The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation proudly presents:
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the annual mine tour will be held:
Mine Tour: Reclamation Diversity in Aggregate Mining
Location: Abbotsford, BC (departure from Delta Hotel Burnaby Conference Centre)
Time: Approximately 9:00am-5:00pm (exact time to be confirmed)
Includes: All transportation from the Delta Hotels Burnaby Conference Centre, boxed lunch, and snacks (breakfast not included)
Location: Abbotsford, BC (departure from Delta Hotel Burnaby Conference Centre)
Time: Approximately 9:00am-5:00pm (exact time to be confirmed)
Includes: All transportation from the Delta Hotels Burnaby Conference Centre, boxed lunch, and snacks (breakfast not included)
On September 25 and 26, a tentative list of approved topics / papers with Authors that are to be presented are found in the registration package and below:
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Topic
|
Author |
|---|---|
| Challenges of ‘Natural’ Reclamation and Revegetation in the Canadian High Arctic: Pilot Study at an Active Mine Site on North Baffin Island, NU | Patrick Audet, Mike Setterington |
| Implementing mine engineering practice into reclamation of mine rock spoils | Jill Mitchell |
| Stories from a quarter century of cover system designs – lessons to inform the future | Mike O’Kane |
| Preparing a 20th century mine for closure and reclamation using a 21st century lens | Tania Perzoff; Gary Koop |
| Quantitative methods for evaluating compaction in mine reclamation: a review and case study | Katie McMahen |
| An evolving reclamation approach under drought conditions | Melanie Piorecky, Colleen Hughes |
| Consideration of climate change in water quality modelling to inform risk based remediation of the abandoned Atlin Ruffner Mine | Ali Mott, Ryan Mills, Mike Sanborn, Lily Whetehead-Delong |
| Revegetation with locally harvested native plant seeds at the abandoned Atlin Ruffner Mine | Brad Stuckless, Derek Brillinger, Lily Whitehead-Delong, Steven Tannas |
| Using natural plant regeneration approaches in mine reclamation of abandoned illegal mined out spoils in Ghana | Desmond Asare, Rachel Owusu, John Kwesi Adingelah, Daniel Korsah |
| Solid asset creation from a liquid liability: is the Evaplant technology appropriate for BC and Alberta mine applications? | John Lavery, Xavier Lachapelle |
| Impacts of soil amendments on store and release mine cover systems: improved vegetation establishment and enhanced evapotranspiration | Cody Millar, Larisa Doucette, Michael Robeson, Damon Sump, Jeffrey McDonnell |
| An operational approach to geomorphic design in mine reclamation: A case study from Tech Coal Line Creek Operations | Jacqueline Dube, Dj Formanski |
| Planning for post-mine land uses, collaboration between mining companies, governments and indigenous communities | Natalie Melaschenko, Justin Straker |
| Site-specific GBBR rechnology maturation for water treatment at the Copper Mountain Mine | Monique Simair, Fischer Young, Bipinlal Unni, Dickson Atuke |
| Use of Column Trials for SRF and GBBR Development for Selenium and Nitrate Treatment at Brule Mine in BC | Monique Simair, Fischer Young, Bipinlal Unni, Dickson Atuke |
| Fate and Form of Selenium and Microbiology Analysis for SRF and GBBR Development at Brule Mine in BC | Monique Simair, Fischer Young, Bipinlal Unni, Dickson Atuke |
| Semi-Passive Water Treatment using Anionic Polyacrylamide Flocculant Logs | Seva I Bray |
| Development of a Continuous Improvement Framework and Water Quality Targets incoporating Indigenous Water Policy | Martin Davies |
| Validation of Selenium Bioaccumulation Models using Fish Feeding Studies with Se-Spiked Invertebrates | Martin Davies |
| The combined application of organic matter and mycorrhizal and rhizobial inoculants sustainably improves the growth of Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton. on mine waste rocks in the Sahelian zone | Hendi Hermann Yonli, Maurice Ouedraogo, Hadou Haro, Mahamadi Deanda |
| Use of remote sensing in reclamation monitoring to reduce risk, cost and unnecessary field work | Chris Tenszen |
| Inclusiveness and Reciprocity: Blueberry River First Nations’ Dormant Site Restoration Program | Mae Whyte and Stan Apsassin |
| A community based revegetation strategy for reclamation of the Faro Mine, Yukon | J Inkster, C Jakesta, B Maje, C Jakesta, C Beckett, A Lovatt, J Cummer, J Anderson, T Willsey, J Straker |
A full agenda of presentation times will be available in the coming weeks.
As a reminder, last year the Jake McDonald Annual Mine Reclamation Award was awarded to Imperial Metals – Mount Polley Mine and Habitat Remediation Working Group, for the remediation of Hazeltine and Edney creeks following the breach of the Mount Polley Mine tailings storage facility in 2014.
L-R: Tim Antill, EMLI, Don Parsons, Imperial and Gabe Holmes, Mount Polley Mine
The TRCR Committee will see you there for the 47th Annual Mine Reclamation Conference in Burnaby, BC – Welcome all.
