Caius Priscu

Dr. Caius Priscu

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Canada Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc.

Biography

Dr. Caius Priscu, P.Eng, is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer and Director of Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. of West Vancouver, BC, Canada, with over 30 years of experience in the field of mining and water resources industries. His areas of expertise include mine waste management, tailings and water retaining dam safety and risk management, and governance of mine waste facilities. Caius has been involved in TSF governance, audits, evaluations, inspections, and detailed dam safety reviews across the five continents. His experience also includes project development and TSF dam safety reviews on the South American and African continents, for facilities located in Chile, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. Caius currently serves on several ITRBs for tailings storage facilities for companies such as Newmont, BHP, Codelco, Lundin Mining, and Yamana Gold, all spread on three continents. Dr. Priscu is also an Adjunct Professor in the Norman B. Kevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches advanced courses in Mine Waste Management. Caius is an avid volunteer in many non-profit technical associations such as the Canada Dam Association (Director from 2008 to 2011), Mining Association of Canada, ICMM, CIM, and served as ICOLD-Chile representative to Committee H: Dam Safety from 2014 to 2019. He is currently representing the Romanian Committee on Large Dams (ROCOLD) in Committee L: Tailings Dams and Waste Lagoons.

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Governance of tailings storage facilities during stages of inactivity, closure, and post-closure
Caius Priscu Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc.
Doina M Priscu Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc.
Gord McKenna McKenna Geotechnical Inc
Jim Cassie RoseGeo Consulting Ltd.
Mine Waste Impoundment Technical Session
Mine Waste Closure
CIM 2023 Convention Montreal
New ICOLD Tailings Dam Safety Bulletin Reinforcing Leading Practice Guidance at Global Level
Caius Priscu Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc.
Imran Gillani Rio Tinto
Mine Waste Impoundment Technical Session
Tailings Safety
CIM 2023 Convention Montreal