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24-MMP-A2 Underground Mining Methods and Design: December 2019

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  1. Question 1 Haulage, Hoists, Ground Support, Ventilation Measurement and Cost Estimation
  2. Question 2 Capital and Operating Cost Estimation
  3. Question 3 Design of Ventilation Facilities
  4. Question 4 Room-and-Pillar and Vertical Crater Retreat (VCR) Mining
  5. Question 5 Hoist Duty Cycle, Motor Power and Production
  6. Question 6 Skip/Shaft vs. Truck/Incline Material Handling

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EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 18-Mmp-A2 Underground Mining Methods and Design, 2019-Dec. Closed book exam, Sharp/Casio approved calculator plus one hand-written 8.5x11 in. reference sheet permitted. Question 1 is compulsory (40 marks, all five parts 1.1–1.5); a candidate then selects THREE of the five optional Questions 2–6 (20 marks each).

Reference texts: Hartman & Mutmansky (eds.), SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed. (rock haulage systems, shaft hoisting design, ground support, mine ventilation, mine cost estimation — the primary reference throughout this paper); Hustrulid & Bullock, Underground Mining Methods: Engineering Fundamentals and International Case Studies (room-and-pillar, vertical crater retreat and shaft/incline material-handling comparisons); BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (Canadian regulatory context for hoisting-rope factors of safety, ground support and ventilation practice); O'Hara, "Quick Guides to the Evaluation of Orebodies," CIM Bulletin, Feb. 1980, and Mular & Poulin, CapCost, CIM Special Volume 47, 1998 (parametric underground capital-cost formulas used in Question 2).