Earth Sciences 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ore, Mineral Processing, Idle No More

• School: Western University
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: Earth Sciences 1070A/B
• Professor: Natalie Pietrzak- Renaud

Document Summary

Five stages of mining activity life of a mine: prospect, exploration, development, exploitation, reclamation. Geologist & mining engineers responsible for exploration and development: geologists. Part of mine development: mining engineers. Sustainable development: developing mine that includes plans for future us of land post-mining. 1st major step = stake claim on land of interest: usually o(cid:374) (cid:272)ro(cid:449)(cid:374) la(cid:374)d (cid:894)o(cid:449)(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y go(cid:448)"t(cid:895) Regulation ca(cid:374)"t stake (cid:272)lai(cid:373) a(cid:374)d do (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g (cid:449) it fore(cid:448)er. Must have thousands of dollars of work completed to keep: required work not completed within certain time = land back up for grabs. Lots of tracks of land open for staking in canada (northern territories) Ontario land subjected to treaties: other parts of can. no signed treaties. Idle no more (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d dis(cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t (cid:449) nati(cid:448)e go(cid:448)"t relatio(cid:374)s: reshapi(cid:374)g ho(cid:449) go(cid:448)"t, (cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)dustry (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers, a(cid:374)d first natio(cid:374) people interact and agree upon how land will be developed. Prospecting and exploration happen together determine how much land or what land to prospect.