Opening & Closing Keynotes
Each day of the technical program will be highlighted by a keynote presentation held in the general room. These keynote sessions promise to offer valuable insights and perspectives from distinguished speakers, enriching the conference experience for all attendees. Get ready to be inspired and informed with engaging discussions.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 OPENING KEYNOTE
8:30 to 10:00
Keynote
Bill Price, Natural Resources Canada
Biography
Bill Price, Natural Resources Canada
William (Bill) Price works for the Canadian government. His present work on ML/ARD includes advising mining companies, regulatory organizations, and indigenous groups, writing guidelines, teaching courses, creating and reviewing research, membership on BC’s only public advisory committee, and organizing the BC MEND ML/ARD workshop, which is recognized as one of the best annual mine environment events in North America.
Previously, he worked for the BC Mining Association and as a consultant.
Earlier in his career, Bill was instrumental in establishing new standards for ML/ARD prediction methodology, standards that are now accepted and applied throughout the world.
Why does ML/ARD remain such an intractable issue and what are possible solutions?
Despite the large ongoing effort and many advances and successes, metal leaching and acidic drainage (ML/ARD) remains a challenging and in many ways intractable issue.
The keynote presentation will suggest possible reasons why and recommend solutions using examples from the presenters past participation in mine review, research, tech transfer, regulation, and indigenous and community groups.
Moderator: Janice Zinck
Executive Director, Government of Nova Scotia in Geoscience and Mines
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 CLOSING KEYNOTE
15:30 to 17:00
Keynote
Gilles Tremblay, Technical Manager, International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP)
Biography
Gilles Tremblay is the Technical Manager of the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP).
Mr. Tremblay also coordinates activities jointly with the Global Alliance, which has organizations working on acid prevention in Australia, Canada, Europe, South Africa, South America and USA.
He is also involved in the review and update of the GARD Guide, a leading practice guide for the prevention of mine-impacted waters and with the organization of the ICARD series of conferences.
Prior to joining INAP Gilles worked for the Government of Canada for more than 33 years coordinating large multi-party R&D consortia related to environmental issues affecting the mining industry.
Key activities include managing the Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) Program on acidic drainage and the National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI).
KEYNOTE: Mitch Warner
Managing Partner, Arbinger
Our opening keynote will address the importance of building trust and changing our mindset to adapt to different cultural communities.
PLENARY: BUILDING TRUST
The relationship between miners, communities, governments and the planet. How to be humble regarding the past, transparent about future plans.
Panelists:
David Cataford
CEO & Director, Champion Iron
Philippe Couillard
31st Premier of Quebec
Ken Rock
General Director, Société de développement économique Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
Nadja Kunz
Assistant professor, The University of British Columbia
MODERATOR: Angelina Mehta
General Manager, Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminium
MODERATOR: Angelina Mehta
General Manager, Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminium
An Update on the International Network for Acid Prevention
Mining activities include the extraction and processing of economic minerals as well as the movement and storage of the waste rock and tailings, some of which may be reactive producing Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD). This can impact operations and lead to a high level of residual risk/liability at the cessation of mining which may delay or prevent effective closure and lease relinquishment. Responsible management of these reactive materials throughout the operational phase of mining and for the entirety of mine’s life cycle inclusive of post-closure is therefore critical for the mining industry´s current and future success.
The International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP) is an international network of mining companies that was proactively formed by mine operators in 1998. Twenty-five years later, INAP continues to drive globally recognized leading practice in AMD risk management so that all mining companies can operate sustainably in their respective environments across the asset life cycle. This is achieved though mining industry-led collaboration, knowledge development, and sharing of outcomes.
INAP programs and activities are focussed on the reduction and management of AMD and, as such, can greatly assist in minimising the issues around residual risk which may present as a major barrier to operational performance and achieving successful mine closure. As INAP enters its next 25-year period, a review of the Strategic Plan is currently underway to ensure that INAP continues to add value and deliver in emerging and strategic areas, particularly given the pace of change which the industry needs to embrace to remain viable and relevant.
In addition to management of AMD, INAP has recently expanded its focus to thoroughly embrace prevention of AMD. In this presentation, examples of leading practices including source control work targeting the prevention and reduction of AMD, through better mine rock stockpile construction techniques will be presented. The paper will also consider how INAP is working to make the global ARD guide (GARD Guide) more effective and useful to all stakeholders worldwide, along with an update on current and future projects. INAP’s key role in bringing the global technical and regional ARD alliance together will also be briefly discussed.