The Canadian Centre for Research in Sustainable Mining

1. The Canadian Centre for Research in Sustainable Mining G. Ward Wilson, Malcolm Scoble, and John A. Meech The University of British Columbia Department of Mining Engineering 6350 Sustainability Street*, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1 Z4 Emails: gww@mining.ubc.ca malcolms@interchange.ubc.ca cerm3dir@mining.ubc.ca * Name to be changed from Stores Road in 2006.

2. Reclamation at Bullmoose Igarapé Bahia Gold Mine, Carajas, Amazon Gregg River Coal Mine Hinton, Alberta Imagine… • A Mine that is Green and Clean • Where • People live, work, and play safely and local communities can rely on a long-term future • First Nations work and learn about Mining in a climate that respects their heritage and culture • Protection of the environment is paramount and Society’s image of Mining is high

3. Britannia Beach Research Station - Artist’s Impression Imagine… • An Educational and Research Facility • That is • World Class in all its activities • Dedicated to Sustainable Mining • Developing Innovative Sustainable Solutions • Attracting World Class researchers to help train the 21st Century Mining Professionals

4. Imagine… • The Canadian Centre for Research • in Sustainable Mining • That is • Located at UBC-Vancouver and at Britannia Beach • Linked virtually to institutions involved with Mining • Addressing small-scale mining • Conducting environmental research, and outreaching to communities • Developing methods to increase safety, reduce costs and improve productivity

5. We Begin with a University - UBC • Dedicated to the concept of Sustainability Frank Forward Building Coal and Mineral Processing Lab

6. Refuge Area Tech Support 10 x 13 High-Bay Lab Below (Coal) 90 x 26 High-Bay Lab Below (Mineral) 90 x 26 Analytical Lab 47 x 14 Process Mineralogy 31 x 13 Rheology Lab 12 x 13 Chemical Lab 16 x 14 Project Lab 12 x 13 Storage 15 x 26 Control Room 12 x 21 Refuge Area Existing Second Floor – CMP Lab(all dimensions in ft. or ft.2) • Space will be gained within the high-bay area on the Mineral side of the building. The interior rooms will be renovated to accommodate an elevator and new corridors necessary to isolate and access the new component facilities of the research centre. The following diagrams detail these changes and those required to create a Third and Fourth Floor in the building.

7. ELEV High-Bay Lab Below (Mineral) 24 x 22 opening Walkway Process Mineralogy Laboratory 29 x 34 986 sf High-Bay Lab Below (Coal) 70 x 22 opening Walkway 70 x 4 Environmental Sample Preparation Laboratory 43 x 21 903 sf Robotics Laboratory 29 x 34 986 sf Technical Support 21 x 21 441 sf Storage 15 x 26 WC (16x7) Second Floor – CMP Laboratory • Total Renovated Lab Space = 3,316 ft.2 • Unassignable Space = 716 ft.2 • Total Renovated = 4,032ft.2 (rehabilitated space)

8. Geothermal Laboratory 37 x 21 777 + 35 812 sf ELEV Comminution Research Lab 22 x 21 462 + 35 497 sf Interactive A/V Virtual Reality Laboratory 29 x 34 986 sf ARD Treatment Lab 23 x 21 483 sf Clean Environmental Analysis Laboratory 31 x 21 651 sf Cold Room (Creep Studies) 23 x 21 483 sf Hydrogeology Lab 29 x 34 986 sf Welding Shop 20 x 21 420 + 35 sf 455 sf Computer Simulation Lab 20 x 21 420 sf WC (16x7) Third Floor – CMP Laboratory(exterior walls and central floor exist) • Total New Lab Space = 3,801 ft.2 • New Unassignable Space = 1,221 ft.2 • Total New Space = 5,022 ft.2 (new space) (rehabilitated space) Total Space = 7,130 ft.2 Total Renovated Lab Space = 1,972 ft.2 Renovated Unassignable Space = 136 ft.2 Total Renovated Space = 2,108 ft.2

9. Hydrometallurgy/Heap Leaching 37 x 21 777 + 35 812 sf ELEV Hg-Remediation Lab 22 x 21 462 + 35 497 sf Interactive A/V Virtual Reality Laboratory 29 x 34 986 sf Sustainability Interview Room 23 x 21 483 sf Ventilation Lab 31 x 21 651 sf Microbiology Lab 29 x 34 986 sf Occupational Health 23 x 21 483 sf Landscape Architecture 20 x 21 420 + 35 sf 455 sf Soil Science 20 x 21 420 sf WC (16x7) Fourth Floor – CMP Laboratory • Total New Lab Space = 5,773 ft.2 • Unassignable Space = 1,357 ft.2 • Total New Space = 7,130ft.2 (new space) Total Space = 7,130 ft.2

10. Summary Table • Renovated Space and New Space (ft.2)

11. Summary Table • B. Laboratory Space and Unassignable Space(ft.2)

12. UBC to Britannia Beach Britannia Mine Britannia Beach UBC-CERM3 has been involved with Britannia Beach since 2001 when it installed a plug inside the 2200 Level tunnel to create a research facility. This plug had the “spin-off” benefit of eliminating all pollution flowing into Britannia Creek and the surface waters of Howe Sound.

13. Millennium Plug Research Project Pollution Plume – pre 2001

14. Robotics Field Lab 40 x 25 1,000 ft.2 Passive ARD Treatment Research Facility 40 x 23 920 + 70 990 ft.2 High-Head Pilot Plant Facility 40 x 25 1,000 ft.2 Technical Support Facility 38 x 13 494 ft2 Entrance Lobby Phyto-Reclamation Facility 40 x 25 1,000 ft.2 Technology Transfer Research Facility 40 x 25 1,000 ft.2 Greenhouse 40 x 23 920 + 70 990 ft.2 Britannia Beach Research Pilot Facility (86 x 97 = 8,342 ft.2)

15. Britannia Beach Research Field Station Britannia Mining Innovation Centre Educational Wing Britannia Mining Innovation Centre Exhibition Wing

16. Model of the Britannia Beach Project • BCIT Landscape Architectural Student – Michaela de Monye

17. Model of the Britannia Beach Project • BCIT Landscape Architectural Student – Michaela de Monye

18. Model of the Britannia Beach Project • BCIT Landscape Architectural Student – Michaela de Monye

22. Performance of CERM3 (2001-2005) • Created 5 labs (35 researchers from 10 departments) • Completed over 30 individual research projects • Publications (95 refereed and 172 conference proceedings) • Graduated 38 HQP (currently supervising 58 students) • $20 million in research funding • Received 26 awards and/or distinctions • Working with over 28 mining companies • Graduate school enrollment increased to 80

23. Performance of CERM3 (2001-2005) • Helped create Bridge Program linking health care, policy, and engineering • Bridge Program students wrote 3 successful CIHR proposals ($300,000) • UNIDO Global Mercury Project is managed under UBC-Mining • Large research efforts on Waste Management methods • First group to address pollution problems at Britannia Mine • UBC-Mining has increased in population size by 2.5 times

24. Six Global Forces Threaten Mining Energy “Crunch” reduce fossil fuels use in mining Pollution and Effects on Health Climate Change promote conservation use geothermal energy Eliminate emissions from a mine site Research is needed engage communities In mine plans show how sustainability benefits “triple bottom line" Erosion of Trust in Institutions Globalization Backlash develop methods to improve safety in mining Shortage of Skilled Labour

25. Innovative Research • Focus - Sustainable Mining • Socio-political, techno-economic, & environmental issues • Collaborative research projects with • Mining companies, communities, and academic institutions • Non-traditional researchers to work on mining problems • Innovative Research Station at Britannia Beach • Plays a major role in transforming the town • Site contamination supports research activities • Facility will be a "green" building >>> The "Green" Mine • Geothermal, Solar, Wind energy • Gray-water treatment • Lighting/heating responds to personnel needs • Phyto-reclamation and remediation testbeds • Research integrated into tourist attractions

26. Phytoreclamation • In 2003, CERM3 and Massey University conducted • a full-scale field trial in Brazil for CVRD • Hyperaccumulation of Gold by Plants • in the ground in the plants target • 0.6 g Au/t >>> 60 g Au/t >>> 100 g Au/t 28/5/03 27/6/03 12/5/03 07/5/03 19/5/03

27. Geothermal Energy System at Britannia Beach

28. Village of Noatak Science Class, Red Dog, Alaska Sustainable Mining and Communities • Led by • Malcolm Scoble • Marcello Veiga • Over 15 graduate students • Communities affected by Mining • Small-scale Mining • First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples The Mining Professionals of the 21st Century The Mining Professors of the 21st Century Jennifer Hinton (Ph.D. student) working with women in a Ugandan Mining Community Ginger Gibson (Ph.D. student) working with NWT Communities who work at Ekati Diamond Mine (Trudeau Scholar)

29. Mining Automation • Navigation Instrumentation • Magnetic Levitation Hoisting • Remote Mining from Surface Team Thunderbird and Autonomous Ground Vehicles Terry Gong with Bebot Miners Mag Wheels!

30. Waste Management Practices • Antamina Mine/Teck-Cominco • Questa Mine/Molycorp • Porgera Mine/Placer-Dome

31. Research Team • Ten world-renowned researchers in • their respective fields will lead the work Ward Wilson Malcolm Scoble John Meech Hydrogeology Waste Management Automation Mineral Processing Sustainable Mining Mine Design Patrick Condon Dave Dreisinger Hydrometallurgy Heap Leaching Landscape Architecture Liveable Communities Sustainable Mining Mineral Processing Mine-Mill Integration Epidemiology Bridge Program Bern Klein Kay Teschke Mining Equipment Maintenance/Automation Sustainable Mining Soil Science Small-scale Mining Mercury Pollution Robert Hall Les Lavkulich Marcello Veiga

32. Research Team Dawn Mill UBC-Anthropology and Law First Nations Law Susan Baldwin UBC-Chemical and Biological Eng. Microbiology in Mining Chris Anderson Massey University Phytoreclamation Peter Lawrence UBC-Electrical Engineering Robotics Roger Beckie UBC-Earth and Ocean Sciences Hydrology/Geotechnology Scott Dunbar UBC-Mining Engineering Mine Design Greg Baiden Laurentian University Mine Automation David Dixon UBC-Materials Engineering Heap Leaching/Modeling Ulrich Mayer UBC-Earth and Ocean Sciences Geochemical Modeling Mory Ghomshei UBC-Mining Engineering Geothermal Energy George Oprea UBC-Materials Engineering Ceramics Manufacturing Penny Le Couture Capilano College Arts and Science Jim Mortensen UBC-Earth and Ocean Sciences Geochemical Analysis Rimas Pakalnis UBC-Mining Engineering Geomechanics Mark Selman Simon Fraser University Business and Sustainability Des Tromans UBC-Materials Engineering Thermodynamic Modeling Les Smith UBC-Earth and Ocean Sciences Ground Water Hydrology Marek Pawlik UBC-Mining Engineering Surface Chemistry

33. Laval University Mining and Metallurgy King’s College London Mechanical Eng. Ecole Polytechnique Mining McGill University Mining and Metallurgy Royal Military Academy Mechanical Eng. Cardiff University Chemical Eng. Queen's University Mining University of Oulu Electrical Eng. Laurentian University Mining Tech. Univ. of Denmark Agricultural Sciences University of Alberta Civil/Mining Tohoku University Materials Research Institute Univ. of Saskatchewan Civil Eng. University of Siegen Inst. of Automatic Control University of Utah Mining University of Haifa Computational Mathematics New Mexico State Mining University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute University of Chile Mining Massey University Soil and Earth Sciences CETEM Rio de Janeiro University of Capetown Chemical Engineering Research Team & Collaborations • Linkages with Collaborators will be strengthened Maintenance/ Equipment Robotics Phyto- Reclamation Waste Management ARD Treatment Bulk Mining Sustainable Mining Mineral Processing Super Computer

34. Need for the Infrastructure • Research is constrained by existing infrastructure • Areas Needing Infrastructure • Passive ARD Systems • Remote Monitoring Protocols • Mobile Robotics and VR Simulation • Microseismicity • Mine-Mill Integration • Comminution Energy • Hydrogeology and ARD • Metals Recovery from ARD

35. Process Mineralogy Lab ARD Lab Waste Management Lab Virtual Reality Lab Robotics Lab Environmental Sample Prep Lab Robotics Field Lab Technology Transfer Lab Health and Safety Lab High-Head Pilot Facility Clean Analytical Lab Landscape Architecture Phyto- Reclamation Lab Soil Science Lab Sustainable Mining Lab Hydrogeology Lab Geothermal Research Lab Heap Leaching Lab Ventilation Lab Microbiology Lab Mine Design Lab Mercury Remediation Lab Passive ARD Wetlands Greenhouse Mineral Processing Lab Microseismics Lab Rock Mechanics Lab Environmental Simulation Lab Surface Chemistry Lab Comminution Research Lab Management Plan for CCRSM • * Dean of Applied Science, Head of UBC-Mining, CCRSM Director, representatives from all Emerald and Diamond Corporate Sponsors Board of Directors* Steering Committee Advisory Committee Research Director CCRSM BBFRS

36. Sponsorship Fees Emerald (Green) $250,000 or more Diamond (White) $100,000 - $199,999 Ruby (Red) $ 50,000 - $ 99,999 Sapphire (Blue) $ 25,000 - $ 49,999 Donor <$25,000 Friend <$ 2,000

37. Operations & Maintenance Budget Summary • Costs Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 • Personnel 318,000 327,540 337,366 347,487 357,912 • Supplies 85,000 87,550 90,176 92,882 95,668 • Maintenance and repairs 80,000 82,400 84,872 87,418 90,041 • Services 35,000 36,050 37,131 38,246 39,393 • Other (specify) 35,000 42,000 50,400 60,480 72,576 • Fellowship Program • Total $553,000 $575,540 $599,945 $626,513 $655,590 • Funding Sources Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 • Institutional contributions 433,000 451,940 472,638 495,385 520,529 • Other organizations 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 • User fees 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 • Other (specify) 60,000 63,600 67,308 71,127 75,061 • Research O/H & Service Fees • Total $553,000 $575,540 $599,946 $626,512 $655,590

38. Research Project Types • Research Overheads of 5% will be charged on all research. • Four types of projects and their typical funding levels are planned as shown below: • Type of Project Major Site-Specific Broad Scope Development Study • Approx. Unit Cost $100,000 $50,000 $25,000 $7,276 • Overheads (5%) $ 5,000 $ 2,500 $ 1,250 $ 364 • Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 • Project Type No. Amount No. Amount No. Amount No. Amount No. Amount • Major 0 $ 0 1 $ 5,000 2 $10,000 3 $15,000 4 $20,000 • Site-Specific 5 $12,500 3 $ 7,500 2 $ 5,000 1 $ 2,500 1 $ 2,500 • Broad Scope 5 $ 6,250 6 $ 7,500 6 $ 7,500 6 $ 7,500 4 $ 5,000 • Develop. Study 8 $ 2,910 10 $ 3,638 11 $ 4,002 12 $ 4,366 12 $ 4,366 • Fees for Service - $38,500 - $39,655 - $40,845 - $42,070 - $43,332 • Total 18 $60,160 20 $63,293 21 $67,347 22 $71,436 21 $75,198

39. Acquisition Plan

40. Benefits to Canada and B.C. • Canadian Mining is recognized as second to none • (but research competition from Australia by AMIRA is fierce) • Strengthen reputation of environmental protection • (by emphasizing global approach to Sustainable Mining) • Commitment to Sustainable Mining is essential • (to keep our industry competitive and in demand) • Create facilities to integrate "soft" and "hard“ research • (Technical and Socio-Political issues must be exchanged) • Complement the Laurentian University initiative (Centre of Excellence in Mining) • (provide collaboration across Canada in Mining Innovations)

41. Concluding Remarks • CCRSM Project • Performance of CERM3 • Research Team • Extensive Collaborations • Research Scope & Quality • Infrastructure • Industry Support • Plan to train HQP • Benefits to Canada • - Bold Innovative Concept • - Spectacular • - Highest Quality • - Strengthened • - Extraordinary • - Essential • - Extensive • - Effective & Needed • - Clear & Significant