Mine Design, Operations and Closure Conference
2018 Presentations
Tuesday, May 8
Water Management Session I
Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Industrial Artificial Pond Program
Kenny Pirkle, Nevada Department of Wildlife
Effective Evaporation as a Water Reduction Solution
Robert Ballantyne, Resource West, Inc.
Design of a Hydraulic Plug for the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Leadville, Colorado
Michael J. Gobla, PE, Bureau of Reclamation
Permitting/Public Input Session
A Modified NEPA Pre-planning Approach to Shorten EIS Timeframes
Brian W. Buck, MS, PG, Stantec
CERCLA 108 (b) – EPA’s efforts to Dictate Bonding Terms to the Mining Industry
Gage Zobell & Ben Machlis, Dorsey & Whitney
Kristi Ponozzo & Jen Lane, Montana DEQ
Mine Closure Session
Martin Carlson, PE, CDM Smith
Divestiture of the TVX Mineral Hill Mine, Montana
Steven Smith, Kinross Gold USA, Inc.
Doug Stiles, PE, Hecla Mining Co.
Tailings Impoundment Closure Enhancement
Craig Hall, PE, Knight Piesold Ltd.
Remediation Session
John Bingham, Hart Crowser, Inc.
Steve Rima, Amec Foster Wheeler
Wednesday, May 9
Mine Design Session
Michael J. Fischer, PE, CDM Smith
Update: Idaho Cobalt Project New Mine Design Concepts
Floyd Varley, eCobalt Solutions, Inc.
Vertical Carbon-in-Column Plant at the Round Mountain Mine, Nevada
Debbie Johnston, PE, & Kris VanLuchene, SE, Morrison-Maierle, Inc.
Research Session
Corrosion in Underground Metal/Non-metal Mines
Amy Chambers, NIOSH – Spokane Mining Research Division
Beyond BCR’s: The use of Peat Sorption Media to treat Mine Drainage
Paul Eger, Global Minerals Engineering LLC
Low-cost Strategies for Monitoring Mining-induced Seismicity
Derrick Chambers, NIOSH – Spokane Mining Research Division
For the Curious Session
Applications of Drones to Archaeological Research on Prehistoric Mining Quarries: A Case Study of a Western Montana Chert Quarry (This presentation is not available at the request of the presenter.)
Alex Schwab, Ethnotech
Bird Use in a Restored Riparian Corridor
Rich Prodgers & Nate Kohler, Bighorn Environmental Services
The July Fire near Zortman-Landusky: Lessons Learned
Bill Maehl, Spectrum Engineering & Environmental LLC
Water Management Session II
Ennis Geraghty, PhD, Sibanye Stillwater
Selenium Attenuation via Reductive Precipitation in Diverse Saturated and Unsaturated Subsurface Conditions: Implications for Fate and Transport of Selenium in the Southeast Idaho Phosphate Patch
David Silverman, Arcadis, U.S., Inc.
From Exploration to Closure: Utilization of an Integrated Mine Water Model in all Phases of the Mine Life Cycle
Tina Pint, PG, Barr Engineering Co.
The Importance of Dewatering Predictions on CAPEX in the Technical Economic Model
Paul D. Williams, Enviromin, Inc.
Thursday, May 10
Source Control Session
Surface Placement of Cemented-Paste Tailings: Unproven, Overkill, or a Logical Strategy?
Katharine Seipel & Lisa Bithell Kirk, PhD, Enviromin, Inc.
Source Control Measures at the Block P Mine, Barker/Hughesville Mining District, Montana
Roger Hoogerheide, US EPA; Chris Neaville, Doe Run; & Randy Huffsmith, Amec Foster Wheeler
Sand Coulee Abandoned Mine Reclamation - Acid Mine Drainage Source Control Evaluation
David Donohue, HydroSolutions, Inc. & Tom Henderson, PhD, Montana DEQ
Exploration/Geology Session
Update: Exploration for Gold in the Amazon Region of Ecuador
Keith Barron, PhD, Aurania Resources Ltd.
New Discoveries of Rare Minerals in Montana Ore Deposits
Chris Gammons, PhD, Montana Tech
Exploration Tools Used for a New Porphyry Discovery at the Madison Copper-Gold Project
Philip S. Mulholland, CPG, Broadway Gold Mining Ltd.
Anthony Hartshorn, Montana State University