Good Practices
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Links to Good Practice Guidelines for the Mineral Industry |
A number of organizations, including the PDAC, have
developed or are developing good practice guidelines for sectors or
activities within the mineral industry. These represent working
standards for the industry and can be found on the websites listed
below. We have also included websites of organizations that are
conducting research on good practices.
Please note that this is not a definitive list. If
you would like to add to the list, please send an email with the
information and link to Ms.
Saley Lawton.
Diamond drilling
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Safe work methods for drilling; drill equipment standards; training
manuals
Canadian Diamond Drilling Association
Exploration
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Exploration best practice guidelines -
Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (PDF)
Environment
• e3 Plus: A framework for responsible exploration - Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada
• Metals in the Environment Research Network
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Tailings facilities management - Mining Association of Canada (PDF)
• Towards Sustainable Mining - Mining Association of Canada
• Environmental Policy
- Mining Association of Canada
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Environmental Guidelines
- Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of
Alberta
(PDF)
• Biodiversity and conservation – International Council on Mining and
Metals
Mineral resources and mineral reserves: defining and estimating
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Australiasian Code for the Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore
Reserves (PDF)
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of disclosure for mineral
projects)
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Professional Practice
• Canadian Council for Professional Geoscientists
• Association
of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
• Links to general guidelines - Association of Professional Engineers,
Geologists and Geophysicists of
Alberta
• Guideline to relying on work of others - Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and
Geophysicists of Alberta (PDF)
Reporting standards and guidelines
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Risk management, Health and Safety
• Minerals Industry
Risk Management Gateway
• Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety
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Management of Risk in Professional Practice -
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and
Geophysicists of Alberta (PDF)
• Field
trip safety policy and program - Geological Association of Canada
• Safety Manual for Western Canada - B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines
Valuation of mineral properties
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (PDF) |
