Proceedings:
M. Julien. Integrated Environmental Management Process for Critical Infrastructure at Agnico Eagle. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: GISTM management mining options analysis physical stability risk assessment tailings
B. Chernoff. Building Relationships with Industry and Government for Improved Environmental Outcomes in qukin?amak?is (Raven's Land). 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: Elk Valley First Nation Fording River reclamation regulation waste rock
P. Wilson. ML/ARD Management for Pipeline Projects. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: linear management plan mineralogy non-mine pipeline prediction rapid Trans Mountain XRF
V. Mann, B. Kazamel, I. Martens, A. Doka and T. Birkham. Source Control and Suboxic Zones in the Elk Valley – New Learnings from Cedar North and Swift North Mine Rock Stockpiles. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: air entry deposition Elkview Fording gas mitigation operating waste rock
M. O’Kane and R. Sawyer. So You’re Planning a Waste Rock Dump — Why Not Build a Mine Rock Stockpile with Source Control Instead: Tools for Making Better Mine Rock Management Decisions Early in Design. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: air entry closure cover gas mitigation options analysis reclamation waste rock
A. Jacobson, B. Baker, HC Liang, D. Kratochvil, K. Ljubetic and C. Anderson. Emergency Response Water Treatment at the Eagle Mine. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: cyanide failure heap leach thiosalt toxicity treatment water management
J. Mayer, D. Mackie and J. Miller. Flow Dynamics of Saturated Rock Fill Facilities, Elk Valley BC. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: backfill blasting residue carbon Elkview Fording hydrology in-situ model nutrient pit lake selenium stratification tracer treatment
M. Schabert, S. Shaw and J. Miller. Biogeochemistry of Saturated Rock Fill Facilities, Elk Valley BC. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: backfill bioreaction carbon Elk Valley Elkview Fording in situ nitrate nutrient pit lake redox selenium treatment
R. Klein and J. Miller. Operational and Design Lessons from Eight Years of Saturated Rock Fill implementation. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: backfill carbon design Elkview Fording management nitrate nutrient pit lake selenium treatment
B. Aube. Challenges and Common Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Mine Water Treatment Plants. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: arsenic critical minerals design engineering HDS molybdenum piping pond reactor
A. Timmis and A. Campbell. Passive Water Treatment of Acid Rock Drainage at High Elevation Highway Site in British Columbia. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: aeration ferric ferrous highway limestone bed liners management PAG settling pond sulphate reduction wetland
H. Larratt and J. Self. 28 Years of Applied Pit Lake Research at HVC: Establishing Primary Productivity to Promote Bioreactor Development with Ecosystem Functions. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: biofilm bioreactor Highland Valley Copper passive pit lake reclamation
M. Guittonny and B. Bussière. Investigating the Evolution of Cover Systems After Vegetation Colonization. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: analogue Canadian Malartic closure Eleonore hydrology Laronde long-term Lorraine Manitou Quebec reclamation revegetation root soil barrier Westwood
C.H. Benson. Field Hydrologic Performance of Final Covers for High Elevation Mine Waste Containment. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: Blackfoot Bridge capillary composite freezing GCL geomembrane hydrology liner rock cover Smoky Canyon soil barrier store and release waste rock
G. Meiers and M. Pernito. A Holistic Closure Strategy that Integrates the Cover System within the Context of the Surrounding Physical Environment. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: capillary closure dry cover geomembrane model monitoring oxygen ingress soil cover tailings water ingress
V. Martin and G. Pepin. Progressive Restoration of the Filtered Tailings Pond at the Éléonore Mine: From Theory to Practice. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: closure cover governance guidelines reclamation tailings
M. Bromstad and S. Fawcett. Challenges with High Carbon, Complex Sulphur Speciation Mine Wastes: Adapting ML/ARD Geochemical Characterization Methods for Canada’s Oil Sands. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: carbon characterization mineralogy NP organic QEMSCAN sulphide sulphur TIMA XRD
L. Barazzuol and N. Kao. Design of Geochemical Monitoring Programs for Construction – Considerations and a Case Study. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: buttress classification closure construction dam filter GISTM PAG prediction rapid segregation tailings waste rock
S. Pearce. Use and Misuse and Guidelines for Use of Humidity Cell Data. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: drainage chemistry kinetic test PAG prediction scale up
E. Dy, K. Tufa, C. Huang, S. Liu, L. Ma and K. Morin. Oxygen Consumption and CO2 Generation Test — Principles, Measurement Methods, Constraints and Quality Assessment and Control. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: carbonate neutralization CO2 generation kinetic oxygen consumption prediction sulphide oxidation
S. Day, M. Adzic, J. Hendry, J. Mackie, V. Mann, A. Martin, M. Neuner, S. Sibbick, J. Stockwell and R. Verburg. Progress on Understanding Decline in Selenium Leaching Rates in the Elk Valley – Regional Analysis of Monitoring Data. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: coal drainage chemistry Elk River Elk Valley pit rate selenium trend waste rock
J. Bonneau, R. Pieters, J. Dockrey, O. Aygün, G. Lawrence, S. Jackson, B. Doroudiani and A. Martin. Long-Term Physical and Chemical Evolution of a Sub-Arctic Pit Lake: Observations and Modelling. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: abandoned aeration Colomac cyanide model nutrients pit lake remediation stratification treatment
M. Seyedali, P. Ferguson, S. Shaw, D. Jones, J. Skoglund and Z. Tebaibi. Geochemical Characterization of Waste Rock and Tailings to Support Closure Planning for the Langlois Mine, Québec, Canada. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: AP closure mineralogy XRD, TIMA NP NPR PAG pit seepage sulphate tailings waste rock zinc
H. Orcutt, K. Sexsmith and A. Liek. Geochemical Processes of Geotechnical Significance. 32nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. December 2 and 3, 2025
KEYWORDS: geochemical processes guidance INAP MEND physical stability risk assessment tailings weathering