Where are we Going From Here? Panel Discussion - Moderated by Andy Robertson © Compliance, Current and Emerging Regulations © BAT Principles Physical Stability & Chemical Stability © Growth in New and Closing Mines - National liability © Mining in My Back Yard, Competition for Water © Beyond Precedence of Seale and Current Practice © The Path Forward © Other Compliance, Current and Emerging Regulations (© Impact on Review and Reporting in BC of Mt Polley 2090 > Potential impact on review and reporting in Brazil of Samarco What will Alberta do? What will the rest of Canada do? What will be the impact on country regulation internationally? What will be the change in corporate governance in. companies? ing How will social license to mine be affected? Other? 12/14/2015BAT Principles: Physical Stability Chemical Stability Is it a tradeoff - what are the weightings for BAT-PS and. BATCS? © What are the weightings for BAEPE and BAT-C? 2 2 Is relative risk the only decision account? Roll of the MAA in option selection? Are upstream and centerline construction BAT? Are drained (partially saturated) reactive tailings and waste BAT? Are ARD sand dams in high precipitation environments BAT! Other 2 Growth in New and Closing Mines National Liability Lower grades, higher production, larger tailings dams. Are the =250,000 tpd, 100 M tpy, 2.5+ Bt TSF’s the dams of the future? Tailings sand or rockfill? 150 to +300m high dams? +$0.5 B initial capital, © Are low commodity prices the new reality? CO Where will bankruptcies and under funded closure plans take us. Faro and Giant are small mines - $+500 M liability cach. Other? 12/14/2015Mining in My Back Yard, Competition for Water © Unsightly, physical hazards, contaminating, a long: term liability. Why should I tolerate it? © Competition for water ~ and water quality. Which poses the greatest hazard in wet and in dry climates? © Where are and will mines migrate to? © When is dry stacking or filtered tailings the answer? © Other Beyond Precedence of Scale and Current Practice Rockfill dams over 300 m - fill material crushing and deformations. Cycloned sand dams over 400 m ~ crushing, permeability, Centerline dams with high rates of rise. Rockfill centerline dams with thin earthfill and asphalt cores Flow through dams and the moving goalposts of water quality ‘Water quality, underdrains and erosion of high stacks Other 12/14/20152 me 2 The Path Forward Downstream, Centerline and/or upstream construction? Sand dams vs Rockfill dams? ‘Whaat is the future of slurry, thickened, paste and filtered tailings? ‘Whaat is the standard of our tailings dam engineering for large new tailings impoundments? How do we improve it? Can we deliver the safety and security to the public we promise? ‘The roles of Corporate, Regulatory and Professional Practice Governance? 12/14/2015