16 Mining Ne w Opportunities Musselwhite C ase Study A Ne w W a y of Mining S u g ge ste d Le vel s I nter me d i ate a nd S en ior Pu r p o s e T o in tr o duc e t he im p or t anc e of sust aina ble practic e s in t he mining industr y T o demonstra t e how t e c hnolo g y is us e d in t he mining pr o c e ss T o e xamine t he en v ir onmen t al c onc er ns t ha t c an ac c om pan y mining T o pr o duc e an action plan f or r e c laiming a mine sit e up on c lo sur e T i me 135 min ut e s Re s ou rce s M u ss elwhite C a s e Study st uden t handout M u ss elwhite C lo su re Pl ans t e ac her inf or ma tion she e t L i n k t o O n t a r i o T e E a r t h s C r u s t Re la ting S c ienc e and T e c hnolo g y t o t he C u r r i c u l u m Grade 7 W or ld O ut side t he S c ho ol N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s U nderst anding Conc e pt s Grade 7 H u m a n E n v i r o n m e n t I n t e r a c t i o n s U nderst anding Conc e pt s Grade 9 L e ar ning t hr ough A pplic a tion H u m a n E n v i r o n m e n t I n t e r a c t i o n s U nderst anding Conc e pt s Grade 11 Ea r t h M a t e r i a l s Re la ting S c ienc e t o T e c hnolo g y S o c ie ty Grade 12 and t he En v ir onmen t En v i ronmen t and Re s ou rce U nderst anding and Manag ing Chang e Managemen t Grade 12 T e acher Infor ma tion Te M i ni ng Ne w O pp or tu nitie s v ide oDV D w a s lme d in par t a t t he M uss e lwhit e under g r ound g old mine in nor t h we st er n On t ar io and f e a t ur e s in t er v ie ws w it h em ploye e s of t his mining op era tion A s t her e is no r oad ac c e ss t his is a y in op era tion w it h pic kup p oin t s in T under B a y and ve nor t her n c omm unitie s Te mine em ploys 293 f ull time em ploye e s ha s 105 c on tract p ers onne l pr ov iding supp or t s er v ic e s and us e s F irst Na tions c on tract ors t o pr ov ide air transp or t a tion and c am p s er v ic e s M uss e lwhit e Mine is op era t e d and ow ne d 68 by P lac er D ome t he wor ld s si x t h lar g e st g old mining c om pan y Kinr o ss G old Cor p ora tion ha s t he r emaining 32 in t er e st Tis c a s e st udy pr ov ide s st uden t s w it h an e xam ple of how t he mining industr y us e s r e sp onsible and sust aina ble r e s our c e manag emen t Te a ssig nmen t c onsist s of de sig ning a r e c lama tion plan t ha t is c r e a tive but als o ha s r e a s ona ble e x p e ct a tions S t uden t s ne e d t o ha ve a c le ar underst anding of t he pur p o s e b e hind r e c lama tion s o t ha t t heir de sig n r ee ct s t he ne e ds of t he c omm unity and t he sur r ounding en v ir onmen t T e acher A c tiv it y O utl i ne 1 of 2 12 Le ar n i ng A ct iv it y