24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: Undated paper

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, undated sitting (the exam's own page header reads "National Examinations, May 2019"). 3 hours duration, open book (any non-communicating calculator permitted). Unlike most sittings of this subject, this paper's own Note 3 states "Complete all SIX questions" – there is no five-of-six choice, so all 120 marks are compulsory. Most questions require an essay-format or point-form 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, treatment); Price, W.A., MEND Report 1.20.1, Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials (1997/2009); Government of Canada, Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (MDMER, SOR/2002-222, the current name for the exam's "MMER") under the Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14); Government of Canada, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33); Government of Canada, Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, successor to the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act); Government of Canada, Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c. 29); BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (current edition); Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Dam Safety Guidelines (2013/2019 update); Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM, 2020); Vick, S.G., Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams (1990).