24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: December 2013

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, 2013-Dec. 3 hours duration, open book (any non-communicating calculator permitted). Six questions of equal value (20 marks each) constitute the bank; a candidate answers any FIVE. Most questions require an essay-format answer.

Reference texts: BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (current edition) (permitting, reclamation and closure planning requirements); Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Dam Safety Guidelines (2013/2019 update) (dam classification, embankment raising methods); Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM, 2020) (tailings governance, upstream-construction restrictions); Price, W.A., MEND Report 1.20.1, Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials (1997/2009) (acid-base accounting, NPR screening criteria); International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide (ARD prediction, prevention and treatment); Vick, S.G., Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams, 2nd ed. (embankment construction methods, seepage control); Government of Canada, Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (MDMER) under the Fisheries Act; Government of Canada, Impact Assessment Act (successor to the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act).