Transform Mining Towards a Zero Waste Industry

by 2027…

50% reduction - energy use50% reduction - water use50% reduction - environmental footprint

Who are we?

• Incorporated late 2008• Federal Non-Profit Corporation (NFPCA 2014)• Major pivots in 2013

– Focus on the business of mining– Research à innovation– 25% industry participation -> 100%– 30% industry funded à 100% industry funded

• Member based (Canada, Australia, US, Europe)• 8 people across Canada

– Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver

Why CMIC in 2008?

Industry, government and academia recognized that:• innovation ecosystem fragmented• no clear alignment across Canada• need an organization to bridge the gaps

Why CMIC now?

If we don’t change the business of mining, we won’t have a mining business.

Governance – Board of Directors

Jean RobitailleSVP

Agnico Eagle

Krista MuhrSVP

Eldorado

Mark ThorpeVP

Torex

Todd WhiteCOO

Goldcorp

Michelle AshCIO (former)

Barrick

Gord BogdenCEO

Blackloon

Jim GowansIndependent

Nils VoermannGlobal Managing

DirectorHatch

Bonnie RoseCEOTSSA

Imogen CoeDean

Ryerson

Dean Braunsteiner

PartnerPWC

Charles DumaresqVP

MAC

2017/18

Executive Director & CEO

Innovation Managers

ExplorationLyn Anglin

(Imperial Metals)

UG MiningShayne Wisneiwski

(Glencore) / Dominique Beaudry

(Agnico)

Processing/EnergySimon Hille

(Goldcorp) / Rob Stephens (Teck)

EnvironmentalStewardshipMichel Julien

(Agnico)

Office Manager

Board of Directors

Surface MiningMal Carroll (Syncrude)

2019

Executive Director & CEOOffice Manager

Project Portfolio Advisory Council

Projects

Innovation Managers

Board of Directors

Project prioritization

Is it transformative?

Is it relevant to mining company

members?Is it feasible?

Is some other group already working in this

space?

Is CMIC best positioned to deliver this

project/program?

Who do we need to partner with (that can

provide value)?

Building the ecosystem

• CMIC consortia projects (10)• Tackling platforms for mining (continuous UG and surface, novel grinding technology, genomics-

based environmental monitoring, open data)

Lead (funder/doer)

• Sharing experience with Technology Demonstration – BEV, SIC, Ore sorting

Convene (facilitator)

• Align academic activity: Metal Earth, Additive Manufacturing Network, TERRE-Net• Align gov’t activity: advisory Boards for TGI, GMIAC, NRC• Crush It! Project Development• Partner with MSTA to align suppliers to mining company needs• Workshops, meetings on other technologies eg quantum, sensors, nanotechnology, low grade energy

recovery, ‘omics/bio

Learn (connector)

Where we play

Radical Efficiency

Transformative (CMIC Focus)

Operational Improvements

70%20%

10%

Where we play

Radical Efficiency

Transformative (CMIC Focus)

Operational Improvements

70%20%

10%

Challenge existing paradigms

• Waste rock is a reality, lower grades means more rock to the mill

• Blending enables consistency: You must accept what the mine sends you.

• Water is necessary• Energy is required to liberate • Throughput maximizes value: maximum value is

achieved by maximising throughput• Infrastructure costs drive project economics• Tailings are inevitable• We must continuously challenge what we

believe to be true

Current Paradigms• Always reject Waste Rock, through design,

differentiation, sorting = pre-concentration• Accept that Orebodies are variable, orebody

knowledge is king• Always reduce Fresh Water, water is not the

answer• Always seek Energy efficiency, effective

liberation particle liberation maximizes value• Always scale from margin, flexible, modular

plants both decrease capital and footprint. • Shared Infrastructure• Water scarce/less Tailings, ensuring

sustainability.

Another Way?

4 Components of the CMIC business model

Business Ecosystem

Roadmaps

Platforms

• Common in many other sectors• Harness innovation to solve complex

problems

• Define the pathway to a future state • Align resources

• Identify technology/processes that destroy value

• Develop/adopt alternatives for order of magnitude value

Open Innovation

How we work with others – eg Exploration

Deep Mature Camps Remote & Covered Areas

1. Multi-parameter footprints and 3D vectoring• Detecting edges and vectoring to ore

1. Characteristics of fertile terranes and districts • How to identify most fertile areas?

2. Techniques to unravel deep 3D geology• Deep penetrating detection and mapping

techniques

2. Techniques to map sub-surface geology• Drilling, data integration• Data density for detection

3. Real-time down-hole data collection • Real-time decision

3. Secondary metal dispersion • Understand mechanisms• Develop techniques

Coordination with national initiatives

• Metal Earth– Strategic consortium led by

Laurentian– Canada First Research Excellence

Fund– $104M / 7 years ($49M from CFREF)

• Links with CMIC– Addresses key roadmap component– New Director = active member of

CMIC

Remote & Covered Areas

1. Characteristics of fertile terranes & districts • How to identify most fertile areas?

Monitoring international initiatives

Reflex Lab-at-Rig– Real-time data from drill muds & chips

DET-CRC Coiled Tubing Drilling– Cheaper, faster, safer, small footprint

Deep Mature Camps3. Real-time down-hole data collection • Real-time decision

Remote & Covered Areas2. Techniques to map sub-surface geology• Drilling, data integration

Photo courtesy of Reflex Photo courtesy of DET CRC

Existing platform technologies result in a single process that consumes up to 4% of the world’s energy and is ~5% efficient

Consortium in place to commercialize 1-2 new technologies with 50% less energy, new flowsheet(s), reduced CAPEX

UG mining consortium in place to:• tackle mechanical cutting, material movement, mine design, ground support,

maintenance• deploy mechanical cutting UG in Canada in 2019

Batch, “Dumb”, Carbon Continuous, “Smart”, Electric

Alternative hauling technologies

• Material movement is highest cost in many operations

• Reduced available capital

• Increase productivity

• Reduce unit cost

• GHG / sustainability factors

• New project viability

Decouple truck and shovel

interface with loading buffer

(surge loader)

Electric, modular truck/truck

train (trolley assist/Battery

hybrid)

Remote operation integrated

with autonomous hauling

Explore application of alternative

technologies (Rail-

veyor/RopeCon, other)

Multi-modal system to optimize the

flexibility and cost advantage of

different technologies

4. Alternative hauling technologies

No trucks?

Mining Industry Knowledge Hub - Data Platform

• Open access to decades of water quality data (15 million data points in BC)

• Site and watershed levels• Open-source, cloud-based platform• First mine company customer• Adding air quality data

Discussion starters

What do we mean by collaboration?

Where will we play on the 70-20-10 continuum?

Is IP REALLY an issue?