24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: May 2016

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, 2016-May. 3 hours duration, open book (any non-communicating calculator permitted). SIX questions are printed on the paper; FIVE questions constitute a complete exam paper, and only the first five questions as they appear in the answer book are marked. Most questions require an essay-format answer; clarity and organization are explicitly assessed.

Reference texts: International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide (ARD prediction, static and kinetic testing, sampling programs); Price, W.A., MEND Report 1.20.1, Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials (1997/2009) (acid-base accounting, sampling protocols); 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); BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (current edition) (closure planning, reclamation, waste dump erosion control); Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Dam Safety Guidelines (2013/2019 update) (tailings embankment design, dam safety inspections, failure modes); Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM, 2020) (tailings governance and monitoring); Vick, S.G., Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams (1990) (upstream/centerline/downstream embankment construction methods, beach hydraulic sorting); ATSDR, Toxicological Profiles for arsenic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, molybdenum and silica.