Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Value Derived
Shifts
Realities of Mining
A LOT of Materials Management
Pursuit of Perfection!
Gensource Potash Corp
Selective Dissolution w/ Enhanced
Crystallization Recovery
REEs?
Industrial Minerals?
Source: Re-
processing of mining
waste: Combining
environmental
management and
metal recovery?,
Bellenfant et al., Mine
Closure 2013
Residual Ores Recovery
Tailings re-processing examples
Go Gold Resources gold & silver - Mexico
Century Bull zinc Queensland, AU
Kimberley Ekapa Mining JV diamonds Kimberley,
SA
DRD Gold Limited gold Johannesburg, SA
http://gogoldresources.com/
http://www.mmg.com/en/Investors-and-Media/News/2017/02/28/170228-New-life-for-
Century.aspx
https://www.petradiamonds.com/our-operations/our-mines/kem/
http://www.drd.co.za/
Waste to Product Conversion
Byproducts Extraction, Conversion Examples
Minerals Research Laboratory extracts various
industrial minerals from tailings wastes, and other
wastes such as incinerator ash
Orbite processes red mud, fly ash and other waste
streams to produce alumina, rare earths and rare
metals, as well as other valuable materials
FerrockTM uses CO2 and various
iron-bearing waste streams:
5 times stronger & more flexible
than concrete
http://www.orbitealuminae.com/English/applications/waste-monetization/default.aspx
https://www.buildabroad.org/2016/09/27/ferrock/
Value from Synergies
Source: https://www.dom.com/about-us/making-energy/coal-oil-and-
gas/virginia-city-hybrid-energy-center
Shared Land & Infrastructure
Solar &/or Wind Power
Agriculture / Forestry
Photo: http://www.solarreserve.com/en/solutions/mining-industry
Shared / Post Infrastructure Use
High-Tech Laboratories
Photo: https://www.snolab.ca/science/
Post-Mine Land & Infrastructure
Tourism Golf, Biking, Gardens, and more
Customer Partnerships & JVs
Product pre-sales Shared &/or
repurposed
By-product creation infrastructure
A collaborative network is
stronger than a single mind.
Its Your Turn!
You have the response - ability to make a new
decisionthe ability to take action!
1. Review anew
2. Challenge thinking & approaches
3. Collaborate
4. Just START!
You do it DIFFERENT!
Contact:
Karen Chovan, MASc, PMP, PEng
306-270-1430
kchovan@envirointegration.com www.envirointegration.com