Abstract:

As in previous years ESRS continues to present workshops on the broad issues of mine waste management, and to promote awareness and balanced perspective of current challenges and leading practices. The proposed panel will discuss how leading practices are meeting the expectations of both new and well established standards and guidance for safe zero harm facilities. A summary of the preceding conference workshop entitled “Integrated Tailings Management: Focusing on Safety and Effective Standard Compliance” will be presented, together with position statements by each panelist. Panelists will include senior accountable executives from industry and senior consultants, with representation from the Mining Association of Canada. Gaps and challenges will range from technical to social. This session seeks to inform the general CIM membership as to the state of the union in mine waste management, not only the problems and challenges, but also the successes in protecting the public and the environment.

Target Audience:

The suggested audience includes the executives of the C-suite, Accountable Engineers, Responsible Tailings Facility Engineers, Engineers of Record, asset managers, consultants, reviewers, and in particular the upcoming younger professionals working in tailings management.

Presenters:

Karen Chovan, CEO and Founder, Enviro Integration Strategies Inc. on “Reducing Risk, Layer by layer”

Colleen Crystal, Principal Engineer, SRK Consulting on “Risk Assessment and Risk Informed Decision Making (A Consultant’s Perspective)”

Michael Davies, Senior Advisor, Teck Resources on: “Is compliance undermining excellence – potential barriers to sound judgement?”

Charles Dumaresq, Vice President, Science and Environmental Management, Mining Association of Canada on “The Inadequacy and Risk of Compliance”

Imran Gillani, Principal Advisor, Tailings and Dams, Rio Tinto on “GISTM: Implementation and Governance Brief”

Michel Julien, VP Environment and Critical Infrastructure, Agnico Eagle Mines on “Capturing the industry’s diversity within different guidances”

Chad LePoudre, Global Practice Lead Tailings, Resource Centre of Excellence, BHP on “A well reasoned argument for ALARP”

Greg Puro, Manager Dams – Vale Base Metals on “ The Challenge of multi-jurisdictional compliance”

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Michael Davies

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