The Year Ahead Issue Links and Resources / January - March 2009 Links and Resources

Articles Inside this Issue

1. PDAC Annual Convention
2. Mineral Exploration Roundup 2009
3. Mining in Central America
4. Environmental Clean-Up Planned for the Dominican Republic
5. Jack’s Corner: Mining Central America via Blogs
6. Photo Essay: Drilling and Exploring in Remote Locations
7. Mining in Ontario
8. Victor Mine
9. Canada: A Diamond Country
10. University of Arizona
11. Student Page UBC: The Greatest Show on Earth
12. The Human Face of Mining
13. Trends Support Greater Sustainability in Mining
14. Biodiversity Offsets in Mining
15. Bridging the Gap between Mining Operations and Head Office
16. Miners on the Move: The Logistics of Remote Relocations
17. Mining in Five Dimensions
18. Realistic Simulation Accelerates Safety Evaluation of Mine Designs
19. Coming EduMine Short Courses
20. Coming Events

PDAC Annual Convention

• Brutal Reversal Stuns Mining Groups
• Canadian Mineral Exploration and Development Industry
• Core Shack
• Exchange Forum
• Exhibitor Forum
• Five Myths About the Great Depression
• Great Depression
• Investors’ Exchange
• Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre
• Mining Matters
• PDAC Annual Convention
• PDAC Information
• PDAC Issues and Advocacy
• PDAC Publications
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
• Trade Show
• Virtual PDAC

Mineral Exploration Roundup 2009

• Annual Mineral Exploration Roundup
• AME BC Awards Dinner
• Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
• BC Geological Survey
• MapPlace
• Mining in Vancouver: Industry Snapshot
• Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
• Mineral Resources Education Program of BC
• Roundup 2009 Brochure
• Roundup Core Shack
• Roundup Map Tent
• Roundup Poster Session
• Roundup Prospectors’ Tent
• Roundup Trade Show
• The Westin Bayshore Hotel
• Yukon Dan

Mining in Central America

• Ariel Resources
• Aztec Empire
• Bellavista Project
• Belize
• Belize Mining and Energy
• Breakwater Resources
• Cacamuya Project
• Caribbean Culture: Into the Mix
• Castle Gold Corporation
• Central American Mining Reviewed by Oxfam
• Central Sun Mining Inc.
• Costa Rica: Open Air Mine Ecological?
• Costa Rica’s Bellavista Mine Update on Heap Failure
• Current Investment Climate Statement - Guatemala
• Current Investment Climate Statement - Nicaragua
• Effect of Gold Mining and the Use of Mercury by Gold Miners in Las Juntas de Abangares, Costa Rica
• El Dorado
• El Limon Mine
• El Mochito
• El Potosi
• El Salvador
• El Sastre
• Fenix Project
• Firestone Ventures
• First Point Minerals Corp.
• Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
• Fortress Minerals Corp
• Goldcorp Inc.
• Gold Mining and Mineral Exploitation in Panama
• History of Nicaragua’s FSLN
• Honduras: Cyanide Pools in the Desert
• Honduras Poverty Assessment: Attaining Poverty Reduction
• Hudbay Minerals Inc.
• Inmet Mining Corporation
• Izabal Department
• La Libertad
• Marlin Mine
• Mayan Empire
• Mayan Ruins
• Mesoweb
• Mining in Costa Rica
• Mining in Guatemala
• Mining in Honduras
• MiningWatch: El Salvador
• Mining in Mexico
• Orosi Mine
• Pacific Rim Mining Corporation
• Panama Canal
• Panama: Gold
• Panama: Mining, Forests and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
• Petaquilla Project
• Philip II of Spain
• Province of Puntarenas
• Radius Gold Inc.
• San Andres/Christo Mine
• San Martin
• Santa Rita
• San Sebastian
• Teck
• The “Golden Century” for Spaniards
• The Mining Industry in Nicaragua (Spanish)
• Torlon Hill Zinc Project
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Vueltas del Rio
• Yamana Gold
• Zamora
• Zopilote

Environmental Clean-Up Planned for the Dominican Republic

• A Conceptual Rock Classification System for Waste Management and a Laboratory Method for ARD Prediction from Rock Piles
• Acid Rock Drainage: State of the Art Review
• Acid Rock Drainage: List of Related Publications
• An Environmental Oriented Model for Optimum Cut off Grades in Open Pit Mining Projects to Minimize Acid Mine Drainage
• Aquatic Studies in the Dominican Republic
• Barrick
• Barrick’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
• Beyond Borders
• Design and reclamation of Mine Waste Facilities to Control Acid Mine Drainage
• Government of the Dominican Republic
• Leonel Fernández
• Open Pit Mine Technology
• Province of Sanchez Ramírez
• Pueblo Viejo: Property Summary
• Pueblo Viejo Project
• Rosario Dominicana Mine
• Santo Domingo
• Surface Reclamation Techniques 1: Topsoil, Hydrology and Topography (EduMine Course)
• The Extractive Metallurgy of Pueblo Viejo
• The Mineral Industry of The Dominican Republic

Jack’s Corner: Mining Central America via Blogs

• Bellavista Heap Leach Pad
• Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America: Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility
• Central Sun Mining Inc.
• Cerro Blanco Mine
• Closure of the Bellavista Mine
• Costa Rica: Background
• Goldcorp
• Gold Mining and Exploration in Central America
• Honduras: Holding the Mining Industry Accountable
• Hurricane Mitch
• Infinito Gold Ltd
• InfoMine
• I Think Mining
• Las Crucitas
• Marlin Mine
• Metal Mining in Central America: Pain and Resistance
• Metal Mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of Benefits and Costs
• Mine Disaster at Miramar: A Story Foretold
• Mining in Honduras Mining in Nicaragua
• No Love Lost Between Honduran NGOs and Miners
• Oxfam America
• Resources: Wreckage in All Lanes
• TechnoMine
• The Mineral Industries of Central America
• The Mineral Industries of Latin America and Canada
• Vannessa Gets Green Light on Crucitas

Photo Essay: Drilling and Exploring in Remote Locations

• Guillaume Cote
• Anglo Gold Ashanti
• Letseng mine
• Courtesy of Teck, Canada
• Chuquicamata
• Reviews: Exploration
• Reviews: Mining Camps
• Travel to Mines and Mining

Mining in Ontario

• Cambrian College
• Canada's Copper Production
• Canada's Platinum Group Metals Production
• Canada's Nickel and Gold Production
• Canadore College North Bay
• City of North Bay
• College Boreal
• Employment Opportunities in Ontario
• FedNor/Industry Canada
• Government of Ontario
• Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Sudbury Development Corporation
• Invest and Trade Ontario
• James Bay
• Laurentian University
• Mining Claims within the Province of Ontario
• Mining Labour Market Transition Project
• Mining in Australia
• Mining in Chile
• Mining in Mexico
• Mining in Russia
• Mining in South Africa
• Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR)
• Mining Labour Market Transition Project
• Mining Suppliers
• Modernizing Ontario’s Mining Act
• NORCAT
• North Bay
• North Bay Chamber of Commerce
• Northern Ontario Mining triangle
• Ontario Mining Act.
• Ontario Mining Association (OMA)
• Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
• Ontario's Investment and Trade Division
• Ontario's Mineral Development Strategy
• Ontario's Mining Claims
• Ontario's Mining Industry
• Ontario Prospectors Association
• Queens University
• Rainbow District School Board
• Specialist High Skills Major
• Statistics Canada
• Sudbury
• Sudbury Area Mining Supply & Service Association (SAMSSA)
• Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal
• Underground Mining
• University of Toronto
• Timmins
• Timmins Economic Development Corporation

Victor Mine

• Attawapiskat First Nation
• Attawapiskat River
• Coastal Community of Attawapiskat
• De Beers
• Diamond's Colour
• Diamond's Clarity
• Diamond's Quality
• Diamond's Shapes
• Environmental Management System
• First Nation Communities
• Impact Benefit Agreement
• James Bay Lowlands
• Kimberlite
• Lakehead University
• Letlhakane Mine
• Northern Ontario
• Ontario
• Ontario’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• Snap Lake
• The Sparkling History of Botswana
• Timmins
• Victor Diamond Mine
• Victor Main and Victor Southwest
• Winter Roads

Canada: A Diamond Country

• Blood Diamonds and the Kimberly Process: Five Years later
• Canada’s Diamond Rush
• Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct
• City of Yellowknife
• City of Vancouver
• De Beers Canada
• Diamonds Adding Lustre to the Canadian Economy
• Diamonds around the World
• Diamond Cutting Vocabulary
• Diamond Exploration in Canada
• Diamonds (Earth Sciences Sector)
• Diamonds Glitter on Quebec Horizon
• Diamonds: Still Shining Brightly for Canada’s North
• Ekati Diamond Mine
• Formation of Diamonds (animation)
• Future of Russia’s Diamond Exports Shines Brightly
• Gahcho Kué
• Government of the Northwest Territories
• Growth and Diversification of the Diamond Industry
• International Kimberley Process
• Lac de Gras
• Natural Resources Canada
• N.W.T. Diamond Facts
• Overview of Trends in Canadian Mineral Exploration
• South Africa’s Role in the Kimberley Process
• The Sparkling History of Botswana
• The Star and Orion South Kimberlites, Fort à la Corne
• World Diamond Council

University of Arizona

• ABET
• Anglo American
• ASARCO Mission Mine Complex
• Barrick Gold
• BHP Billiton
• Bronco Creek Exploration
• Current Enrollments
• Department of Mining and Geological Engineering
• Department of Mining and Geological Engineering - Faculty
• Distance Delivery
• Mine Safety and Health Administration
• Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold
• Industry Leadership Board
• Institute for Mineral Resources
• International Engineers Without Borders
• J. David Lowell Master of Engineering in Mineral Resources
• Laborers International Union of North America
• Mineral Zone
• Newmont Mining
• Peabody Energy
• Pima Mining District
• Quadra Mining
• Resolution Copper
• Rosemont Copper
• San Xavier Mining
• San Xavier Mining Laboratory
• Science Foundation Arizona.
• The College of Engineering
• Tucson
• University of Arizona
• Mining Schools Around the World

Student Page UBC: The Greatest Show on Earth

• Annual Canadian Mining Games
• BHP Billiton
• Canada’s Northwest Territories
• Canadian Mining Games
• Dalhousie University
• Diavik Diamond Mine
• Ecole Polytechnique
• Engineering Undergraduate Society
• Frosh Week activities
• GEERing Up!
• Iron Age
• Longboat
• McGill University
• Procon Group
• Queen’s University
• Simon Fraser University
• Stone Age
• Storm the Wall
• Teck
• The Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
• Université Laval
• University of Alberta
• University of British Columbia
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Toronto
• Western Engineering Competition
• World’s Deepest Mines Highlight Risks of New Gold Rush

The Human Face of Mining

• Beachcraft T-34 trainers
• Kansas City
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Leviathan Trucks
• Liebherr Group
• Mooney Airplane
• National Mining Association
• Powder River Basin
• Presidents of the United States
• Sky Warriors
• Society for Mining Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Tri State Area
• Truck KL2450
• University of Arizona.
• Women in Mining

Trends Support Greater Sustainability in Mining

• Beyond the Mine Mouth: The Equator Principles and IFC Performance
• Carbon Risk
• Closure
• Closure Costs
• Co-disposal Mining
• Conventional Slurry
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA)
• Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines
• Environmental Permitting
• Equator Principles Financial Institutions
• ESG Background Report, 2008
• Filtered Tailings
• Gaining a Social License to Mine
• General EHS Guideline
• Golder Associates
• International Federation of Consulting Engineers
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• IFC Guidelines
• Kimberlites
• Local Communities and Mining
• Non-governmental organizations
• Organisation for Economic Co­operation and Development (OECD)
• Post-Closure Costs
• Project Sustainability Management Guidelines
• Putting a Price on Carbon: Risk or Opportunity for Banks?
• Risk-Based Management Methodologies
• Risk Management in Mining
• Slurry
• Social pressures
• Soil Contamination
• Sustainability
• Sustainability Strikes the Mining Industry
• Sustainable Finance
• Sustainable Practices
• Tailings
• Tailings Thickening
• Thickened non-segregating slurry
• The Equator Principles
• The Equator Principles Signatories
• The Seven Questions to Sustainability in Mining
• Underground Deposition
• United Nations
• Uranium Tailings in Saskatchewan
• Water
• World Bank
• World Bank Development Indicators Database

Biodiversity Offsets in Mining

• AATA International
• Biodiversity offsets: Views, experi­ence, and the business case
• Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries
• Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
• Conservation International
• Earth Summit, 1992
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Guidelines
• Fundación Para el Desarrollo Sostenible
• Global Mining Initiative’s Mining
• Gold Reserve Inc.
• Imataca Forest Reserve Management Plan
• Minerals and Sustainable Development Project
• Mining and Biodiversity
• National Roundtables on CSR
• Rapid Biological Assessment
• Rapid Biological Assessment Protocols
• Rio Declaration
• Wetland Mitigation Banking
• World Bank’s Extractive Industry Review

Bridging the Gap between Mining Operations and Head Office

• CostMine
• ESRI
• Geological Models
• Mining consulting
• Mining Dynamics
• Runge
• SAP

Miners on the Move: The Logistics of Remote Relocations

• Air Freight
• All-Cargo Aircraft
• Atacama Desert
• Border Crossings
• Cross-Cultural Training
• Crown Worldwide Moving & Storage
• Expatriates
• Failed Assignments
• High Fuel Prices
• Inhospitable Locations
• Landlocked Countries
• Language Training
• Ministries of Transportation
• Moon Missions
• NASA
• Ocean Freight Providers
• Outsourcing
• Relocation Companies
• Remote Mine Sites
• Shipping Heavy Mining Equipment
• Special Needs Children
• Startup Periods
• Work Visas
• Worldwide Security Precautions after 9/11

Mining in Five Dimensions

• Exploring Non-Linear Data Relationships in VR using the 3D Visual Data Mining System
• Innovations in Mine Planning and Design Utilizing Collaborative Immersive Virtual Reality (CIRV)
• Laurentian University
• MIRARCO
• Ontario
• Virtual Reality in Mine Training
• Virtual Reality Laboratory
• Sudbury
• Xstrata Nickel

Realistic Simulation Accelerates Safety Evaluation of Mine Designs

• Anatomy of a Mine from Prospect to Production
• Argyle Diamond Mine
• Beck Arndt Engineering
• BHP Billiton
• BHP Billiton Nickel West Perserverance Deeps Project
• Dassault Systèmes
• Design of Mine Shafts
• Debswana’s Jwaneng Mine
• Health and Safety in Mines - Review
• Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
• Mine-Induced Seismicity: A Review on Seismic Activity due to Mining - TechnoMine
• Mine Safety and Health Administration , U.S.
• Newcrest Mining Ridgeway Deeps Project
• NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Research
• Reinforcement Design for Excavation in Rock
• Seismic Forecast Using Geostatistics
• Software for Mining Applications
• SIMULIA
• The Application of 3D Cad Visualization and Virtual Reality in the Mining and Mineral Processing Industry

Coming EduMine Short Courses

• Interpreting The Financial Statements Of A Mining Company
• Valuation Of Mineral Projects
• Toma De Decisiones Basadas En Riesgo - La Ingeniería Del Éxito
• Bring Your Own Geostatistics
• Metal Mining Discharges: Impacts And Control
• Haul Truck Life Cycle Management And Uptime Strategy
• Mining 101
• Quality Control Of Assays
• Mineral Reserves Estimation
• Aboriginal Awareness Training
• Introduction To Hydrometallurgy
• Comparative Decision Analysis In Mining

Coming Events

January 2009

• Chile
  MOLTEN 2009 -VIII International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes & Salts
  1/18/2009 - 1/21/2009
• Canada
  41st Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference
  1/20/2009 - 1/22/2009
• Canada
  2009 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference
  1/25/2009 - 1/26/2009
• Canada
  Mineral Exploration Roundup 2009
  1/26/2009 - 1/29/2009

February 2009

• U.S.
  35th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique
  2/8/2009 - 2/11/2009
• South Africa
  Mining Indaba 2009
  2/9/2009 - 2/12/2009
• U.S.
  2009 Phoenix Resource Investment Conference
  2/21/2009 - 2/22/2009
• U.S.
  2009 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit & CMA 111th National Western Mining Conference
  2/22/2009 - 2/25/2009
• Australia
  20th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition (ASEG 09)
  2/22/2009 - 2/25/2009
• Turkey
  7th International Industrial Minerals Symposium and Exhibition
  2/25/2009 - 2/27/2009
• Canada
  IFC Performance Standards & Equator Principles
  2/28/2009 - 2/28/2009

March 2009

• Canada
  PDAC 2009 - Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada International Trade Show & Investor’s Exchange
  3/1/2009 - 3/4/2009
• Colombia
  Coal Conference of the Americas 2009
  3/11/2009 - 3/13/2009
• Australia
  Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning 2009
  3/16/2009 - 3/17/2009
• Singapore
  Asia Mining Congress 2009
  3/23/2009 - 3/27/2009
• Singapore
  12th Annual Asia Power & Energy Congress
  3/30/2009 - 4/3/2009
• Chile
  8th World Copper Conference
  3/31/2009 - 4/2/2009

April 2009

• South Africa
  Sustainability through Resource Conservation and Recycling (SRCR) 09
  4/4/2009 - 4/5/2009
• Canada
  2009 Calgary Resource Investment Conference
  4/4/2009 - 4/5/2009
• South Africa
  4th International Symposium on Bio- & Hydrometallurgy (BioHydromet 09)
  4/6/2009 - 4/7/2009
• South Africa
  Treatment of Mining Residues Containing Toxic Minor Metals 09
  4/8/2009 - 4/9/2009
• Italy
  5th Annual Eurocoke Summit 2009
  4/14/2009 - 4/16/2009
• South Africa
  World Gold 2009
  4/14/2009 - 4/18/2009
• Russia
  MiningWorld Russia 2009
  4/15/2009 - 4/17/2009
• Australia
  Project Evaluation Conference 2009
  4/21/2009 - 4/22/2009
• Russia
  Mineral Wealth of Siberia -SibMining 2009
  4/21/2009 - 4/23/2009
• Canada
  Canadian Mining and Industrial Expo ‘09
  4/22/2009 - 4/23/2009
• Argentina
  AR Minera 2009
  4/28/2009 - 4/30/2009