The Northern Miner

Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
2017-11-13 08:00 - 2017-11-17 12:00, 2017-09-11 08:00 - 2017-09-15 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 | LA
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

“Advanced Excel VBA for Engineers and Scientists” Short Course
2017-10-12 - 2017-10-13 | OreVenture, Toronto, ON, Canada
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.
Indeed there are ‘Horror stories’ where poor Excel management has lead to millions of dollars in direct losses through wholesale loss of data and models.
The 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.

Geostatistical Mineral Resource Estimation and Meeting the New Regulatory Environment: Step by step from sampling to grade control
2017-10-10 - 2017-10-13 | McGill University – COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A0E8, Canada
Instructors: Marcelo Godoy, Newmont Mining Corporation, USA; Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, McGill University, Canada; and Guy Desharnais, SGS Canada Inc., Canada
Content and Objectives
This 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.
Attendees will learn:
• How to use statistical inference to identify problems with the data
• How to produce models that address the needs of mining companies
• Compliance with NI43-101, SEC Industry Guide 7 and JORC
• Effective workflows from data preparation to resource classification
• How to validate, reconcile and communicate resource estimation results
• The fundamentals of resource classification and how to apply them in practice
• How to produce auditable and reproducible resource estimates
• Estimation of grade control models and best practices in ore selection
• How to leverage costly geometallurgical testing to reduce risk
• How to use conditional simulations to quantify uncertainty in resource estimates
• How to integrate orebody simulations into mine planning
To register or for more information please contact:
Deborah Frankland
Canada Research Chair and Laboratory Administrator
COSMO – Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University
Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 123A
3450 University Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E8
Canada
Tel.: (514) 398-5461
E-mail: admcrc.mining@mcgill.ca

Sampling Theory, Sampling Practices, and Their Economic Impact
2017-10-09 08:00 - 2017-10-13 17:00 (America/Denver) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
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.

AME Speaker Series: Junior Company Playbook
2017-10-04 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Vancouver) | Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver, 655 burrard street, vancouver, british columbia, v6c2R7, Canada
AME Speaker Series: Junior Company Playbook – Positioning Yourself for Success
AME – in partnership with Women in Mining BC – launches the 2017/2018 Speaker Series with “Junior Company Playbook – Positioning Yourself for Success,” a panel discussion about how to position your company for success, including how to turn your technical information into a clear message to investors about the potential value of your project.
At this session, you will hear industry experts share what you should – and shouldn’t – do to get the attention of institutional, retail and strategic investors, attract investment and analyst coverage. Our panel experts will share what they have learned so you can take action immediately to strengthen your company.
The panel will consist of:
Michael Gray, moderator, Senior Vice President & Team Head Canadian Mining Equity Research, Commodities and Global Markets, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
Zara Boldt, CFO & Corporate Secretary, Strongbow Exploration, Inc.
Bart Melek, Global Head of Commodity Strategy, TD Securities
Rosie Moore, Consulting Geologist and Analyst
Reception and networking will follow the discussion.

Coal Association of Canada 2017 National Conference
2017-09-27 18:00 - 2017-09-29 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Westin Bayshore Vancouver, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, V6G 2V4, Canada
The CAC conference is where the Canadian and international coal industry gathers each year. Industry leaders and experts offer delegates insights into the Canadian and international coal industry. Stay ahead of the curve by learning about the latest developments and trends in the coal industry and make business connections that will last long after the conference is over.
In addition to our first-class presentations and panels, our social and networking events give delegates a chance to get re-acquainted with industry colleagues and forge new relationships throughout the duration of the conference. Our annual banquet presentation of the 2017 Coal Association of Canada’s Award of Distinction is not to be missed!
From a value perspective, companies wanting to send multiple delegates can take advantage of a free full delegate registration for every two full registrations purchased!
It’s clear, the return on investment is solid and the value can’t be matched. Delegates leave with insight and connections that can be put to work in their business right away.
Who attends the conference?
The conference attracts a diverse group of delegates from across Canada and around the world representing the broad spectrum of the coal industry. Here is just a sample of some of the groups represented at our conference each year:
. coal companies (exploration, development and production)
. coal transporters (rail and trucking)
. ports and terminals
. equipment manufacturers
. suppliers of goods and services
. Canadian governments (federal, provincial and municipal)
For sponsorship enquiries, please contact the Coal Association of Canada or see our conference website!

High-Speed Imaging Methods for Research and Expermentation
2017-09-26 08:00 - 2017-09-29 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
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.
The 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.
A 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.

“Water Treatment & Management in Mining and Mineral Processing” Short Course
2017-09-25 - 2017-09-26 | OreVenture, Vancouver, BC, 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.

Denver Gold Forum
2017-09-24 - 2017-09-27 | The Broadmooor, 1 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO, 80906, United States

Tunneling Fundamentals, Practice and Innovations
2017-09-18 08:00 - 2017-09-21 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
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.
A 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.
Lab and demonstrations will cover:
EPB Soil Conditioning
Rock Cutting
Abrasity and Wear
Shotcrete
Grouting

“Uranium Ore Processing” Short Course
2017-09-18 - 2017-09-19 | OreVenture, Vancouver, BC, 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.

Strategic Mine Planning with New Digital Technologies, Risk Management and Mineral Value Chains
2017-09-13 09:00 - 2017-09-15 17:00 (America/Toronto) | McGill University – COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A0E8, Canada
Instructors: Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, McGill University, Canada and Ryan Goodfellow, McGill University, Canada
Objectives and Content
At 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.
Learn how you can improve performance by:
• Learning the state-of-the-art strategic mine planning concepts and new approaches that unlock and add value to mining assets
• Finding out how to minimize technical risks and produce optimal pit designs with strategic mine planning processes and the next generation optimization methods
• Discovering methods and tools for the simultaneous risk-managing (stochastic) optimization of mining complexes and mineral value chains from mines to products to markets
• 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
• Exploring and learning from real-world examples, practices and comparisons in diverse applications, from gold and copper mines to iron ore and nickel laterites
• 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
• Participating in hands-on computer sessions that show how to increase project value by employing new risk-managing simultaneous optimization models
To register or for more information please contact:
Deborah Frankland
Canada Research Chair and Laboratory Administrator
COSMO – Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University
Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 123A
3450 University Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E8
Canada
Tel.: (514) 398-5461
E-mail: admcrc.mining@mcgill.ca

Argus Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel Markets and Investment 2017
2017-09-12 09:00 - 2017-09-13 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Carlton Hotel SIngapore, 76 Bras Basah Road, Singapore, Singapore
LiCoNi Markets and Investments is an ideal platform for junior mining firms to showcase their current and future lithium projects before investors who are eyeing opportunities along the Li-ion battery supply chain.
This event will also feature unparalleled market intelligence over 1½ days on how the supply chain for Li-ion battery metals evolves, what new innovations in the downstream sectors are shaping future demand for metals and how the supply picture for raw materials will develop going forward.
Join us in Singapore in the heart of Asia and meet mining firms, consumers and investors.
Key highlights
Will there be sufficient raw materials to support the expected demand for
Li-ion batteries?
Should we be worried? – hedge funds and speculators are reported to have stockpiled nearly 20pc of global cobalt production
How will game-changing innovations shape future demand? – cathode materials, EV, ESS, portable electronics and more
What do the fundamentals tell us? – the current supply-demand balance in the lithium, cobalt and nickel markets
Recycling of Li-ion batteries – what influence will it have on supplies?

Labrador MINEx
2017-09-12 08:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | LA
Join Mining Industry Leaders, Analysts, Suppliers and Supporters at the first LABRADOR MINEx in Labrador West. We will examine the industry outlook, opportunities and the innovative future of mining.
Our Sessions:
+Activity in the trough
+Sustainability
+Innovation in the North
For more details contact the Labrador West Chamber of Commerce at 944-3723 or look for our event on www.eventbrite.ca
