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SUMMARY:Media Training for Mineral Exploration and Mining Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Led by a mining and business journalist veteran with more than two decades of media training experience\, we specialize in customized and highly practical media training for mineral exploration and mining company professionals. Our workshops are designed to educate and empower whether media coverage is your top priority\, your darkest fear\, or something in between. \nWhat you will learn \n• How to tell compelling stories;\n• How to prepare for media interviews;\n• How to write news releases that get noticed;\n• Techniques for succeeding in media interviews;\n• Storytelling and key messages;\n• How to be an effective spokesperson;\n• How to managing conflict.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/media-training-mineral-exploration-mining-professionals/
LOCATION:Regus location (1500 – 885 West Georgia Street\, Vancouver\, V6C 3E8\, 1500 - 885 West Georgia Street \, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6C 3E8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="PR Associates":MAILTO:admin@prassociates.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170628
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SUMMARY:“Advanced Excel VBA for Engineers and Scientists” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:More than 90% of quantitative professionals (inclusive of Engineers\, scientists and analysts) use Excel at a basic level. Yet possibly less than 10% would have received any guidance on how to use Excel effectively. Hence many professionals use Excel in a manner that much of their work is not shared effectively with their colleagues leading to a significant loss in productivity.\nIndeed there are ‘Horror stories’ where poor Excel management has lead to millions of dollars in direct losses through wholesale loss of data and models.\nThe course focuses on providing a strategy to ensure that Excel is used efficiently.  At the end of the course participants will be invited to estimate the efficiency gain that is provided by using the strategies of the course.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/advanced-excel-vba-engineers-scientists-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170627T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170629T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20161212T155740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161213T163843Z
UID:1003781592-1498550400-1498737600@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Recycling Metals from Industrial Waste
DESCRIPTION:Recycling Metals from Industrial Waste\, now in its 25th year\, focuses on current plant practices to convert metal-containing wastes to products. Processors\, raw materials\, and markets are identified and quantified. Speakers with decades of hands-on experience detail multiple approaches to recycling metals and associated materials – backed up by slides\, videos\, and the syllabus. \nParticular emphasis is given to combinations of physical\, hydrometallurgical\, and pyrometallurgical processing\, along with associated regulations\, to facilitate economical recycling. The presentations are on a practical level\, focusing on plant operations\, with ample opportunity for interaction by the course participants.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/recycling-metals-industrial-waste/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170630
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T134836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T134836Z
UID:1003784863-1498608000-1498780799@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Advanced Mass Balancing and Inference” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:In order to optimize a mineral processing plant there are nine steps required:\n1.	Collect data (measurement)\n2.	Collate data (into a database)\n3.	Flowsheeting\n4.	Mass Balance\n5.	Inference\n6.	Determine Operational Parameter\n7.	Model fit\n8.	Simulate\n9.	Optimise\nMass 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.\nIn 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).
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/advanced-mass-balancing-inference-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170718T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170721T113000
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CREATED:20160921T144400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160922T141402Z
UID:1003777694-1500364800-1500636600@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Introduction to Mineral Processing
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed for engineers\, scientists\, and others working in the mineral or particulate processing industries. It is intended to provide an overview of each of the important unit operations used in particulate processing of minerals. The fundamentals are introduced but are not overly emphasized in this course\, so the course is suitable for individuals associated with the mineral industry\, such as those in technical sales\, regulatory agencies\, and related fields. The course will also be a useful refresher for those already engaged in mineral processing activities.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/introduction-mineral-processing/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170724T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170728T120000
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CREATED:20160914T174744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160914T174744Z
UID:1003777355-1500883200-1501243200@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe course covers economic analysis techniques used to optimize the development and operation of mining\, petroleum and non-natural resource production and processing operations.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/economic-evaluation-investment-decision-methods-5/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170915T120000
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CREATED:20161214T164230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161219T150956Z
UID:1003781643-1505116800-1505476800@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe course covers economic analysis techniques used to optimize the development and operation of mining\, petroleum and non-natural resource production and processing operations.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/economic-evaluation-investment-decision-methods-6/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170913T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170915T170000
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CREATED:20170503T201642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170503T201642Z
UID:1003786000-1505293200-1505494800@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Strategic Mine Planning with New Digital Technologies\, Risk Management and Mineral Value Chains
DESCRIPTION:Instructors: Roussos Dimitrakopoulos\, McGill University\, Canada and Ryan Goodfellow\, McGill University\, Canada \nObjectives and Content\nAt the time of a continuing rebound of metal markets\, learn how the application of new digital technologies that can add substantial value to strategic mine planning and asset valuation. The new technologies and related tools integrate technical risk management while capitalizing on the synergies amongst the elements of mineral value chains through their simultaneous optimization – from mines to products to markets. \nLearn how you can improve performance by:\n• Learning the state-of-the-art strategic mine planning concepts and new approaches that unlock and add value to mining assets\n• Finding out how to minimize technical risks and produce optimal pit designs with strategic mine planning processes and the next generation optimization methods\n• Discovering methods and tools for the simultaneous risk-managing (stochastic) optimization of mining complexes and mineral value chains from mines to products to markets\n• Discovering how the new developments will help you capture the “upside potential” in mine plans and minimize “downside risks”\, as well as increase cash flows\n• Exploring and learning from real-world examples\, practices and comparisons in diverse applications\, from gold and copper mines to iron ore and nickel laterites\n• Understanding how to deal with blending and non-linear geo-metallurgical interactions in the processing streams\, as materials are transformed from bulk material to refined products\n• Participating in hands-on computer sessions that show how to increase project value by employing new risk-managing simultaneous optimization models \nTo register or for more information please contact:\nDeborah Frankland\nCanada Research Chair and Laboratory Administrator\nCOSMO – Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory\nDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering\nMcGill University\nFrank Dawson Adams Building\, Room 123A\n3450 University Street\nMontreal\, Quebec H3A 0E8\nCanada\nTel.: (514) 398-5461\nE-mail: admcrc.mining@mcgill.ca
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/strategic-mine-planning-new-digital-technologies-risk-management-mineral-value-chains/
LOCATION:McGill University – COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory\, 3450 University Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A0E8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
ORGANIZER;CN="COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory":MAILTO:admcrc.mining@mcgill.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170920
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170330T204532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170330T204532Z
UID:1003784845-1505692800-1505865599@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Uranium Ore Processing” Short Course
DESCRIPTION: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.\nUranium 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.\nIn this course we introduce participants to the basic concepts and operations involved in uranium ore processing including:\n•	An overview of the various types of mining techniques in uranium industry.\n•	An introduction of the mineralogy of uranium bearing ores and associated minerals and the impact this has on the method of uranium extraction used.\n•	The basic operations and equipment used in uranium mills.\n•	The structure of flowsheets and their application to various uranium ores.\n•	Metallurgical testwork required to characterise a uranium ore.\n•	Meeting regulatory compliance for environmental and radiation concerns in the Uranium industry.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/uranium-ore-processing-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170918T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170921T170000
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CREATED:20170919T122656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170919T122656Z
UID:1003788822-1505721600-1506013200@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Tunneling Fundamentals\, Practice and Innovations
DESCRIPTION:Tunneling Fundamentals\, Practice and Innovations is an annual short course for industry professionals that provides a comprehensive overview of tunnel planning\, design and construction across all applications and all geologies. Through presentations by the tunneling industry’s top-practicing experts combined with one-of-a-kind hands-on labs and demonstrations\, this four-day course will provide you with a sound understanding of the state practice and innovations in tunneling worldwide. \nA unique component of this course will be the opportunity to participate in hands-on labs and demonstrations in state-of-the-art testing and research facilities at Colorado School of Mines. \nLab and demonstrations will cover: \n    EPB Soil Conditioning\n    Rock Cutting\n    Abrasity and Wear\n    Shotcrete\n    Grouting
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/tunneling-fundamentals-practice-innovations/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170927
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T135013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T135013Z
UID:1003784869-1506297600-1506470399@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Water Treatment & Management in Mining and Mineral Processing” Short Course
DESCRIPTION: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.\nTreatment 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.\nIn 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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/water-treatment-management-mining-mineral-processing-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170926T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170929T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170919T122542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170919T122542Z
UID:1003788821-1506412800-1506704400@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:High-Speed Imaging Methods for Research and Expermentation
DESCRIPTION:World leaders in digital high-speed imaging and explosive education\, Vision Research and the Colorado School of Mines\, have announced a collaboration to develop a university-level short course on high-speed imaging’s wide range of applications with a focus on experimentation with explosives and ballistic applications. \nThe short course is a carefully structured introduction to main topics in field of explosive engineering and how to best use digital high-speed imaging when conducting experiments or research for military or civilian applications. Both the fundamentals theory and practical training will be conducted at Colorado School of Mines in Explosive Research Laboratory at Idaho Springs. \nA wide range of material will be covered including: detonation and shock wave physics\, selection of explosives\, an introduction to high-speed imaging\, scaling experiments for high-speed imaging\, lighting and selecting lenses for the best results\, triggering strategies\, analysis of high-speed imagery\, and more. Each topic will be presented by internationally renowned experts in their respective fields\, and will address an audience spanning a wide range of scientific backgrounds.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/high-speed-imaging-methods-research-expermentation/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20171009T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20171013T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20161216T174429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161219T151355Z
UID:1003781736-1507536000-1507914000@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Sampling Theory\, Sampling Practices\, and Their Economic Impact
DESCRIPTION:Poor sampling\, compounded by poor laboratory subsampling\, leads to questionable geostatistics\, and generates severe conciliation problems between the geological model\, the mine\, and the plant estimates. These problems also affect the price of commodities and the validity of environmental assessments. The result is a huge money loss for the company involved\, evolving later in likely litigation. It is of key importance for geologists\, miners\, metallurgists\, chemists\, and environmental specialists to extract maximum information from the available data\, as large investments and crucial decisions depend on it.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/sampling-theory-sampling-practices-economic-impact/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171014
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170503T202002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170503T202002Z
UID:1003786001-1507593600-1507939199@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Geostatistical Mineral Resource Estimation and Meeting the New Regulatory Environment: Step by step from sampling to grade control
DESCRIPTION:Instructors: Marcelo Godoy\, Newmont Mining Corporation\, USA; Roussos Dimitrakopoulos\, McGill University\, Canada; and Guy Desharnais\, SGS Canada Inc.\, Canada \nContent and Objectives\nThis course is designed according to the latest regulations on public reporting of Mineral Resources. It aims at showing how state-of-the-art statistical and geostatistical techniques help answering the requirements of those regulations in an objective and reproducible manner. A particular emphasis is put on understanding sampling and estimation errors and how to assign levels estimation confidence through the application of resource classification fundamentals. In addition to a solid introduction to mining geostatistics this course provides a comprehensive overview of industry’s best practices in the broader field of Mineral Resource estimation. \nAttendees will learn:\n• How to use statistical inference to identify problems with the data\n• How to produce models that address the needs of mining companies\n• Compliance with NI43-101\, SEC Industry Guide 7 and JORC\n• Effective workflows from data preparation to resource classification\n• How to validate\, reconcile and communicate resource estimation results\n• The fundamentals of resource classification and how to apply them in practice\n• How to produce auditable and reproducible resource estimates\n• Estimation of grade control models and best practices in ore selection\n• How to leverage costly geometallurgical testing to reduce risk\n• How to use conditional simulations to quantify uncertainty in resource estimates\n• How to integrate orebody simulations into mine planning \nTo register or for more information please contact:\nDeborah Frankland\nCanada Research Chair and Laboratory Administrator\nCOSMO – Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory\nDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering\nMcGill University\nFrank Dawson Adams Building\, Room 123A\n3450 University Street\nMontreal\, Quebec H3A 0E8\nCanada\nTel.: (514) 398-5461\nE-mail: admcrc.mining@mcgill.ca
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/geostatistical-mineral-resource-estimation-meeting-new-regulatory-environment-step-step-sampling-grade-control/
LOCATION:McGill University – COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory\, 3450 University Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A0E8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
ORGANIZER;CN="COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory":MAILTO:admcrc.mining@mcgill.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171014
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T134549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T134549Z
UID:1003784854-1507766400-1507939199@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Advanced Excel VBA for Engineers and Scientists” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:More than 90% of quantitative professionals (inclusive of Engineers\, scientists and analysts) use Excel at a basic level. Yet possibly less than 10% would have received any guidance on how to use Excel effectively. Hence many professionals use Excel in a manner that much of their work is not shared effectively with their colleagues leading to a significant loss in productivity.\nIndeed there are ‘Horror stories’ where poor Excel management has lead to millions of dollars in direct losses through wholesale loss of data and models.\nThe course focuses on providing a strategy to ensure that Excel is used efficiently.  At the end of the course participants will be invited to estimate the efficiency gain that is provided by using the strategies of the course.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/advanced-excel-vba-engineers-scientists-short-course-2/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171012T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171012T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170818T144847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170818T144847Z
UID:1003788768-1507798800-1507824000@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Mining Law 2017
DESCRIPTION:Who should attend: Lawyers and mining executives. \nLearning level: All levels \nMining 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! \nLaw 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.) \nCourse Chair\nGraham H. Scott — McCullogh O’Connor Irwin LLP\, Vancouver
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/mining-law-2017-2/
LOCATION:Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel\, 999 Canada Pl\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6C3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171017
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T135114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T135114Z
UID:1003784866-1508025600-1508198399@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Advanced Mass Balancing and Inference” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:In order to optimize a mineral processing plant there are nine steps required:\n1.	Collect data (measurement)\n2.	Collate data (into a database)\n3.	Flowsheeting\n4.	Mass Balance\n5.	Inference\n6.	Determine Operational Parameter\n7.	Model fit\n8.	Simulate\n9.	Optimise\nMass 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.\nIn 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).
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/advanced-mass-balancing-inference-short-course-2/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171018
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170612T150408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170612T150408Z
UID:1003786543-1508112000-1508284799@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Practical Steelmaking and Casting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/practical-steelmaking-casting/
LOCATION:Montreal\, Montrealc\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="EduInsight":MAILTO:eduinsight@iaemm.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171018T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170720T130805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170731T225042Z
UID:1003788158-1508313600-1508518800@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Project Management for Mining
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/project-management-mining-2/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171021
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170330T204215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170330T204215Z
UID:1003784836-1508371200-1508543999@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:"Metallurgical Testwork\, Interpretation & Process Design" Short Course
DESCRIPTION: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.\nNot 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.\nAspects 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:\n•	Why and what metallurgical testwork?\n•	Developing metallurgical testwork\n•	Identify the testwork requirement\n•	Definition of the laboratory testwork appropriate for the study type and sampling requirement\n•	Test results and data interpretation\n•	Sample variability and pilot tests\n•	Process circuit design and flowsheet development based on testwork outcome\n•	Risk and mitigation in testwork
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/metallurgical-testwork-interpretation-process-design-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171025
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170612T150656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170612T150656Z
UID:1003786987-1508716800-1508889599@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgists
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMetallurgy 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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/metallurgy-non-metallurgists-2/
LOCATION:Montreal\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
ORGANIZER;CN="EduInsight":MAILTO:eduinsight@iaemm.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20171113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20171117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20161214T164509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170314T195433Z
UID:1003781645-1510560000-1510920000@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe course covers economic analysis techniques used to optimize the development and operation of mining\, petroleum and non-natural resource production and processing operations.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/economic-evaluation-investment-decision-methods-7/
LOCATION:Colorado School of Mines\, 80401
CATEGORIES:Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171118
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170330T204336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170330T204336Z
UID:1003784833-1510790400-1510963199@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:"Gold Ore Processing" Short Course
DESCRIPTION: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.\nDue 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.\nIn this course we introduce participants the basic concepts and operations involved in gold extraction.  Attendees of the course will:\n•	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.\n•	Learn the basic operations and equipment used in gold extraction.\n•	Understand the structure of flowsheets and their application to various gold ores and minerals.\n•	Understand metallurgical testwork required to characterise a gold ore.\n•	Develop skills and knowledge in achieving maximum productivity at minimum costs.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/gold-ore-processing-short-course-2/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171122
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T134407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T134407Z
UID:1003784848-1511136000-1511308799@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Uranium Ore Processing” Short Course
DESCRIPTION: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.\nUranium 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.\nIn this course we introduce participants to the basic concepts and operations involved in uranium ore processing including:\n•	An overview of the various types of mining techniques in uranium industry.\n•	An introduction of the mineralogy of uranium bearing ores and associated minerals and the impact this has on the method of uranium extraction used.\n•	The basic operations and equipment used in uranium mills.\n•	The structure of flowsheets and their application to various uranium ores.\n•	Metallurgical testwork required to characterise a uranium ore.\n•	Meeting regulatory compliance for environmental and radiation concerns in the Uranium industry.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/uranium-ore-processing-short-course-2/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171124
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T135239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T135239Z
UID:1003784872-1511308800-1511481599@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Water Treatment & Management in Mining and Mineral Processing” Short Course
DESCRIPTION: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.\nTreatment 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.\nIn 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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/water-treatment-management-mining-mineral-processing-short-course-2/
LOCATION:Oreventure\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171209
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170505T194824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170505T194824Z
UID:1003786085-1512259200-1512777599@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:American Exploration & Mining Association Annual Meeting\, Exposition\, & Short Courses
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/american-exploration-mining-association-annual-meeting-exposition-short-courses/
LOCATION:Nugget Casino Resort\, 1100 Nugget Avenue\, Sparks\, NV\, 89431\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exposition,Meeting,Short Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171209
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170331T134745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170331T134745Z
UID:1003784860-1512691200-1512777599@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Mineral Processing for non-mineral Processors” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Mineral processing can involve four general types of unit operation:\n•	Comminution\n•	Sizing & Classification\n•	Concentration\n•	Dewatering\nKnowing 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.\nThe course covers unit operations in mineral processing including comminution\, physical separation\, flotation\, classification and dewatering.\nUpon completion of this course the participants are able to\n•	Identify various unit operations in mineral processing.\n•	Understand the step used for the processing of various minerals.\n•	Describe and explain commonly occurring processes for mineral beneficiation.\n•	Analyze reasons for selection of processes based on raw material properties.\n•	Have knowledge of process conditions to suggest process selections for hypothetical raw materials.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/mineral-processing-non-mineral-processors-short-course-2/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171212
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20170330T204454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170330T204454Z
UID:1003784857-1512950400-1513036799@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:“Mineral Processing for non-mineral Processors” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Mineral processing can involve four general types of unit operation:\n•	Comminution\n•	Sizing & Classification\n•	Concentration\n•	Dewatering\nKnowing 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.\nThe course covers unit operations in mineral processing including comminution\, physical separation\, flotation\, classification and dewatering.\nUpon completion of this course the participants are able to\n•	Identify various unit operations in mineral processing.\n•	Understand the step used for the processing of various minerals.\n•	Describe and explain commonly occurring processes for mineral beneficiation.\n•	Analyse reasons for selection of processes based on raw material properties.\n•	Have knowledge of process conditions to suggest process selections for hypothetical raw materials.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/mineral-processing-non-mineral-processors-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180115T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180119T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20171130T152335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171130T152335Z
UID:1003791800-1516003200-1516379400@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:PMP Exam Preparation
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/pmp-exam-preparation/
LOCATION:Laurentian University\, 935 Ramsey Lake Road\, Sudbury\, Ontario\, P3E 2C6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
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ORGANIZER;CN="Goodman School of Mines":MAILTO:sx1_patterson@laurentian.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180226T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180228T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175209
CREATED:20180214T203635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180214T203635Z
UID:1003793779-1519632000-1519837200@secure.northernminer.com
SUMMARY:MDRU Geophysics for Mineral Exploration Short Course
DESCRIPTION:This innovative three-day training course led by Prof. Mike Dentith uses applied learning techniques and real-world mineral exploration scenarios to train participants in the key principles of interpreting geophysical data sets\, without the need for complex mathematics and physics. Participants will learn how to integrate geological and geophysical methods to optimize mineral exploration opportunities. \nWhen: 26 – 28 February\, 2018\nWhere: UBC Robson Square\, Downtown Vancouver\nCost: MDRU Corporate Members $960 + GST (see event website for Non-Member and Student prices) \nFor more information\, including the key principles covered each day\, download the course flyer on the MDRU event website.
URL:https://secure.northernminer.com/event/mdru-geophysics-mineral-exploration-short-course/
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square\, 800 Robson Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 3B7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="MDRU - UBC":MAILTO:mdruevents@eoas.ubc.ca
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