Behind the Scenes with Bryan

Elena is a geotechnical engineer and Assistant Professor of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Elena and I mostly discuss her new findings of the Mount Polley TSF failure and how that changes the way we need to think about slope stability.  This work is the subject of Elena's PhD dissertation.  Her summary paper can be found at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cgj-2021-0036 

Cristina is a Research Fellow (Geotechnical Engineering) at The University of Western Australia, and is part on the MIRA project, which is looking into instrumentation and monitoring for tailings facilities.

In this episode Steve and I discuss cyanide safety and practices in the mining industry.  

Johnathan More is the CEO of Starr Peak Mining Ltd., which is focused on mining discoveries and finding new places to drill. The company currently has a $100M valuation and has raised over $9 million in just over a year.  Johnathan has over 25 years of experience in North American and European capital markets, focused on the natural resource industry. He has a history of achievement from his years with Canaccord Capital. In August 2008, he retired from Canaccord Capital as an investment advisor to apply his experience and contacts to the public company sector. He has successfully assembled multiple world-class companies strengthened by strong management teams and multiple discoveries. Jonathan first found his interest in the precious metals industry through his Canadian upbringing. He began investing in the Canadian precious metals market and later got lucky in an oil and gas transaction. He has since parlayed knowledge, persistence, luck and surrounding himself with top talent in the mining industry and continues to grow his success.

In this episode Dave and I discuss mine backfill and other related topics.

In this episode, Jesse tells me about how ecologists can play a bigger role in mine closure.  Much of that entails bringing ecological principles into closure design.  Jesse and his company have provided the ecological components on a several ET covers with Craig Benson and others.  Jesse joking adds that his work is typically the last word on the last slide of a closure presentation “and then we will reveg”.

In this episode of the podcast Andrea and I chat about tailings filtration at Diemme and their new 5m x 5m filtration plant, "Domino".  You can learn more about their filtration capabilities and their full line of filtration products at www.aqseptence.com/en/brands/diemme-filtration 

You can also contact Andrea at [email protected]