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SUMMARY:PDAC 2021 - Virtual Convention
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URL:https://minsouth.org.uk/event/pdac-2021-virtual-convention/
ORGANIZER;CN="Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada":MAILTO:info@pdac.ca
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SUMMARY:CIM Calgary Webinar - The Mount Polley Tailings Spill: Response & Recovery
DESCRIPTION:Join Lyn Anglin from Anglin and Associates to hear about the recovery from the tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine 6 years later\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nSix years after a glaciolacustrine layer under the tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine failed\, and 25 million cubic metres of water\, tailings and embankment materials spilled into the surrounding environment\, significant progress has been made in remediating the spill impacts. The company has invested on the order of $70 million on clean-up and repair. Human health and environmental impact and risk assessments\, monitoring studies\, and extensive remediation of impacted areas have been completed. Risk assessments indicate human health risks from the spill are low\, while environmental impacts are low to moderate\, with impacts primarily related to the homogeneous grain-size and low-organic content of the spilled tailings. The remediation response has therefore been focused on physical aspects of the spill. Ongoing monitoring indicates that impacted ecosystems continue showing positive signs of recovery. Communications with stakeholders and First Nations were maintained through regular community meetings\, community newsletters\, and site tours with regulators\, First Nations\, community representatives\, and members of the local public.
URL:https://minsouth.org.uk/event/cim-calgary-webinar-the-mount-polley-tailings-spill-response-recovery/
LOCATION:Virtually
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Young Person's Lecture Competition 2021
DESCRIPTION:The  annual MinSouth heat of the Young Person’s Lecture Competition (YPLC) will be held on Thursday\, the 11th of March beginning at 6:00 pm. \nTwo students from Imperial College (ICL) and three from Exeter University (CSM) will give 15-minute presentations on topics they have chosen and which are relevant to the materials and mining industries. \nThe abstracts of each of the presentations: \nAlex Lipp – All the world in a grain of sand? Geochemical surveying by unmixing of large-river sediments.\nGeochemical surveying provides information essential to mineral exploration and environmental baseline monitoring. However\, dense spatial surveying is costly\, slow and logistically challenging. Novel methods which can produce geochemical maps but minimise these downsides are therefore highly desirable. Typically\, geochemical surveys sample stream-sediments from small river catchments across the target region. Here\, I will describe how we can instead use smaller numbers of samples extracted from large rivers to reconstruct the geochemistry of the source region.  This novel approach ‘un-mixes’ the geochemistry of downstream sediment samples using an inverse method to produce a geochemical map of the source-region. This approach is demonstrated with a case-study from the Cairngorms\, UK: using just 67 downstream samples we are able to produce geochemical maps that compare favourably with independently gathered geochemical-survey maps produced with more than 100 times as many samples. This novel method could therefore reduce the logistical\, temporal and financial cost of geochemical mapping. \nFinlay Goodwin – The Tin Bearing Pegmatites of Uis\, Namibia\nThe area of Uis is situated within the Erongo region of Namibia. The area comprises the margins of several granite plutons\, likely to represent the upper\, fluid-saturated cupola of intrusions that themselves contain zones of intense tourmalinisation and pegmatite formation. These granite-hosted pegmatites do not contain tin mineralisation. By contrast\, the exogranitic pegmatites in the Uis pegmatite belt are pervasively stanniferous and CGM-bearing\, and are believed to be metamorphogenic in origin\, related to the late stages of the Damaran orogenesis – accordingly they are likely to be genetically unrelated to the adjacent granite intrusion. Characterisation of the contrasting mineralised and unmineralised pegmatites is considered to be important for any future assessment of the prospectivity of the region. In this presentation\, an alternative hypothesis is put forward\, presenting evidence that the Uis pegmatite swarms may have evolved along a single liquid line of descent from a granitic parent magma. \nAlexander Moss – Exploration for LCT Pegmatites in Leinster\, Ireland\nLithium bearing pegmatites were first discovered along the eastern margin of the Leinster Granite\, Ireland in the 1980’s. At the time it was noted “if only we have had a use for lithium”\, now\, 40 years on\, societal demand for lithium is set to increase due to the rise in interest in EVs and the green agenda. Following this increase in interest in lithium\, prospecting for lithium in the area was renewed. Modern mineral exploration techniques were deployed\, including geostatistics\, to build a model of lithium prospectivity for the region. The known occurrences of lithium mineralisation were used to train a fuzzy logic model of lithium prospectivity along the eastern margin of the Leinster Granite\, before extending its utility to northern portions of the Leinster Granite. This study presents the geostatistical methods utilised\, including potential issues with the technique and ideas for future work and improvements to\nthe model. \nTo register to attend the YPLC competition\, click the Link below to go to Eventbrite. \n2021 YPLC Registration \n 
URL:https://minsouth.org.uk/event/yplc-2021/
CATEGORIES:Other,Young Person's Lecture Competition
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SUMMARY:Mineral Characterization for Optimum Sensor-Based Sorting
DESCRIPTION:Installations of both bulk and particle sensor-based sorting (SBS) in the mining industry have increased significantly recently. However\, SBS still lacks industry recognition as a pre-concentration technology. In addition to mineralogical characterization\, different sensors and their performance parameters are key to understanding orebody heterogeneity characteristics exploited by SBS. Current SBS testwork is often hit-or-miss—or worse\, amenability is assessed only by desktop study using default parameters from “similar ores.” This gap in standardized methodology for SBS characterization is often linked to its unsuccessful or sub-optimum adoption of the technology. In this webinar on sensor-based sorting\, experts from SRC and Unearthed Consulting will cover the mineral and sensor characterization required for successfully adopting sensor-based sorting. You’ll learn about sensor-based technologies and their mineral applications\, such as XRT\, laser\, infrared\, induction and colour sorters.
URL:https://minsouth.org.uk/event/mineral-characterization-for-optimum-sensor-based-sorting/
LOCATION:Virtually
CATEGORIES:CIM Magazine,Saskatchewan Research Council
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SUMMARY:Sundowner
DESCRIPTION:Video conference is done through Wonder.  As their web page states: \n“Wonder is a space where you can connect to others in a more spontaneous and fluid way. You move around freely between groups. It’s fun\, creative and energizing. We call this concept fluid togetherness\, we think it’s the future of how people will connect online in future and we’re incredibly excited about it. The best thing is that Wonder is going to be a the core of it.” \nThere are separate rooms available at this space for Students\, Geologists\, Mining Engineers and Metallurgists.  Anyone can go into whichever room. \nHere is the link: \nSundowners\n 
URL:https://minsouth.org.uk/event/sundowner-2-2020-09-24-2021-03-25/
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