The Northern Miner

Understanding the Mining Industry From A to Z
2017-03-02 - 2017-03-04 | Radisson Admiral Hotel Toronto – Harbourfront, 249 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N5, Canada
Master the mining industry in a modern and interactive 3-day course that builds an understanding of the mining industry and investments; covering Introduction to Mining, the economics of mining and financing and deal-making.
Day 1 – Introduction to Mining (mine life stages, exploration, mining studies, the mining process, design and planning, quantification and interpretation, extraction and processing, rehabilitation)
Day 2 – The Economics of Mining (operations into economics, exploration expenditure, determining capital requirements, mining equipment options, economic evaluation)
Day 3 – Financing and Deal-making (raising funds and financial instruments, equity investments, debt and project finance, joint ventures, marketing and off-take agreements, technical report and media release interpretation)

Cash Flow Evaluations for Mineral Projects and Operations
2017-03-02 08:30 - 2017-03-03 17:00 (America/Toronto) | DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown, Toronto, Canada
During this 2-day course, participants will become familiar with the concepts of a cash flow and discounted cash flow (DCF), as well as their application to mineral projects.
The course is structured as an interactive working session, in which the instructor and participants will work together to develop a working cash flow evaluation model, step-by-step. (A laptop computer with Excel and a working knowledge of Excel are prerequisites for the course.)
By the end of the course the participants will have developed:
A working cash flow model suitable for the evaluation of a new project.
An understanding of DCF evaluation metrics.
An understanding of discount rates and the time value of money.
An evaluation of a steady-state operation.
An evaluation of an expansion project.
An evaluation of a cost flow to choose between several operational alternatives.
A sensitivity analysis with tables and graphs.

Unearthed Toronto 2017
2017-03-03 17:00 - 2017-03-05 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Bitmaker, 220 King St W, Suite 200 , Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1K4, Canada
Unearthed Toronto is a 54-hour open innovation hackathon event featuring real data and challenges from the global mining industry. Talented local entrepreneurs, innovators and startups will select one of several challenges on offer and come together to build prototype solutions to challenges facing today’s mining industry. Top solutions will be awarded significant prizes and future development opportunities. All teams own 100% of the IP they generate at #UnearthedToronto
Friday 3rd March – Sunday 5th March 2017
Bitmaker

Medicine for Miners: Travel and Occupational Health Workshop
2017-03-08 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Radisson Admiral Hotel Toronto – Harbourfront, 249 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N5, Canada
People are your most important assets and protecting them when travelling to, or working in medically challenged regions is life and reputation saving. This complimentary 1.5 hour workshop with international health management expert Dr. Albie de Frey, will provide you with a concise overview on travel and occupational health, the major risks facing you and your employees, and how to proactively deal with these risks in a cost-effective manner. We are offering two complimentary workshops on March 8, 2017: the first running from 8:30 am to 10:00 am and the second running from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm.

International Security for Miners: Are you prepared to manage and respond to a kidnapping and ransom, security, travel or terrorism event
2017-03-08 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Radisson Admiral Hotel Toronto – Harbourfront, 249 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N5, Canada
Natural resources companies and travelers abroad have increasingly become targets for kidnapping, bribery, terrorist acts, vandalism and theft. A proactive, planned approach to preventing and dealing with these threats has become an absolute necessity. This practical, hands-one, interactive one-day course led by international security expert Alan Bell will provide you with an overview on assessing security threats, developing a corporate crisis management plan and how to respond.

Project Management for Mining
2017-03-22 08:00 - 2017-03-24 17:00 (America/Denver) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
Project Management for Mining is a 3-day practical course focused on the successful delivery of mine development projects. Primary emphasis is placed on major greenfield mine development, but the information presented is fully applicable to brownfield project undertakings.
The course teaches project management best practices, and how they are woven together from initial mineral resource identification on through the project stages of opportunity, viability, planning, execution, and completion, to delivery of a sustainable operating property. The course focuses on the key steps in each stage that must be properly executed to achieve project success.

"Gold Ore Processing" Short Course
2017-03-25 | NV
Gold is among the first metals used by man because it naturally occurs in its native state. Over the years different process flowsheets have been developed with the purpose of optimising gold extraction from a particular feed material using the most appropriate technology.
Due to numerous factors ranging from technical e.g. geological, mineralogical, metallurgical and economical to non-technical such as geographical, environmental and political, diverse industrial flowsheet for gold production have been developed in different part of the world.
In this course we introduce participants the basic concepts and operations involved in gold extraction. Attendees of the course will:
• Study the introductory concepts of the mineralogy of gold bearing ores and minerals and the effect this has on the method of gold extraction used.
• Learn the basic operations and equipment used in gold extraction.
• Understand the structure of flowsheets and their application to various gold ores and minerals.
• Understand metallurgical testwork required to characterise a gold ore.
• Develop skills and knowledge in achieving maximum productivity at minimum costs.

The Basics of Geology, Mining & Processing
2017-03-26 08:30 - 2017-03-27 17:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre, 150 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1J9, Canada
Join other professionals in the seminar where you will get a better understanding of the vocabulary used in mining projects, and learn technical aspects of orebody characteristics, resources and reserves estimation, open pit and underground mining, costs and productivity, mineral processing, and extractive metallurgy. Our speakers will use their many years of industrial experience to convey a sense of the meaning of public information and give you a feel of technical risks through theory, due diligence process, and case studies.

Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
2017-03-27 08:00 - 2017-03-29 12:00 (America/Denver) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
This intensive 3- or 5-day course has been presented over 950 times to more than 21,000 people since 1970. Organized for managers, engineers, geologists, landmen, scientists, accountants and others concerned with evaluating investments, this course relates to the economic analysis of income producing and service producing investments using discounted cash flow analysis criteria and procedures.
The course covers economic analysis techniques used to optimize the development and operation of mining, petroleum and non-natural resource production and processing operations.

Project Management Essentials
2017-03-27 08:30 - 2017-03-28 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
One day of self-paced online study must be completed before the two-day in-class session.
This course is designed to give project managers and project team members an overview of the various
tools and techniques of project management and the key elements needed to deliver successful projects.
The course covers the complete project lifecycle from initiating, through project planning and execution,
to project closeout. Participants will earn 21 PDUs.

Project Closeout Best Practices
2017-03-29 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
This one-day workshop covers the best practices for getting final signoffs and closing out projects. Project
managers will leave with a structured closeout framework, and templates that can be used to complete
an orderly project closeout. Participants will earn 7 PDUs.
