Biography

Mr. Lemieux is a Mining Engineer with 25 years of experience, working in the geotechnical and tailings impoundment area management since 1996. He was involved in the planning and study of various projects for open pit and underground mines as well as for numerous earthworks, roads, dams and shoring work. As part of his projects, he was mainly responsible for coordination, planning, design and tailings impoundment area management, slope stability studies, mine water management and cost and risk analyses. Mr. Lemieux also has excellent knowledge of quality control of soil and concrete, having for several years carried out supervision of work for various earthworks construction projects (dams and dikes) across Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories. In addition to his expertise in project management, Mr. Lemieux has extensive experience in mine reclamation, having participated as a designer in various projects in Quebec and abroad. He began his career by carrying out geotechnical investigations, instrumentation installation and quality control of soils/concrete at mine sites. Almost immediately, Mr. Lemieux demonstrated an open mind and used an innovative approach in solving various challenges that arose. With a team of experienced designers, Mr. Lemieux developed his first designs in 1996. It was in 2001-2002 that Mr. Lemieux looked to Abitibi to pursue his career in the region mines. Over the years, Mr. Lemieux assumed more and more responsibility and became Project Director, responsible for all annual design and monitoring work associated to tailings impoundment areas and other more unique mandates. His duties as Director included, among others, ensuring the effectiveness of the teams, developing and meeting budgets and schedules according to the needs of different multidisciplinary projects, all to customer satisfaction.