Workshop: Green Mining and Abandoned Mine Reclamation
This workshop was held at The Sierra Fund’s annual conference “Reclaiming the Sierra: A Community Summit on Mining Impacts” November 8-9, 2010 in Nevada City, California.
Synopsis: Under the right conditions, cleaning up abandoned mine sites could be profitable. This panel will discuss economic incentives for remediation of abandon mine sites such as re-mining, job creation, new technologies and site re-use. Facilitator John Lane, Chico Environmental Science and Planning.
Click on the speaker below to see their presentation (if available)
Becky Wood, Teichert Materials: The potential for cleanup of legacy mercury in the process of gravel mining
Adam Harper, California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA): The mining industry’s perspective on current mining and potential impacts on abandoned mines
Mike Miller, 16 to 1 Mine: The perspective and practices of a current hard rock gold mine
Jim Pompy, CA Office of Mine Reclamation: The regulatory framework for the mining
