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Ken K - Mine Engineer 🇨🇦⚒️

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Mining Consultant (almost retired). Mining eng chat, no company reviews (yet). Check out blogs (short 2 min read each) at kuchling.com/library/

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The BCSC has posted the new draft 43-101 rules for review (not comment) prior to PDAC. You can download the drafts here. bcsc.bc.ca/securities-law…

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The mining industry needs to create more maps like this, showing how pervasive mining is across the country, generating value, yet most people don't even know it exists. x.com/PierrePoilievr…

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Here's an interesting application of junior mining flow through shares to fund charities. It seems to be a win win for everyone. thenarwhal.ca/mining-charity…

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Some very interesting articles in the April 2025 Canadian Mining Journal. Worth downloading and reading. canadianminingjournal.com/digital-editio…

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MINE RECONCILIATION is one of the important, yet frustrating, tasks a mine site technical team is asked to take on. Perhaps the lack of industry standardization on terminology and methodology adds to the complexity of this task. Read more at the link kuchling.com/mine-reconcili…

MINE RECONCILIATION is one of the important, yet frustrating, tasks a mine site technical team is asked to take on.   Perhaps the lack of industry standardization on terminology and methodology adds to the complexity of this task.  Read more at the link kuchling.com/mine-reconcili…
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OILSAND MINING: Working in the mining industry is an ever learning experience. My start was in the oilsands in Alberta. That was a unique environment where everyone was learning. I share a few stories in Part 1 at this link. kuchling.com/a-rookie-in-th…

OILSAND MINING: Working in the mining industry is an ever learning experience. My start was in the oilsands in Alberta.  That was a unique environment where everyone was learning.   I share a few stories in Part 1 at this link.  kuchling.com/a-rookie-in-th…
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OILSAND MINING: This is Part 2 of the blog post describing my few years working in the oilsands. This blog relates mainly to geotechnical issues with the dragline mining operation. You can read it at the link: kuchling.com/a-rookie-in-th…

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Suddenly every premier of every province just loves mining and critical minerals. Years ago "mining" was a word they wouldn't mention in public or in front of children..

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Pretty basic engineering that backfill will not support the same load as insitu pillars. Backfill is compressible and is often not filled right up tight to the roof. miningmx.com/news/base-meta…

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It appears that Quebec requires upfront reclamation bonding, which is a good idea. I don't think I have ever seen a cashflow model where closure has been address like this. Closure is usually a big number far off in the future and discounted down to a small number in the NPV.

It appears that Quebec requires upfront reclamation bonding, which is a good idea.  I don't think I have ever seen a cashflow model where closure has been address like this.  Closure is usually a big number far off in the future and discounted down to a small number in the NPV.