from the McClean Lake Operation in Northern Saskatchewan. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend barium  amend ferric  amend lime  arsenic  backfill  Jeb  McClean Lake  pervious surround  pit  prediction  tailings  underwater  uranium 

  24. Guerin F., N. Banton, J. Mahoney and G. Newman. Uranium Tailings Managements at AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Part 2: The Kiggavik Project in Nunavut. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend barium  amend ferric  amend lime  backfill  climate change  dry cover  freezing  Kiggavik  pit  prediction  tailings  underwater  uranium 

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