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Short Courses & Field Trip Heap Leaching Technology Monday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost $275 COURSE COORDINATOR: Thom Seal, PH.D, P.E. Q.P, Mining-Metallurgical-Mineral Process Engineer, Director of the Institute of Mineral Resource Studies, Barrick Gold of North America Professor, Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, UNR, Reno, NV COURSE Description: A one day short course on the science, engineering and operation of precious metals heap pad will be presented on December 2, 2013, just before the meeting of the Northwest Mining Association in Sparks Nevada. The technology of heap leaching gold and silver ores originated at the University of Nevada, Reno and the US Bureau of Mines on the campus. The class will cover the history of the evolution of this technology to today’s heap leach operations which represented about 10% of the gold production in 2004. Gold and silver heap leaching in Nevada is big with man made mountains that provide the economics for the large open pit mines to be profitable from material that was previously waste rock. Presentations in the class will be made by leaders in the field led by Dr. Thom Seal, PE, a UNR professor and inventor and developer of the Hydro-JexTM 3-D heap leaching technology, who will address the history and theory of heap leaching. Dr. Carl Nesbitt, Principal Metallurgist for Welsh Hagen of Reno will add his expertise on the hydrometallurgy occurring in the heap leaching process. Mr. Gene McClelland of McClelland Labs of Sparks will inform the class participants on the proper sampling of material for heap leach testing, while elaborating on agglomeration, column leaching and metallurgical lab tests. A representative from Knight Piesold will lay the foundation for the construction of heap leach pads by a presentation on the Geotechnical Aspects of Heap Leaching. Heap Leach operations and optimization will be presented by Dr. Seal. A representative from Kappes Cassidy and Associates of Reno will present basic economic data on the heap leach technology. Dr. Seal will conclude the class on the subject of closure and reclamation of heap leach pads. Tentative Presentation Titles: • History and Theory of Heap Leaching, Dr. Thom Seal • Hydrometallurgy in Heap Leaching, Dr. Carl Nesbitt • Geotechnical Aspects of Heap Leaching, Knight Piesold • Ore Sampling and Agglomeration, McClelland Lab • Heap Leach Operation and Optimization, Dr. Thom Seal • Heap Leach Capital and Operational Costs, Kappes Cassidy • Rinsing, Closure and Reclamation, Dr. Thom Seal Principles of Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost $275 COURSE Instructors: Dr. Courtney Young, QP, Department Head and Lewis S. Prater Distinguished Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Montana Tech, Butte, MT EUR ING Dr. Corby G. Anderson QP CENG FIMMM FICHEME, Harrison Western Professor, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, George S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Denver, CO COURSE Description: This short course is open to anyone wanting to learn about mineral processing and extractive metallurgy operations. It is particularly good as a refresher or introductory course. In this regard, the course begins with simple concepts such as sampling, analysis (mineralogical, chemical and size), material balances and smelter schedules. It then introduces attendees to processing methods and equipment, particularly those utilized in the mining industry (but also the recycling industry as well). Various unit operations are reviewed including comminution (crushing, grinding, screening and classification), mineral separations (flotation, magnetic, gravity and electrostatic), and metal production and purification (hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and electrometallurgy) as well as environmental management (dewatering, tailings disposal, and waste treatment for water, dust and air). Flowsheets of typical operations are reviewed throughout with implications on flowsheet development. Geophysics for Geologists Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost $275 COURSE Instructor: Greg Hodges, Chief Geophysicist, Fugro Airborne Surveys, Mississauga, ON, CANADA COURSE Description: This one-day course will teach geologists, CEOs, investor relations personnel and any non geophysicists the basic principles of applying geophysics to exploration. The focus will be on understanding the relationship between geological processes and the physical properties of the rocks, and how these are measured from airborne survey systems. The examples are primarily airborne geophysics, but the principles apply to all methods of surveying. Practical considerations of choosing a system and method based on: target and host geology, and terrain will be covered, as well as a basic understanding of the results. Major topic areas will include: Integrating Geophysics and Geology, Magnetic, Electromagnetic, IP, Gamma-Ray Spectrometry, Gravity and Gravity Gradiometry, Airborne Geophysical Surveying and Data Evaluation, and Ore Deposit Geophysics. Page 8 Northwest Mining Association’s 119th Annual Meeting Exposition & Short Courses
Shotcrete for Underground Support Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost $275 COURSE Instructor: Lihe (John) Zhang, PhD., P./Eng., Materials Engineer, LZhang Consulting & Testing Ltd., Vancouver, BC, CANADA Course Description: The class will provide basic knowledge and case studies of underground concrete and shotcrete for the site supervisors, nozzleman, engineers and designers. It will cover: 1) Concrete basics: chemistry of cement and concrete, concrete mix design, concrete performance, supplementary cementitious materials and chemical admixtures. 2) Specialty concrete for underground application: self-consolidated concrete (SCC), high performance concrete, and fiber reinforced concrete 3) Quality control and trouble shooting for concrete: concrete batching, supply, delivery and risk, quality control testing and inspection, curing and protection, strength development, temperature and concrete including temperature effect, hot weather concrete, cold weather concrete, mass concrete construction. 4) Shotcrete basics: ground support, wet-mix process vs. dry-mix process; equipment & system for each process, 5) Fibre reinforced shotcrete: mixing, pumpability, testing and application. 6) Underground shotcrete application – batch, transport, remix, application. 7) Underground shotcrete application - hand nozzlling, robotic sprayer application. 8) Underground shotcrete application – proper use of accelerator. 9) Quality control testing and inspection. 10) Project case studies. Dr. Zhang is a specialist in concrete and shotcrete. He has been consulting for various shotcrete projects for mines and tunnels. Dr. Zhang is a registered professional engineer in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Zhang is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Shotcrete Association, Chair of American Concrete Institute (ACI) sub-committee 506.F “Underground Shotcrete” and a voting member of Committee 544 Fibre Reinforced Concrete. Short Courses & Field Trip Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) in Exploration and Mining Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost $275 COURSE Instructor: Olympus Representative to be Announced Course Description: A one day short course on best practice application of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers for mining and exploration projects. Demand for portable XRF’s has grown rapidly over the last decade as advancements in accuracy, lower limits of detection and the cost savings provided by these analyzers become more widely accepted. There has been rapid uptake of portable XRF technology in the minerals industry over the last decade with the advent of smaller equipment capable of accurately measuring elemental chemistry at relatively low concentrations. The project efficiencies provided by portable XRF on certain projects can run into the millions of dollars. This short course will address the key aspects of portable XRF utilization for mineral applications. Including basic XRF principles and radiation safety, the course will focus on case studies by exploration and mining companies and will use examples to demonstrate the most important considerations associated with implementing an XRF program. Discussion of key strengths and weaknesses of the technology, appropriate QA/QC, sampling and heterogeneity issues will be discussed in detail. Focus will be paid on • using XRF to target the right samples and sampling intervals for follow up laboratory analysis • maximizing exploration budgets through speeding up anomaly identification and drill targeting • optimizing end of hole (EOH) assessment and efficient drill rig mobilization • short field season optimization (for colder climes) • prioritization of most prospective tenements • logging lithologies using XRF • rapid decision making in pits and underground • effective management of XRF data • reporting XRF data/findings to stock exchanges Presentations in the class will be made by leaders in the field. Grass Valley Historic Mining District Tour 1-Day Field Trip - Tuesday 7:30 am - 5:-00 pm Cost $150 TOUR SPONSORS: HDR Engineering, Inc., Sacramento, CA A tour of dredging and hardrock mining facilities will be facilitated in association with Teichert Materials and Sierra Nevada Mining and Industry Council. The tour will be in two parts, featuring dredge operations at the Teichert Goldfields site on the Yuba River near Marysville in the morning and Quartz/hardrock underground mining in Grass Valley in the afternoon. Participants also will receive a brief history of gold mining in the historic Grass Valley Mining District. A “guidebook” will be available for tour participants and lunch will be provided. 1st Registration Brochure & Call for Papers Page 9
Page 1 and 2: 119 th ANNUAL 2013 MEETING, EXPOSIT
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Page 5 and 6: CALL FOR PAPERS Abstract Submission
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Page 17 and 18: Student Poster Contest The Student
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