Online Mining Symposium

DATE: October 12, 2022 | 10am ET

Presented by

Change is the new Normal

Don’t be left behind

Miners are in the unique position of striving to go “green” and exceed ESG standards while providing the resources for the rest of the world to reach net-zero. The pace of change in how we mine has been exponential but much more is still needed. Building on the success of our first Reimagine Mining symposium, this event will connect delegates with industry leaders on the forefront of these changes. Topics to be discussed include: ESG, Water Management, Automation, De-carbonization, Digitization, and the role of New Technologies. Interact with experts tackling mining’s big challenges and specialists who can shed light on how to implement these solutions.

Presenters

John McCluskey

President and CEO, Alamos Gold Inc.

John McCluskey has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alamos Gold Inc. since 2003. Mr. McCluskey began his career with Glamis Gold Ltd. In 1996 he founded Grayd Resource Corporation, where he was CEO until 2003 and co-founded Alamos with mining hall of famer Chester Millar. Mr. McCluskey was named Ontario’s 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, based on a judging panel’s assessment of financial performance, vision, leadership, innovation, personal integrity and influence, social responsibility, and entrepreneurial spirit. Today, Alamos is an established intermediate gold producer with three operating mines in North America and a portfolio of development stage projects in Mexico, Canada, Turkey and the United States.

Chris Kennedy

Director, Water, Teck Resources Ltd.

Chris is the Director, Water for Teck Resources Ltd. focused on water governance and water strategy, with a particular emphasis on identifying new water management approaches and technologies to enhance operational sustainability at Teck’s operations, development projects, and legacy sites. He has over 20 years of experience working in academia, mining finance, consulting, and another senior mining company. He is a registered professional geologist in British Columbia and Ontario and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Zoology from the University of Toronto (2000) and a Ph.D. in Microbial Geochemistry from the University of Toronto (2003).

Monique Simair, PhD, RPBio, EP

CEO & Principal Scientist, Maven Water & Environment

Dr. Monique Simair is recognized internationally as a disruptive technology innovator in the water treatment sector. A post-doctoral biogeochemist by training, she has developed semi-passive water treatment technologies that are used at mines globally. Some notable achievements include designing the first full-scale gravel bed bioreactor (GBBR) in operation at a mine in Canada and implementing the first constructed wetland treatment system (CWTS) demonstrations at mines in the Yukon and BC (operating since 2014). Monique has built two multimillion-dollar cleantech companies focussed on semi-passive mine water treatment (Contango Strategies, sold in 2018, and now Maven Water & Environment). Dr. Simair has been named as Canada’s 2021 Eco Impact Awardee by Eco Canada. She has also been named by Profit Magazine as one of Canada’s future entrepreneurial leaders, to Chatelaine’s W100 women entrepreneurs, the University of Saskatchewan Alumni of Influence, and multiple awards for technology innovation and leadership. She was also the youngest person appointed as an advisor to Canada’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Council, advising Canada’s Minister of Industry. In her spare time, Dr. Simair volunteers as an Adjunct Professor in environmental engineering and as a Mentor with Creative Destruction Labs.

A.J. MacDonald M.A.Sc., P.Eng.

Vice President of Engineering, Integrated Sustainability

A.J. is the Vice President of Engineering at Integrated Sustainability, a specialist advisory and infrastructure delivery company. He is a versatile technical professional with specialties in water and wastewater management including sourcing from the environment, storage and containment, distribution and conveyance, and treatment facilities. His expertise includes extensive involvement in water management process and mechanical engineering with supporting skills in project management, package engineering, construction management, and commissioning. A.J.‘s professional experience includes over 15 years of engineering research and project delivery, in both the industrial and municipal sectors. His experience has spanned all phases of the mine life-cycle and all stages of project delivery including preliminary analysis, conceptual design, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and optimization of water and wastewater infrastructure in Canada and around the world.

Dr. Sylvie St-Jean

Director Environment and Reclamation, Osisko Development

Dr. St-Jean has over 20 years’ of experience in the mining space, with a focus on water management. Sylvie started her career as a research scientist for the Government of Canada, where she was involved in developing an alternative to the fish survey for the Canadian Metal Mining Environmental Effect Monitoring (EEM) Program. She served as a Member of the Canadian National EEM Science Committee and on the Board of Directors of National Nearshore Monitoring Committee. During her tenure at the government Sylvie received the Young Canadian Scientist Award. Dr St-Jean then joined industry and has over 15 years’ operational experience at various sites. Except for the five years she spent as the Canadian and USA Compliance Manager in the energy sector, Sylvie has worked for mines such as Teck, Ambatovy (Africa), New Gold Rainy River and now Osisko Development. Amongst her achievements, she led the first mine to obtain an environmental certificate for an open pit mine situated in a world hot spot for biodiversity under the rigorous IFC 2012 standards. This work won her company the NedBank Capital Sustainability Business Award (2014) and the Syncrude Award for Excellence in Sustainable Development (2015). Sylvie has been instrumental in developing and permitting the first semi passive water treatment system at an industrial scale for a mine. Her expertise and experience is now put in contribution on the water management strategy for the design of the Cariboo Gold Project in BC with a focus on minimizing water contamination and water intake by maximizing reduction at the source.

Jean-Pierre Desmarais

Business Line Manager for Automation, Sandvik

Jean-Pierre Desmarais joined Sandvik in January 2021 as a Sales Manager for Automation in Canada after 3 years at Newtrax, a Sandvik Company. Graduating from “École de Technologie Supérieure” in mechanical engineering, Jean-Pierre has always worked in high technology. Now as Digital Application Specialist and Interim Business Line Manager - Automation, he will be working as a business leader and a Digital Consultant both internally and externally across the various Sandvik business units.