Dr David RJ Jones

"Water in mining challenges for the Australian and international mining industry" 

Dr David Jones BSc (Hons), PhD, MRACI Cchem is Director of eriss, responsible for research and monitoring of uranium mining in the pristine world heritage Kakadu National Park in the Top End of Australia.

He has 30 years experience in environmental assessment and management of water quality issues across the energy and base metal sectors. His research and consulting activities have focussed on identifying the geochemical and biological processes controlling the release and subsequent transport and fate of inorganic contaminants from the mining, minerals processing and related industries. A particular strength is a systems approach that integrates the physical, chemical and biological components of environmental problems.

Dr Paul Vogel

"EPA strategies to address current mining issues in Western Australia, in particular as they pertain to water"

Dr Paul Vogel is the Chairman of the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Western Australia. He was previously Chair and CEO of the South Australian EPA.

Dr. Phil Gorey

"Key issues/challenges to the industry including  water supply, AMD and mine dewatering, and DMP’s expectation"

Dr Phil Gorey is the Executive Director of the Environment Division at the Western Australian Department of Minerals and Petroleum (DMP).

Phil joined the Department in 2009, after being Principal in a private sector environmental consultancy firm servicing the mining and petroleum industry. Phil has more than 15 years experience in sectors including environmental impact assessment and regulation, regulatory and policy reform, forestry assessments and groundwater management and regulation. He has also worked in technical and policy roles relating to environment management in State Governments in Victoria and South Australia. In his current role, Phil leads a team of around 70 staff and is the statutory official for the approval of Mining Proposals, Mine Closure Plans and Native Vegetation Clearing Permits. Collectively, the Environment Division assesses almost 3,000 applications each year, and undertaken more than 200 compliance inspections across the mining and petroleum industry.

Adrian Brown

"Bankable mine inflow and impact determination"

Adrian Brown is the current President of the International Mine Water Association and President of Adrian Brown Consultants.

Adrian founded Adrian Brown Consultants in 1983. He is a groundwater engineer and specialist consultant in hydrology and earth mechanics, with over thirty years of experience in projects that have included groundwater hydrology, fate and transport of contaminants, surface water hydrology, dewatering design, nuclear waste containment, groundwater modeling, mine inflow, subsidence, environmental and hydrologic permitting, dam stability, slope stabilization, baseline monitoring, contaminant migration, aquifer restoration, site remediation, and computer program development.

Dr Marnie Leybourne

"Water Management Associated with the Mining Industry in Western Australia"

Marnie is the Acting Executive Director of the Policy & Innovation Division of DOW.

Dr Hamid Mohsenzadeh and Gary Humphreys

"Mine Dewatering in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia"

Dr Hamid Mohsenzadeh is the Regional Manager of the Pilbara Region in DOW. The Pilbara is the main iron ore producing region of Western Australia. In this talk he will be tag team with Gary Humpreys, a senior hydrologist in DOW for the North West Region.

Wayne Tingey

"Collie Basin (Optimising Water Resource Use)"

Wayne Tingey is the Regional Manager of the South West Region in DOW.

Xuan Nguyen

"Water and mining issues for mine closure in Western Australia"

Xuan is currently a Senior Environmental Advisor of the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum. Prior to July 2010, she was the Operational Manager and then the General Manager of the Department’s Minerals Environment Branch.

Xuan has been working in environmental regulatory area with the WA Government for 20 years. Her experience includes environmental impact assessment, pollution control, and environmental auditing of industrial and resources based activities, including chemical and petroleum processing, contaminated sites and mining and mineral processing. Xuan was leading the development of the WA guidelines for mine closure, published in June 2012.

Xuan’s current work includes coordinating an independent review of uranium mining regulation and projects, developing policy framework for managing abandoned mines in WA, and developing a risk based approach for assessing mining proposals.

“Mine Dewatering and Depressurisation:  Industry Experiences and Challenges.”

Jon is Senior Principal Hydrogeologist and Director of Mining Services for RPS Aquaterra - Perth.

Jon is a hydrogeologist with over 25 years’ consulting experience in water resources management for the mining industry throughout Australia and internationally.  Prior to establishing Aquaterra in 1998, he was a mine geologist in South Australia and a hydrogeologist with the Geological Survey of Western Australia, before commencing his consulting career in 1983 with Australian Groundwater Consultants. Jon’s consulting career has largely been associated with mine water management including water supply, dewatering, integrated mine water management, environmental approvals and mine closure planning.  Helping mining companies to develop and implement practical solutions for mine dewatering and depressurization issues has been one of the main challenges during Jon’s career.

Assoc. Prof. Mark A Lund

"Mine water research in the Collie Pit Lake District: Challenges and solutions ahead for the industry"

Associate Professor Mark Lund BSc (Hons) PhD. is a principal of the Mine Water and Environment Research Centre (MiWER) at Edith Cowan University.

After completing his Ph.D. in lake rehabilitation at Murdoch University in Western Australia, Mark was appointed as an Associate Lecturer at Edith Cowan University.  Currently, Mark is Head of the School of Natural Sciences . Mark has worked on the ecology and rehabilitation of pit lakes since the mid 1990’s, particularly coal, iron and silica sand pit lakes in Western Australia and Queensland.  He has a particular interest in pit lake ecological processes and in wetland restoration.