Land Management Resources
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There are four basic features that are fundamental for the development of a Geopark. These standards must be met and confirmed by representatives of the country that nominates a specific park to the...
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Vanessa Friesen
Jordyn Bergsveinson
Monique Haakensen
Microbes are the driving force in many processes, acting as catalysts to facilitate biogeochemical reactions that influence mining operations and remediation efforts. Despite this influence, microbes...
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Brian Fraser
Sarah Barabash
Thomas Sulatycky
During the closure planning process PGM collaborated with the City of Timmins and Mattagami Region Conservation Authority (MRCA) to determine a long-term land-use plan that would benefit the community...
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Assisted revegetation is intended to accelerate plant establishment and growth on disturbed sites. Current reclamation practices are limited by lack of native plant material, harsh environmental...
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I. Collins
T. Sulatycky
L. Alves Beese
D. Hart
M. Aziz
Porcupine Gold Mines (PGM) has extensive mining-related land holdings in and around the City of Timmins, Ontario. Many of these holdings consist of closed open pit and underground mines and mine waste...
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Michelle Coleman
Karl Butler
Nicholas Susak
The Fire Road Mine coal mine in eastern Canada has been a source of acid mine drainage since the mid 1980's. Lime neutralization treatment has been ongoing and lime treatment costs and mine water...
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S. Cioccio
Y. Gopalapillai
T. Dan
B. Hale
Mitigating toxicity of soil Ni through liming might manifest itself through lower bioavailability of soil Ni, thus lower tissue concentrations of Ni. Bioavailability of dissolved metals is reduced as...
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One of my research goals is to develop protocols for ecosystem rehabilitation after mining in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, in a similar fashion as has been developed for the peat extraction industry in...
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C. Bradley
G. Meiers
David Mayich
Mike O’Kane
J. Shea
The Victoria Junction waste rock pile was reclaimed with an engineered cover system that includes a geomembrane layer and is presented as a case study. The waste rock pile is located on Cape Breton...
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Jeff Bain
Brayden McNeill
Aileen Cash
Mark Steinepreis
Lianna Smith
David Blowes
Ward Wilson
Jim Robertson
Marie-Hélène Turgeon
In August 2011 researchers from the University of Waterloo, the University of Alberta and Detour Gold Corp. began a research program at the Detour Lake Gold Mine (DLM). This research program involves...
