The Northern Miner

PMP Exam Preparation
2018-01-15 08:00 - 2018-01-19 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
This 5-day course is an intense review of exam material. At the beginning of each module, there is a practice pre-test before the presentation of the course material which is followed by realistic, challenging, multiple-choice questions. This course is aligned with the PMBOK 6th Edition and includes access to an online exam simulator.

3rd Mines & Mining Industries Summit 2018
2018-01-13 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
We are pleased to inform you the 3rd Iran Mines & Mining Industries Summit” Development & Investment” (IMIS 2018) would take place by Independent Inc. for Contemporary International Conferences & Fairs (IICIC) & under the patronage of Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization(IMIDRO) on 19-20 June, 2018 at IRIB International Conference Center in Tehran-Iran.
IMIS2018 Topics:
1- Exploration:
• Investment in green & brown fields, rules & regulations, models of cooperation, JV, FDI
• New technologies & approaches in exploration
• IMIDRO exploration business model for interested companies
2- Empowerment & Development:
• Digitalization & applying new technologies in mines & mining industries
• Importance of continuous training in mines & mining industries
• R &D
3- Investment:
• IMIDRO Projects for investment & investment models of IMIDRO
• Rules & regulations compatibility & appliance
• Iran’s mining investment risks , advantages & solutions
• New investment approaches in mines & mining projects
4- Infrastructure & HSE:
• Risk reduction & safety in mines
• Importance of training & education in HSE
• Applying new technologies, approaches & machines in HSE
• New coming energy zones & infrastructure development
• Infrastructures comprehensive development such as ports, railroads, supply of water, power & gas

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame 30th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony
2018-01-11 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada
The Board of Directors of The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame cordially invites you, your colleagues and guests to the 30th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony.
2018 Inductees
Ross J. Beaty
Robert A. Gannicott
A. Terrance MacGibbon
Edward G. Thompson
Tables of Ten: $2,950.00
Individual Tickets: $295.00
The dinner fills up very quickly. The best way to ensure your reservation is to reserve online. You may pay with credit card, or choose “Request an Invoice” and send payment by cheque after you have registered.
History of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame was conceived by the late Maurice R. Brown, former editor and publisher of The Northern Miner, as a way to recognize and honour the legendary mine finders and builders of a great Canadian industry. The Hall was established in 1988 and currently has over 170 members.
Maurice (Mort) Brown, well known and widely respected, convinced three preeminent Canadian mining organizations as well as The Northern Miner to sponsor The Hall with an annual financial contribution and staff support. The member organizations are:
The Mining Association of Canada, founded in 1935, the national organization of the Canadian mining industry. Its members are engaged in mineral exploration, mining, smelting, refining and semi-fabrication.
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the national voice of the Canadian mineral exploration and development community. Its 5,000 plus individual and corporate members are the people who find mineral deposits and raise the money to develop them into wealth-producing enterprises.
The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, which provides a vehicle to exchange technical knowledge and information among its more than 15,000 members. CIM is the Community for leading expertise.
The Northern Miner, which covers the worldwide activities of mining companies based in North America. It began publication in 1915, and provides mining and exploration news, information for investors and informed discussion on issues affecting the mining industry.
A Board of Directors (12 members appointed by the four sponsors) conducts the business of The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

“Mineral Processing for non-mineral Processors” Short Course
2017-12-11 | OreVenture, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mineral processing can involve four general types of unit operation:
• Comminution
• Sizing & Classification
• Concentration
• Dewatering
Knowing the fundamental principles, conventions and terminology in mineral processing, and having broad overview of current technical and operating issues and circuit design considerations are essential for engineers, technicians, operators, support staff such as accountants, brokers, investors and others working in the mineral processing industry.
The course covers unit operations in mineral processing including comminution, physical separation, flotation, classification and dewatering.
Upon completion of this course the participants are able to
• Identify various unit operations in mineral processing.
• Understand the step used for the processing of various minerals.
• Describe and explain commonly occurring processes for mineral beneficiation.
• Analyse reasons for selection of processes based on raw material properties.
• Have knowledge of process conditions to suggest process selections for hypothetical raw materials.

“Mineral Processing for non-mineral Processors” Short Course
2017-12-08 | OreVenture, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mineral processing can involve four general types of unit operation:
• Comminution
• Sizing & Classification
• Concentration
• Dewatering
Knowing the fundamental principles, conventions and terminology in mineral processing, and having broad overview of current technical and operating issues and circuit design considerations are essential for engineers, technicians, operators, support staff such as accountants, brokers, investors and others working in the mineral processing industry.
The course covers unit operations in mineral processing including comminution, physical separation, flotation, classification and dewatering.
Upon completion of this course the participants are able to
• Identify various unit operations in mineral processing.
• Understand the step used for the processing of various minerals.
• Describe and explain commonly occurring processes for mineral beneficiation.
• Analyze reasons for selection of processes based on raw material properties.
• Have knowledge of process conditions to suggest process selections for hypothetical raw materials.

American Exploration & Mining Association Annual Meeting, Exposition, & Short Courses
2017-12-03 - 2017-12-08 | Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Avenue, Sparks, NV, 89431, United States
American Exploration & Mining Association (formerly known as the Northwest Mining Association until 2013) is a 122 year old, 1,900 member, non-profit, non-partisan trade association based, in Spokane, Washington. AEMA members reside in 42 states and are actively involved in prospecting, exploring, mining, and reclamation closure activities on USFS administered lands, especially in the West. Our diverse membership includes every facet of the mining industry including geology, exploration, mining, engineering, equipment manufacturing, technical services, and sales of equipment and supplies. AEMA’s broad membership represents a true cross-section of the American mining community from small miners and exploration geologists to both junior and large mining companies. More than 90% of our members are small businesses or work for small businesses. Most of our members are individual citizens.

11th Annual Investing in African Mining
2017-11-27 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | The Tower hotel, St Katharine's Way, London, E1W 1LD, United Kingdom
Now in its 11th year, our full-day Investing in African Mining seminar during Mines and Money is the premier African focussed mining event in London. The seminar is supported by the UK Association of Mining Analysts (AMA) who’s members comprise a significant portion of the audience. The seminar features updates by mining companies on their African projects and presentations on current trends in African mining by expert advisors. The seminar typically features 17 presentations and an audience of 150, 70% of whom are senior financial and mining executives, and 60% are from Europe.
Our Premier Sponsors are Toronto Stock Exchange and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

mineLatinAmerica 2017
2017-11-23 08:30 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Dentons Canada LLP, 77 King Street West, Suite 400 Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 0A1, Canada
Our sixth full-day mineLatinAmerica event (and tenth in the series) takes place in Toronto on Thursday Nov. 23, 2017 and features updates by mining companies on their Latin American projects and technical presentations and panel discussions on current trends and doing business in Latin America’s mining industry (legislation, financing, country spotlights, risk mitigation, CSR, etc.) by expert advisors and service providers.
Dentons Canada LLP and Toronto Stock Exchange are Premier Sponsors for the event and Hatch is a Corporate Sponsor for our CSR Panel.

“Water Treatment & Management in Mining and Mineral Processing” Short Course
2017-11-22 - 2017-11-23 | Oreventure, Toronto, ON, Canada
Water is fundamental to mining and mineral industry and widely used for processing and treatment, heating, cooling, dust suppression, etc. Managing water and effluent discharge quality throughout the mine life is key to efficient mining and has a big role in mining environmental impact and footprint.
Treatment technologies often must deal with regulatory requirements, environmental sensitivity, social issues and conflicts and there are risks associated with each option. Mining companies must treat wastewater to highest standards, need to recycle and have commitment to sustainable water use.
In this course we introduce participants the basic concepts of available technologies and operations involved in treatment and managing water and waste water in mining and mineral industries.

Silver and Gold Summit
2017-11-20 - 2017-11-21 | The Hilton Union Square, 333 O'Farrell Street, 94102
Cambridge House International Inc. and Katusa Research will co-produce the Silver and Gold Summit 2017.
The 2017 Silver and Gold Summit will be held in San Francisco, California November 20 & 21. This is the third year occurring in San Francisco having previously being relocated there from Spokane, Washington, where it was held for the past several years.
Over the past 20 years, Cambridge House has built its resource investment conferences to be the largest and best in the world, focused on mineral exploration. These have been exceptionally strong in attracting retail investors. This partnership with Katusa Research will bring in new professional and institutional investors and speakers from around the world.
Over the past decade, Marin Katusa, President of Katusa Research, has emerged as a world leader in analyzing resource sectors in both mining and energy and in using his research to manage strongly performing resource funds. During this time, he raised more than $1 billion for the energy and mining sectors. His recently published book, The Colder War, which documents the geopolitical shift of control of mining and energy sectors to the emerging markets, is a New York Times best seller.
Tickets are $40.00 USD in advance or $60.00 at the door

“Uranium Ore Processing” Short Course
2017-11-20 - 2017-11-21 | OreVenture, Toronto, ON, Canada
Uranium is known to occur in over 200 different minerals but most of these do not occur in deposits of sufficient grade to warrant economic extraction. Uranium ore can be extracted by open pit, underground or in-situ mining methods.
Uranium mill process flowsheets and unit operations for yellow cake production vary based on chemical and mineralogical characteristics of the ore to be processed. Ore characteristics are a particularly important component of the understanding the process development. Numerous other factors such as geology, radiation safety, economics, geography, environment, and regulations can change the uranium ore processing technology selection criteria.
In this course we introduce participants to the basic concepts and operations involved in uranium ore processing including:
• An overview of the various types of mining techniques in uranium industry.
• An introduction of the mineralogy of uranium bearing ores and associated minerals and the impact this has on the method of uranium extraction used.
• The basic operations and equipment used in uranium mills.
• The structure of flowsheets and their application to various uranium ores.
• Metallurgical testwork required to characterise a uranium ore.
• Meeting regulatory compliance for environmental and radiation concerns in the Uranium industry.

"Gold Ore Processing" Short Course
2017-11-16 - 2017-11-17 | OreVenture, Toronto, Canada
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.

Manitoba Mining & Minerals Convention
2017-11-15 - 2017-11-16 | RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3J3, Canada
What sets us apart?
A dynamic, leading-edge mineral industry event presenting three jam-packed days of professional networking, information-sharing and a diverse showcase of Manitoba’s latest groundbreaking geoscience activities, exploration highlights, near-term development projects, financing and investment opportunities, product and service innovation and much, much more. We engage the best and the brightest…from key international, national and local industry players and mining communities, to investors, educators, scientific institutions, Indigenous leaders and government. Together, we’re committed to exploring opportunities, innovating ideas, and working hard to advance Manitoba’s rich mineral potential and geologically diverse land base.
Discover Manitoba’s mining and mineral potential…

World-class deposits
Expansive underexplored terrain
Geologically diverse land base
Vast untapped mineral potential
$3B + annual total mineral production
Leading mineral exploration incentive programs
Dynamic, stable multi-billion dollar economy
Distinctive business edge and geographic location
Advanced professional training and research capacity
Cutting-edge Northern Manitoba Mining Academy

In Manitoba, there’s always mORE to explORE.

Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
2017-11-13 08:00 - 2017-11-17 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.

Precious Metals Investment Symposium 2017
2017-11-09 07:30 - 2017-11-10 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Pullman Melbourne On The Park Hotel, 192 Wellington Parad, Melbourne, 3002, Australia
Make sure you’re at the 8th Annual Precious Metals Investment Symposium. The 2-day investment and educational event is being held at the Pullman Melbourne On The Park Hotel on the 9th-10th of November 2017.
This year’s event is set to continue as the largest and most comprehensive precious metals investment event in Australia.
Learn how to invest and profit from gold and silver. Connect with mining companies, bullion companies and other successful investors
Mingle and chat with precious metal experts from all over the world. Discover the latest hard asset investment vehicles
PMIS 2017 will feature exhibitors showcasing the latest news and information in mining, refining, retail and storage. The world class line-up of keynote speakers including billionaire Eric Sprott and silver guru David Morgan, will provide some incredible insights for precious metal investing.
PMIS 2017 will provide the perfect forum for Australia business leaders and investors to come together to educate, inform, network and do business in the important sector of precious metals.
We look forward to seeing you in November.

GSM Lecture - Terry MacGibbon
2017-11-02 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
Terry MacGibbon, Executive Chairman, TMAC Resources Inc.
A Historical Review and Case Study of Four Successful Mining Companies from Start Up Through Production
November 2, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Fraser Auditorium, Laurentian University
Free Admission
Join us as Terry presents a historical review and comparison of the outstanding advancement of each of these companies from their transformative acquisitions, through exploration, permitting, development, and production and how these events and the capital markets affected funding, share price and values.

Mineral Resources Review 2017
2017-11-01 - 2017-11-04 | Delta St. John’s Hotel & Conference Centre, 120 New Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C6K4, Canada
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR’S PREMIER MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW
Mineral Resources Review showcases all aspects of the mineral exploration and mining industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is Eastern Canada’s largest mineral industry conference and trade show, attended by about 750 registered delegates, trade show exhibitors and visitors. Events include a short course, 3-day technical session with government and industry keynotes, core shack displays, prospectors tent, a commercial trade show, a procurement session, the NL Mines Branch poster session, and a public lecture. The conference also features a wide array of social activities and networking opportunities.

The Progressive Mine Forum
2017-10-23 08:30 - 18:30 (America/Toronto) | The Carlu, 444 Yonge St., Toronto, M5B 2H4, Canada
Building on the success of its inaugural conference, the Canadian Mining Symposium in London, England, in May of this year, The Northern Miner is launching its second one-day event entitled The Progressive Mine Forum.
Live roundtable discussions will be complemented by real-time interaction with the audience via social media, as well as commentary from industry leaders. We are set to take the event forum to an entire new level of inter-activity.
The event will also be the occasion for the launch of the PDAC’s 85th anniversary special edition publication. The Northern Miner’s leading industry reporters will examine what innovations the PDAC believe will be re-shaping the industry in the next 15 years and a live roundtable discussion will be borne out of those reports.
The Progressive Mine Forum will be held at The Carlu’s Round Room in downtown Toronto. This innovative event will focus on bringing together service providers, mining company executives as well as students and young professionals to learn about and interact with the most cutting-edge innovations that are set to re-define the mining industry.

Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgists
2017-10-23 - 2017-10-24 | Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Metals and alloys are used in a great variety of applications. Understanding how metals behave and how they can be obtained by processing raw materials is valuable to employees in this area. Extraction of metals applying various technologies, including physical separation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and electrometallurgy.
Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgists Workshop is an important learning platform where a comprehensive overview of metallurgy and advances in the field are shared among the participants both formally and informally. This course provides important, practical knowledge to the non-metallurgist. The objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject ranging from topics relevant to conventional or modern technology.

DMEC Exploration 2017
2017-10-22 - 2017-10-25 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada
Exploration ’17 is the sixth of the very successful series of DMEC decennial mining exploration conferences, which have been held in the seventh year of every decade starting in 1967. The theme of the Exploration ’17 conference is “Integrating the Geosciences: The Challenge of Discovery”, featuring a multi-national, multi-disciplinary technical programme, exhibition, workshops and field schools.

Exploration 2017 – Integrating the Geosciences
2017-10-21 - 2017-10-25
Integrating the Geosciences: The Challenge of Discovery: October 21 to 25, 2017 with 1000 delegates and noted speakers reviewing the role of integrated geosciences and how we can overcome the dirth of discoveries in the last ten years.

North Americas IT in Mining & Energy Conference (NAITMEC)
2017-10-19 - 2017-10-20 | Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
There has not been a better or a more challenging time to be a CIO. With rising opportunities in technology advancement, like digital transformation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data analytics and more; presenting CIOs with the prospect of discussing topics of significant value to their organisation. At the same time risks associated with security are also at the top on board level agenda. “Where should we play and how can we win?” is one question leaders are seeking to get an answer.
“North Americas IT in Mining & Energy Conference (NAITMEC)” is a unique event that will bring together CIOs & IT Leaders from the Mining & Energy Sector to evaluate emerging trends to stay ahead and increase IT operations business value.

"Metallurgical Testwork, Interpretation & Process Design" Short Course
2017-10-19 - 2017-10-20 | OreVenture, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The metallurgical testwork program is generally the most important critical path item for process design of a circuit and if it is not implemented in a well-structured and framed way by an experienced subject matter expert it can become the main reason of a mining project fatal flow.
Not two ore bodies are the same. Although development of a suitable process flowsheet to treat an orebody appears to be a relatively straightforward, selecting the optimum process whilst maintaining the maximum recovery and revenue is a complex task.
Aspects of metallurgical test program ranging from initial sample selection and ore characterisation to understand metallurgical response of an ore to complex pilot tests. It is necessary to develop metallurgical testplan that can cater for the variability in the orebody, whilst still providing optimum economics on the majority of the process plant feed. This course will provide the participants with the knowledge to:
• Why and what metallurgical testwork?
• Developing metallurgical testwork
• Identify the testwork requirement
• Definition of the laboratory testwork appropriate for the study type and sampling requirement
• Test results and data interpretation
• Sample variability and pilot tests
• Process circuit design and flowsheet development based on testwork outcome
• Risk and mitigation in testwork

Optimizing Mine Performance Through Digital Innovation
2017-10-18 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Onario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Flor, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2L7, Canada
This half-day seminar on “Optimizing Mine Performance Through Digital Innovation by The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business and Hatch will cover
– Digital mining overview: unleashing the value of data in mining
– Road mapping the digital transformation
– A lifecycle for developing the digital twin
– From RAM analysis to predictive maintenance
– Underground operational management system (short interval control)
– Performance/integrated operations centers

Project Management for Mining
2017-10-18 08:00 - 2017-10-20 17:00 (America/Toronto) | 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.

AEMQ Xplor, Québec Mining Exploration Convention
2017-10-18 08:00 - 2017-10-19 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Hotel Bonaventure Montreal, 900 DE LA GAUCHETIERE W., Montreal, Ontario, H5A 1E4, Canada
Xplor brings together more than 1,000 participants every year: investors, entrepreneurs, prospectors, engineers, geologists and service providers. This key event for the mining industry offers networking opportunities and a high quality conference program.

Practical Steelmaking and Casting
2017-10-16 - 2017-10-17 | Montreal, Montrealc, Quebec, Canada
Manufacturing process in steel industry undergoing changes for making steel better and better in terms of quality, cost & efficiency. Advance melting techniques like Ladle Metallurgy play an important role in this direction. The focus is to get steel of higher strength/weight ratio along with longer life. This has enabled designer to make product with less section thickness for higher efficiency and less environmental pollution. This workshop has been designed to give insight of various steel making and casting processes from industry point of view. It covers evolution of various steel making processes, their operation and limitation and latest development on making clean steel through various secondary refining treatments. Continuous casting process is covered for making bloom and billet which are used in rolling mills for long and flat products. Steel Casting plays an important role and cast products are integral part in all industries. Manufacturing of steel castings, particularly resin bonded sand casting process is covered to get insight of casting processes. For better understanding of steelmaking and casting process, some important fundamental metallurgical concepts are also covered along with examples.

“Advanced Mass Balancing and Inference” Short Course
2017-10-15 - 2017-10-16 | OreVenture, Toronto, ON, Canada
In order to optimize a mineral processing plant there are nine steps required:
1. Collect data (measurement)
2. Collate data (into a database)
3. Flowsheeting
4. Mass Balance
5. Inference
6. Determine Operational Parameter
7. Model fit
8. Simulate
9. Optimise
Mass balancing is often taught using least squares minimization. Inference is generally not taught and in the absence of inference, model fitting is rendered very difficult, which is why mineral processing simulation is generally much more difficult than it should be.
In this course we focus on mass balancing and inference. Whilst mass balancing is taught initially from a conventional least squares minimization approach, the course then discusses a probabilistic or information theory approach. Information theory is a relatively new area of mathematics which is only available to participants through this course. By using information theory one can infer ore properties at each stream in great depth (i.e. multi-mineral particle distributions); thereby providing the basis for later steps (particularly modelfitting).

Mining Law 2017
2017-10-12 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, 999 Canada Pl, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C3B5, Canada
Who should attend: Lawyers and mining executives.
Learning level: All levels
Mining continues to be of major importance both in British Columbia and on the international economic stage. This course will focus on the legal and pragmatic implications of current developments affecting practice in this area. Join us for a comprehensive update, both legal and practical!
Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6 hours (including a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management.)
Course Chair
Graham H. Scott — McCullogh O’Connor Irwin LLP, Vancouver
