24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: May 2015

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, 2015-May. 3 hours duration, open book (any non-communicating calculator permitted). FIVE questions constitute a complete exam paper: Questions 1 and 2 are MANDATORY, and THREE questions must be selected from the OPTIONAL Questions 3 to 6, with only the first three optional answers appearing in the answer book marked. Most questions require a full-sentence or bullet-point response.

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, 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, NPR screening criteria, ARD prevention and treatment); International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide (ARD prediction, prevention, treatment and waste rock encapsulation design); 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); Government of Canada, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (National Pollutant Release Inventory); Mining Association of Canada, Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Management Protocol; International Cyanide Management Institute, International Cyanide Management Code; ATSDR, Toxicological Profiles for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, mercury, lead and cyanide.