Mine Design, Operations and Closure Conference Schedule

Field Trip: Montana Resources

The tour will depart from the front entrance of Fairmont.  Attendees need to check in at the conference registration desk before loading the bus.  Hard hats, safety vests, and safety glasses will be provided (however please feel free to use your own PPE).  A grab-and-go breakfast, as well as lunch, will be provided.  Please be prepared for the weather as you will be outside for portions of the tour. 

Return

The tour of MR will conclude by this hour. Attendees may either return to Fairmont by bus or proceed to Butte Brewing for a relaxed, no-host gathering for about an hour. Those who choose to attend the brewery gathering will also have bus transportation provided back to Fairmont.

Keynote Address: America's Next Watershet Moment: Artificial Intelligence, Mining, and Montana Technological University

Johnny MacLean, PhD, Chancellor, Montana Technological University

Break

Tribute to the memory of Dave Williams, BLM (retired)

Joe Griffin, Montana DEQ (retired) & Amanda Rossi, BLM

Updates on Hard Rock Mine Permitting in Montana

Garrett Smith, Montana DEQ

State–Federal Coordination in Montana Mine Permitting: A Practice-Based Perspective on Process, Timing, and Operations

Morgan Pettit, Crowley Fleck PLLP

Exploring Butte's Historic Rainbow Block

John Marjerison, Silver Bow Mining Corp.

Dakota Gold Corp: Revitalizing the Homestake District of South Dakota

Sky Dragoo, Dakota Gold Corp.

The Importance of Working with Community

Nancy Schlepp, Sandfire Resources America

Break

A New Paradigm – the Berkeley Pit and the Post-Pilot Project Era

Jeremy Fleege, PE, Montana Resources

Scaling Up Facilities: Taking Montana Tech from Lab to Pilot

Teagan Leitzke, PhD, & Jerry Downey, PhD, Montana Technological University

Belt Water Treatment Plant

Bob Flesher, PG, Montana DEQ and Steve Hector, PE, HGL, Inc.

Two Approaches for Managing Low Metal Discharge Limits

Hope Mariska, Ascentarix

Social hosted by Tetra Tech

Grosgarth Mine Investigation and Mitigation - Coal Mine in Northeast Montana

Kyle Johnson, PE, Herrera Environmental, Inc. & Joel Brown, PhD, Aesir Consulting, LLC

Emergency Earthworks! (dam removal)

Breeyn Greer, PE & Lindsay Chutas, PWS, Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

Pretty Girl Placer Reclamation Project

Matt Johnson, RESPEC

Break

Troy Mine: How We Are Achieving Long‑Term Passive Water Management

Caroline Kaufman, Hecla, Inc. & JP Downey, Troy Mine

A Look at Zortman/Landusky after 26 Years

Drew Herrera, PE, HGL, Inc.

Happenings at Sheep’s Creek

Scott Osterman, US Critical Materials

Lunch (provided to all attendees)

Accelerating the Design and Construction of an Antimony Processing Facility in Montana to Meet US Critical Mineral Needs – US Antimony Corporation 

Jeff Fink, US Antimony Corporation, Randy Huffsmith & Alan Erickson, WSP, and Craig Loenbro Construction

United States Antimony Operations and Development Update

Aaron Tenesch, US Antimony Corporation

Generational Tungsten Property in Beaverhead County

Dirk Nelson, PE, Almonty Gentung Montana Corp.

Use of Drones and “SPOT” in Abandoned Mines

Sustainable Practices in Mining

Jeremiah Vermillion, Environmental Products & Applications

Buttressed Repository Improvement Construction

A Novel Bioremediation Treatment System using Bioaugmentation to Target Manganese Removal

Leonard Santisteban, PhD, Freeport-McMoRan Inc

Social provided by Pioneer Technical Services

Evaluating Potential Acid Generation of Pyritic Waste Rock Through 24-Hour and Five-Day Weathering Experiments for Closure Planning

Jeff Langman, PhD, University of Idaho

Assessing Dynamic Equilibrium in Reclaimed Drainages – Montana Coal Mines

Mitch Hoffman & Zach Ashauer, Montana DEQ

Testing Sediment Amendments Under Site-Relevant Variability: Sediment Type and Time Effects

Steve Dent, PhD, CDM Smith, USA

Geochem talk on project in South America

Nick Tucci, Haley & Aldrich

Efficient and Customizable:  RESPEC’s Dynamic Code-based Tool for Geochemical Modeling

Ryan Williamson, EIT, RESPEC

Microbial Iron Uptake Kinetics Across pH 2–9: Implications for ARD Prediction and Mine Waste Management

Eva Wordal, Ph.D., Montana Technological University