The Northern Miner

Quality Control of Assays
2017-02-07 08:00 - 2017-02-09 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Queensland
In recent years there has been a strong international movement toward knowing and improving the quality of information used in the Mining Industry for resource/reserve estimation. In Canada, this culminated with the implementation of National Instrument 43-101 which incorporates, in part, general requirements pertaining to technical matters involved in obtaining assay data and the recognition that those data are of adequate quality to both publicize and form the basis of a resource/reserve estimation.
This course will demonstrate how the Qualified Person is able to meet the assay quality requirements of NI43-101. Topics to be discussed include: duplicate data collection, use of standards and blanks, simple statistics in the evaluation of standards, recognition of outliers, binary graphs as an interpretive aid to evaluating duplicate data, and displaying and analyzing data.
Emphasis will be placed on the use of simple statistical approaches that can be used to quantify data quality. Examples will be used to illustrate how sampling error, subsampling error, and analytical error can be determined, and how such results can be used as a basis for improving data quality. Reference will be made to several procedures used in Industry to quantify precision and the general pros and cons of these methods.

Operational Excellence & Risk Management
2017-02-07 - 2017-02-09 | JW Marriott Houston, 5150 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
The Operational Excellence & Risk Management Summit will bring together over 100 Operations, HSE and OE leaders to discuss how to best manage human, asset and environmental risk to deliver consistent operational excellence.
Taking place in Houston February 7-9, 2017, the conference will see keynote speakers from Dow Chemical, Shell Oil, Veolia, NASA, US Navy, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement – plus over 20 case studies from risk, operations and EH&S leaders that will show you how to adopt the culture, systems and processes of the world’s Highest Reliability Organizations.
At the 2017 summit you’ll learn how to:
• Assess – and improve – your company’s safety culture
• Lay the foundation for OE by establishing principles that begin with safety
• Improve your OMS to better identify – and eliminate – sources of risk and value loss in your operations
• Increase risk visibility by optimizing data and information management – and minimize unplanned events
• Detect whether your work environments, systems and processes are increasing the likelihood of a risk occurring
• Benchmark your company against the characteristics of High Reliability Organizations (HROs)
To find out more about the event visit the official website www.opexandriskmanagement.com

Investing in African Mining Indaba
2017-02-06 08:00 - 2017-02-09 14:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Cape Town International Convention Center, Cape Town, South Africa
Investing in African Mining Indaba® remains the preferred deal-making platform for mining in Africa. It is the world’s largest mining investment event and Africa’s largest mining conference.

Mineral Property Valuation
2017-01-31 08:00 - 2017-02-02 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | Queensland
This course examines the various approaches and methods of developing valuations for mineral properties and projects as well as mining companies. International standards are reviewed and the Canadian CIMVAL standard is discussed in more detail. The three valuation approaches (Cost, Market, Income) are examined along with the various methods within each approach. Techniques for risk assessment are described. Reporting requirements are examined and a suggested table of contents for a valuation report is discussed.

2017 SME Annual Conference & Expo and CMA 119th National Western Mining Conference
2017-01-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, United States
The 2017 SME Annual Conference & Expo and CMA 119th National Western Mining Conference provides a forum for more than 6,500 industry professionals, from across the world, to share innovative ideas, best practices and cutting-edge research in more than 120 sessions along with an expansive marketplace of more than 650 exhibiting companies.

Mining 101
2017-01-17 08:00 - 2017-01-19 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Queensland
This course covers the basic concepts of mining and mineral processing: how mines are found, how they are built, how the ore is processed, how the waste is disposed, how mineral products are marketed, and some ideas about where mining will be in the future.
Parts of the course require some basic numeracy and high school science. However all of the material is taught in a friendly, non-threatening manner and is quite easily understood by someone who likes to watch Nova or the Discovery Channel.

Open Pit Slope Design and Implementation
2017-01-12 09:00 - 2017-01-13 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | EduMine, InfoMine Inc, Suite 900 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3B6, Canada
This course presents an overview of the process for the design and management of slopes in open pit mines. Starting with a description of the information required to support a slope design and the methods of data collection, it progresses to the design procedures for bench configurations, inter-ramp slopes and overall slopes, including the analytical procedures commonly in use. Specific examples of design will be presented and discussed in the class to illustrate the factors that could affect pit slope stability.
The implementation of the designs will be discussed in terms of both the operating procedures for mining and optimizing the stability of pit slopes. The aspects of risk associated with pit slope design and excavation will be presented. Monitoring methods for pit slopes and other management procedures will be discussed. Participants will be encouraged to present a short (max 30 min.) presentation for discussion in the course.
Attendees may want to purchase a copy of the book, Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design, (pictured at right) for further study at leisure. Note that it is not essential for course attendees to have the book while at the course.
