Orphaned/Abandoned Mines in Canada Workshop Winnipeg, MB. June 26-27, 2001
Proceedings
The following presentations were delivered as part of a joint federal/provincial/territorial government and industry-sponsored workshop on Orphaned/Abandoned Mines . They do not represent the opinion of the Province of Manitoba. All presentations are in PDF.
June
26th |
PLENARY PRESENTATIONS |
8:30
- 9:00 |
Welcome
and Introductory Remarks PDF File - 1.5 M Christine Kaszycki - Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines |
|
9:00
- 10:15 |
Building
a National Inventory Christine Kaszycki, Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines, Chair |
| 9:00
- 9:15 |
Abandoned
Mines in Canada (speaker's notes) PDF File - 69 K Bill Mackasey - WOM Geological Associates Inc. |
9:15
- 9:30 |
Ontario's
Abandoned Mines Program PDF File - 140 K John Robertson, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines |
9:30
- 9:45 |
NRCan
Inactive Mines Database PDF File - 392 K Jim Vance, Natural Resources Canada |
9:45
- 10:00 |
Abandoned
Mines Inventory and Assessment in Québec PDF File - 1.1 M Robert Tremblay, Ministère des Ressources naturelles du Québec |
10:00
- 10:15 |
Abandoned
Mines Inventory: An Auditor's Perspective * Wayne Cluskey, Office of the Auditor General of Canada |
|
10:45
- 12:00 |
Community
Perspectives Joan Kuyek, MiningWatch Canada, Chair |
10:45
- 11:00 |
Community
Perspectives on the Giant Mine, Yellowknife, N.W.T. Part One - PDF File 2.3 M Part Two - PDF File 2.2 M Kevin O'Reilly - Municipal Councilor & Research Director, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee |
11:00
- 11:15 |
Site
Restoration and Mining Facilities of the Schefferville IOC Company PDF File - 2.7 M Serge Ashini Goupil, Consultant for the Matimekush Lac-John Innu Nation Council |
11:15
- 11:30 |
Mines
in the Yukon: Abandoned, Orphaned and in Limbo PDF File - 114 K Bob Van Dijken, Consultant |
| 11:30
- 11:45 |
Community
Impacts of Abandoned Mines in Timmins * Vic Power, Association of Mining Municipalities of Ontario |
|
1:00
- 2:00 |
Setting
Standards and Rational Expectations Patrick Reid, Ontario Mining Association, Chair |
1:00
- 1:15 |
Financial
and Other Considerations - Mt. Nansen Mine Case Study PDF File - 3 M Hugh Copland - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Yukon Region |
1:15
- 1:30 |
Reclamation
Standards * Tom Hutchinson, Trent University |
1:30
- 1:45 |
Kam
Kotia Case Study - A Pragmatic Approach to a Big $ Problem PDF File - 1.2 M Dick Cowan/John Robertson, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines |
|
2:15
- 3:55 |
Ownership
and Liability Issues Elizabeth Gardiner, The Mining Association of Canada, Chair |
2:15
- 2:30 |
Hollinger
Tailings Case Study, Timmins: Emergency To Legislative Changes PDF File - 769 K Dick Cowan, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) |
2:30
- 2:40 |
"Britannia,
BC: Past, Present and Future" PDF File - 2.8 M Al Colodey, Environment Canada |
2:45
- 3:00 |
Dealing
with the Failure of Royal Oak Mines in the Northwest Territories,
Canada PDF File - 1.1 M Dave Nutter, Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
3:00
- 3:10 |
Orphan
Mines Exploration Implications: Past, Present and Future PDF File - 220 K Gerald Harper, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) |
3:10
- 3:20 |
Good
Samaritan Legislation PDF File - 43 K Wayne Fraser, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited |
| 3:20
- 3:30 |
World
War II, Mineral Properties and Inventory Issues PDF File - 124 K Ed Huebert, Mining Association of Manitoba Inc. |
| 3:30
- 3:40 |
Bluebell:
Revisiting a Historic Mine Part One - PDF File - 772 K Part Two - PDF File - 911 K Part Three - PDF File - 5.1 M Part Four - PDF File - 941 K Part Five - PDF File - 2.5 M Part Six - PDF File - 2.5 M Part Seven - PDF File - 1.7 M Walter Kuit, Cominco Ltd. |
|
5:00
- 5:30 |
Plenary,
recap of first day, set stage for day 2 Christine Kaszycki, Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines |
