24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: December 2018

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, 2018-Dec. 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 a concise, point-form-acceptable answer rather than a full essay. Every question is solved in full below (including all six, not just the five a candidate would normally submit) so this set also serves as complete study material.

Reference texts: Government of Canada, Fisheries Act and the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (MDMER, the current name for the exam's "Metal Mining Effluent Regulations"); Government of Canada, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA); Government of Canada, Impact Assessment Act (successor to the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act named in the exam); Government of Canada, Species at Risk Act; International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide; Price, W.A., MEND Report 1.20.1, Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials (1997/2009); Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Dam Safety Guidelines (2013/2019); Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM, 2020); Vick, S.G., Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams (1990); ATSDR, Toxicological Profiles for mercury; BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia.