Mine Design, Operations and Closure Conference Schedule
Monday, May 13, 2024
Field Trip: A Comprehensive Look at Streamside Tailings, Durant Canyon and the Greenway, Warm Springs Ponds and Associated Waterfowl and Wildlife Values
Guides: Dave Williams & Joe Griffin
8:00 a.m. |
Registration opens |
9:00 a.m. |
Bus departs from the front entrance of Fairmont |
Noon |
Lunch (provided to all attendees) |
3:00 p.m. |
Bus will stop at Smelter City Brewing in Anaconda |
5:00 pm |
Bus arrives back at Fairmont |
Corn Hole Tournament
Join us for the 4th Annual Conference Corn Hole Tournament, sponsored by Water & Environmental Technologies.
- Register online or the day of the event beginning at 6:00 pm.
- Draw for teams at 6:30 pm and start throwing at 7:00 pm.
- 2 free drink tickets per person and light snacks will be provided.
- Spectators are WELCOME!
- Prizes:
- 1 st - $80 cash plus swag
- 2 nd - $50 cash plus swag
- 3 rd - $30 cash plus swag
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
7:00 a.m. |
Registration opens |
8:00 a.m. |
Welcome breakfast |
Keynote/Breakfast Speaker |
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8:30 a.m. |
Matt Vincent, Rampart Solutions/Montana Mining Association |
9:00 a.m. |
Break |
On the Legal Side Session |
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9:30 a.m. |
Caselaw & Statutory Federal Mining Law Trends: Past, Present …and Future? |
10:00 a.m. |
Overview of the Thacker Pass & Rosemont Court Rulings & Implications for Mine Permitting |
10:30 a.m. |
Clean Water Act: Wetlands Update |
11:00 a.m. |
Mine Bankruptcy - tentative |
Update Session |
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11:30 a.m. |
Lead Mining and Reclamation in Missouri: Past, Present and Future (Part II) |
Noon |
Lunch (provided to all attendees) |
1:00 p.m. |
Extinguishing the Last Gold Mine on the Border of Yellowstone National Park |
1:30 p.m. |
Update on Mike Horse Mine |
2:00 p.m. |
Red Pine Mine |
2:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:00 p.m. |
Status of Montana Tunnels: Is there a Light at the End of the “Tunnel” |
Mine Regulation Session |
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3:30 p.m. |
Challenges and Solutions in Developing Multi-Agency Financial Assurance |
4:00 p.m. |
MDEQ Mining Bureau UAV Utilization: Increased Safety, Compliance, & Efficiency (PLUS: Drone Imagery Collection from Conference Field Trip) |
5:00 pm |
Social (hosted by Tetra Tech) |
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
7:30 a.m. |
Registration opens and continental breakfast is available |
Mine Closure Session |
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8:30 a.m. |
An Arsenic Research & Mitigation Journey at the Galena Mine |
9:00 a.m. |
Guiding Mine Closure, A Case Study: Distinguishing Anthropogenic versus Geogenic Sources of Heavy Metals in Residential Soils Potentially Impacted by Metal Smelting |
9:30 a.m. |
Sitewide Monitoring for Mine Operation and Closure: Solutions using a Communication Network and the Internet of Things |
10:00 a.m. |
Break |
Strategic Metals Session |
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10:30 a.m. |
From Waste to Treasure: Novel Processes for Recovering High Value Materials from Unconventional Sources |
11:00 a.m. |
Update on Ruby Graphite Project |
11:30 a.m. |
DHS and Economic Security |
Noon |
EVs: Myths, Minerals, and Misperceptions |
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch (provided to all attendees) |
Water Session |
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1:30 p.m. |
Water Doesn’t Have to be for Fighting |
2:00 p.m. |
Strategies for Investigating Fate and Transport of Mercury at Mine Sites |
2:30 p.m. |
Blacktail Creek Riparian Actions of the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site |
3:00 p.m. |
Break |
3:30 p.m. |
Advances and Opportunities in Microbial Ecology of Mined Environments |
4:00 p.m. |
Use of Probabilistic Stability Models to Evaluate At-Risk Tailings Facilities |
5:00 p.m. |
Social (hosted by Pioneer Technical Services) |
Thursday, May 16, 2024
7:30 a.m. |
Registration opens and continental breakfast is available |
Reclamation Session |
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8:30 a.m. |
Golden Sunlight Mine Reclamation Update and Practices |
9:00 a.m. |
Attenuation of Nitrogen in Wetlands |
9:30 a.m. |
Open-cut Reclamation |
10:00 a.m. |
Reclamation: Soil Handling Options |
10:30 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m. |
Creating Topographic Diversity in Reclamation to Manage Storm Water Runoff |
11:30 a.m. |
Lessons From 20 Years Remediating and Revegetating a Riparian Superfund Site in Southwest Montana |
Noon |
Travels with an Esteemed Federal Partner (Geology and Scenery) |
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch (provided to all attendees) |