Technical and Social Program

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1 Technical and Social Program August , 2013 Sheraton Hotel, Santiago, Chile Organized by

2 General Information Wednesday August 28 TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAM & C Information Please approach the registration desk with any enquiries or comments. Lost & Found All lost items should be reported to the Gecamin staff at the registration desk. All found items must be taken to the registration desk. Internet In addition to the computers at the foyer entrance, complimentary Wi-Fi is available in all areas of the seminar. Parking Hotel parking tickets for Tailings 2013 participants can be bought at the registration desk. Simultaneous Interpretation (English and Spanish) If you plan to use the simultaneous interpretation services, please have your ID Card with you when requesting your headset. Headsets must be returned at the end of each day. Recommendations For safety reasons, please keep your personal belongings with you at all times. Gecamin is not to be held responsible for any stolen property. Please wear your delegate badge at all times. Gecamin Contacts 16:00 Registration 18:00 Authors and Session Chair Coordination Meeting A 19:00 Inauguration Ceremony & C Words of Welcome Carlos arahona, Tailings 2013 Executive Director, Gecamin, Chile Dirk van Zyl, Tailings 2013 Co-Chair, University of ritish Columbia, Canada Sergio arrera, Tailings 2013 Technical Coordinator, IVAN, Chile Constantino Suazo, Tailings 2013 Chair, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile Opening Address Design vs Operation and control in Tailings Dams Carlos Arias Moreno, Subdirector Nacional de Minería(s), Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Ministerio de Minería, Chile 20:00 Welcome Reception Courtesy of executive director Carlos arahona sponsor relations Carmen Gloria Soto graphic design manager Soledad Cassini seminar coordinator Olivia Tamboryn

3 HOTEL FLOOR PLAN Thursday August 29 PLENARY SESSION 01 & C Access / Exit (Lobby) Session Chair: Michael Davies, Teck Resources Limited, Canada Elevator To El ohío Park (Lunch & Dinner) Preview room 1 Registration Desk Coffee reak Gecamin EXIT A 2 Gold Sponsors 1 Geosoluciones 2 Gea Westfalia Silver Sponsors 3 Asmin 4 Cidra-Tiar 5 Geomediciones 6 Rocklabs Media Partners 08:20 Day 2 program update Sergio arrera, Tailings 2013 Technical Coordinator, IVAN, Chile 08:30 Experience with the thickening and discharge of high density tailings: Minera Esperanza Sergio Gaete, Development Manager and Felipe ello, Innovation and Process Engineer, Development Manager s Office, Minera Esperanza, Chile 09:00 Strategies for improving tailings management Andy Fourie, Head of School and Professor, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Western Australia Coat room Coffee reak A Nueva Minería y Energía Ecoamérica 09:30 Education and capacity building in mine waste management Dirk Van Zyl, Professor, Chair of Mining and the Environment, NK Institute of Mining Engineering, University of ritish Columbia, Canada 6 10:00 Poster Session and Coffee reak Technical Sessions Poster Session Lobby Level Technical Sessions C Work Stations EXIT

4 Thursday August 29 SESSION 01 Thursday August 29 SESSION 02 C Thickening Chair: Grant Shaw, Teck Operaciones Mineras Chile Ltda., Quebrada lanca Site-Geotechnics Chair: José Luis Lara, Golder Associates Perú S.A., Peru 10:50 How flocculant selection can influence solids dilution requirements in thickener feedwells Michel Tanguay, Phillip Fawell and Alton Grabsch, CSIRO, Australia; Stephen Adkins, ASF Performance Products plc, United Kingdom 10:50 Construction of a cut-off wall for existing tailings in warm permafrost in Alaska Franz-Werner Gerressen, AUER Maschinen, Germany; rian Wilson, Golder Construction Inc., Canada 11:10 On-line measurement of rheological parameters for feedback control of thickeners 11:10 Engineering challenges for Tailings Management Facilities in permafrost regions Alex van der Spek, ZDoor V, The Netherlands; Robert Maron, CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc., USA John Kurylo, Maritz Rykaart and Lowell Wade, SRK Consulting Inc., Canada 11:30 Tailor-made tailing recovery using nozzle disc stack centrifuges and decanter centrifuges Tore Hartmann, GEA, Germany 11:30 Recent experiences on TTD thickened tailings in Chile Ricardo Valdebenito and Luis Paredes, Snc-Lavalin S.A., Chile 11:50 Designing minas Conga s tailings thickener plant Chad Loan, Outotec Pty Ltd., Australia; Travis Orser, Minera Yanacocha, Peru 11:50 Handling uncertainty in tailings planning Carlo Cooper, Mineridge Software Inc., Canada; Miguel Palape, lue Mining, Chile 12:10 Generic decision-making on the retreatment of copper tailings dams Xinyi Wang, WorleyParsons Calgary, Canada and John Meech, University of ritish Columbia, Canada 12:10 Outsourcing of tailings operations: A successful case Luis Valenzuela, Raimundo Alemparte and Ricardo Nicolau, Operaciones Relaves S.A., Chile 12:30 Lunch El ohío Park (Pool area) Courtesy of 12:30 Lunch El ohío Park (Pool area) Courtesy of

5 Thursday August 29 SESSION 03 Thursday August 29 SESSION 04 C Geotechnics Chair: María Teresa Zandarín, JRI Ingeniería S.A., Chile Rheology Chair: Paul Slatter, ATC Williams, Australia 14:00 Deformation modulus and compressibility of tailing sands under high pressure José Campaña and Edgar ard, ARCADIS, Chile 14:00 Assessment of dewatering and rewetting characteristics of copper tailings from laboratory column test Karem de la Hoz, Golder Associates S.A., Chile; Fernando Junqueira, Golder Associates Ltd., Canada; Jaime Marin, Teck Resources Ltd., Chile; Troy Jones, Teck Resources Ltd., Canada 14:20 The PANDA technology applied to design and operation of tailings dams Luis Lemus, Geotecnia Ambiental Ltda., Chile; Raúl Espinace and Gabriel Villavicencio, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Geotecnia Ambiental Ltda., Chile 14:20 Pipe loop tests: Successful experience in Chile Lars Martinson and Ray Martinson, Paterson & Cooke South America, Chile; Robert Cooke, Paterson & Cooke North America, USA 14:40 Selection of laboratory testing at different stages of TSF design 14:40 Effect of the fine material content on copper tailings yield stress Gordan Gjerapic, James Johnson and rent ronson, Golder Associates Inc., USA Pamela Garrido, JRI Ingeniería S.A., Chile; Nestor Rojas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 15:00 Variably saturated flow in filtered tailings María-Fernanda Hernández, Amec, Chile; Jim McCord and rett yler, Amec, Peru ; Jodi Clark, Amec, USA 15:00 Pilot tests on tailings thickening, transport and deposition: Objective, experience obtained and design recommendations Marco ecerra and Victor Cisternas, ASMIN, Chile; Sergio arrera, IVAN, Chile; Gordon McPhail, SLR Consulting, Australia 15:20 TC 15:20 Discussion on the influence of mineralogy on the rheology of tailings slurries Gordon McPhail, SLR Consulting, Australia; Marco ecerra, ASMIN, Chile; Sergio arrera, IVAN, Chile 15:40 Poster Session and Coffee reak 15:40 Poster Session and Coffee reak

6 Thursday August 29 SESSION 05 Thursday August 29 SESSION 06 C Case History Geotechnics and Design Chair: Oscar Ferrada, HP illiton, Chile Chair: Edgar ard, ARCADIS Chile S.A. 16:30 Stewardship of Carmen de Andacollo tailings dam Carlos Espinoza, Carmen de Andacollo, Compañía Minera Teck, Chile; Pablo Galdeano and Marcelo Mussé, Amec, Chile 16:50 Tailings beach characterization at the Flin Flon tailings impoundment system rad Russell, Damian McClarty and Steven Richards, GC Engineering Inc., Canada; Riley Little, Hudbay Minerals Inc., Canada 17:10 Design of a novel tailings storage facility at Molycorp s Mountain Pass California rare earth mine enjamin Schmidt, Rick Kiel, Gordan Gjerapic and James Johnson, Golder Associates Inc., Canada; Scott Honan and rock O Kelley, Molycorp Minerals, USA 17:30 Expansion alternatives in tailings pond Huaylla Khara Manuel ravo, Mining S.A., olivia 17:50 An update of the paste and thickened tailings practice in Australia 16:30 Modeling field-scale multi-dimensional tailings consolidation 16:50 17:10 17:30 17:50 Murray Fredlund and HaiHua Lu, SoilVision Systems Ltd., Canada; Michael Shelbourn and Johnny Zhan, arrick Gold Corporation, USA Centrifuge modeling of the consolidation evolution of fine - grained mine tailings Inthuorn Sasanakul, Tarek Abdoun and Nonika Antonaki, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA; Maria Sanin and Humberto Puebla, Golder Associates Ltd., Canada; Javier Ubilla, Golder Associates S.A., Chile General criteria for selection of tailings deposition methods according to site conditions Alvaro Veizaga and Raúl Feliu, HATCH, Chile Tailings management planning Marco arrientos and Andrea López, Amec, Chile Challenge in large flow of tailings management Juan Rayo y Christian Moreno, JRI Ingeniería S.A., Chile Keith Seddon, ATC Williams, Australia 18:10 Cocktail and Seminar Dinner El ohío Park (Pool area) Courtesy of 18:10 Cocktail and Seminar Dinner El ohío Park (Pool area) Courtesy of

7 Upcoming 2013 Seminars Friday August 30 PLENARY SESSION 02 & C Session Chair: Caius Priscu, Anglo American, Chile 08:20 Day 3 program update Sergio arrera, Tailings 2013 Technical Coordinator, IVAN, Chile 08:30 Chilean tailings flumes: Old and recent advances in research Ramón Fuentes, Consultant, JRI Ingeniería S.A., Chile 09:00 Tailing disposal at the Cerro Lindo Mine applying clean, safe and socially responsible technology Gustavo de la Torre, Plant and Metallurgical Processes Superintendent, Cerro Lindo Mine, Peru 09:30 Design, operation and control of the Mauro tailings dam, Minera Los Pelambres Sergio Valdebenito, Manager of Transport, Fluids and Dams, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile 10:00 Poster Session and Coffee reak

8 Friday August 30 SESSION 07 Friday August 30 SESSION 08 C Tailings Transport Closure and Others Chair: Jorge Troncoso, arrick Gold Corporation, Canada Chair: Gabriel López Vazques, Minera Alumbrera Ltd., Argentina 10:50 Open channel design for tailings slurry material Paul Slatter, ATC Williams, Australia 10:50 Remediation of environmental impact of acidic dams of mines through membrane process Renato Ramos and Osmar Cunha, Dow rasil; Fabio Rodrigues, Walter Scassiotti-Filho and Mauricio Ribeiro, Indústrias Nucleares do rasil 11:10 Production increases and tailings transport in flumes: Challenges for optimizing their capacity 11:10 Innovative methods for the reduction or prevention of tailings seepage Vanessa Veloso, Javiera Ortiz and Patricio Chacón, ARCADIS, Chile Jim Rouse, JVR Mining Services Inc., USA 11:30 Tools for hydraulic design of high density tailings pipeline 11:30 Tailings treatment status in Chile during the last decades Carlos Pérez and Jorge Riquelme, HATCH, Chile Danilo Muñoz and Marcial Mendoza, AMEC, Chile 11:50 Integrated risk analysis for solids hydraulic transportation systems in the mining industry 11:50 In-Pit Tailings Disposal a feasible and environmentallyfriendly alternative Lenie Gajardo, Hernán Aravena, Rodrigo Aranda, Alexandra elaúnde and Rodrigo Sandoval, ARCADIS, Chile Rodrigo Araya, Tirso López and Enrique Garcés, MWH, Chile 12:10 Tailings demonstration plants: Aiming for thickened tailings operation 12:10 The application of a remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat for tailings facility bathymetry Jerónimo Covacevich, Jorge Riquelme and Raúl Feliu, HATCH, Chile Adrian McDonald, The Oceanscience Group, USA 12:30 Lunch El ohío Park (Pool Area) 12:30 Lunch El ohío Park (Pool Area)

9 Friday August 30 SESSION 09 & C Friday August 30 DISCUSSION PANEL & C Water Chair: Jacques Wiertz, Universidad de Chile 14:00 Sea water supply: Impact on tailings management 14:20 Sergio arrera, IVAN, Chile Dewatered tailings: Simultaneous disposal to surface storage and mined stopes José Luis Lara, Emmanuel Pornillos and Leo Lahti, Golder Associates S.A., Peru ehavior of tailings dams during the Earthquake of February 27th, 2010 Chair: Cristian Cano, Anglo American, Chile 16:20 Topics and panellists Characteristics of the plates displacement and the rupture process: Feb 27 earthquake Sergio arrientos, Universidad de Chile Comments on the seismic behavior of tailings dams in 2010, Feb 27 earthquake Edgar ard, ARCADIS, Chile 14:40 15:00 15:20 15:40 Deliquoring and washing of red mud with a horizontal membrane filter press Antti Häkkinen, Mikko Huhtanen, Teemu Kinnarinen and Riina Salmimies, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland; Trevor Sparks, Filter-Ability Ltd., Ireland; jarne Ekberg, Outotec (Filters) Oy, Finland Use of geochemical tracers for water management of a mine tailing in Catamarca, Argentina Gabriel López Vazques, Xstratacopper, Argentina; Paolo evacqua, Aquaconsult SRL, Chile; Ramón Aravena, University of Waterloo, Canada Water balance in tailings: Discussion on approaches Sergio arrera, IVAN, Chile; Marcos Pinto, Golder Associates S.A., Chile Poster Session and Coffee reak 18:00 08:30-17:30 Seismic performance based-design of large tailings dams Ramon Verdugo, Universidad de Chile A comparison of Chilean regulations on tailings dams seismic design with some international practices Andy Fourie, University of Western Australia Closing Ceremony / &C Seminar alance and Final Comments Carlos arahona, Tailings 2013 Executive Director, Gecamin, Chile Sergio arrera, Tailings 2013 Technical Coordinator, IVAN, Chile Constantino Suazo, Tailings 2013 Chair, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile Dirk van Zyl, Tailings 2013 Co-Chair, University of ritish Columbia, Canada Technical Visit: Saturday 31 August JRI laboratory and ASMIN pilot plant Free of charge for Tailings participants

10 POSTER SESSION / FOYER Notes 1. The PANDA Technology applied to design and operation of tailings dams Luis Lemus, Geotecnia Ambiental Ltda. Raúl Espinace and Gabriel Villavicencio, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile 2. Experimental and numeric study of arching effect in soils Antonio Salazar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 3. Cadaster and preliminary diagnosis of tailings dams in the Valparaiso region Valeria errios, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile 4. Execution and control of the project: Drink water supply system for Minera Lumina Copper, Chile Ricardo Rojas, Universidad Andrés ello, Chile 5. Dewatered tailings: Simultaneous disposal to surface storage and mined stopes José Luis Lara, Emmanuel Pornillos and Leo Lahti, Golder Associates S.A., Peru

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