24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: December 2014

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, 2014-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, with only the first five questions appearing in the answer book marked. Most questions require an essay-format or point-form 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, tailings dam consequence categories, freeboard/PMF design basis, dam safety review and inspection intervals); Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM, 2020) (tailings governance, design and closure principles); Price, W.A., MEND Report 1.20.1, Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials (1997/2009) (acid-base accounting, neutralizing potential ratio screening criteria); International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide (ARD prediction, prevention and treatment across the mine lifecycle); Vick, S.G., Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams, 2nd ed. (upstream/centreline/downstream embankment construction methods); Government of Canada, Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (MDMER, the current name for the exam's "MMER") under the Fisheries Act; Government of Canada, Impact Assessment Act (successor to the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act); Mining Association of Canada, Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Management Protocol; International Cyanide Management Institute, International Cyanide Management Code.