The Mining Community Jill LeDrew

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We are the healthiest and most vigorous
Mining School in Canada, if not the world

come and meet us at our OPEN HOUSE in the
Forward Building .. behind the Barn 5th
Floor 12 noon to 2pm Thursday January
17th Look at www.mining.ubc.ca
to learn all about us
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OUR PRESENTATION TODAY OVERVIEW ... THE MINING
INDUSTRY AND PROFESSION MALCOLM SCOBLE WHAT IS
MINING ENGINEERING THE UBC DEGREE? MARK
MORIN WHY I CHOSE MINING ENGINEERING? BLYTHE
GOLOBIC OUR DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY INDUSTRY
TIES? COLBY MILLER WORK EXPERIENCE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES? RITA TSAI VIDEO

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MEET STUDENTS AND PROFS TOURS OF LABS
TALKS FROM
INDUSTRY FREE
FOOD, POP
come and meet us at our OPEN HOUSE in the
Forward Building .. behind the Barn
5th Floor 12 noon to 2pm, Thursday January
17th
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• WIN A NIGHT AT A CANUCKS GAME

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We need c.40 smart, motivated mining
engineering students for exciting, rewarding and
diverse career paths. Small is
beautiful! There are 3000 professional mining
engineers in Canada. Canada and Vancouver lead
the world in mining We are plugged in to the
industry, technology and helping our graduates to
have impact in helping society in economic and
sustainable development The industry society
needs and wants us!

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• Cumulative Gross Revenues of selected BC mines
• CAD (at current prices) gt 25 mines grossing 1 B
• production
• gt 160 B (1836-2003)

Kemess South 5.5 B
Fort St John
Eskay Creek 4.4 B
NE Coal gt 5 B
Prince Rupert
Prince George
Endako 4.0 B
Fording River 9.5 B
Gibraltar 4 B
Island Copper 5.1 B
Kamloops
Sullivan 22 B
Myra Falls 4.5 B
Vancouver
Victoria
Highland Valley Copper 16 B
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Mark Morin4th Year Mining EngineerSudbury,
Ontario
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What Are We Talking About Here?

• Operations that produce metals, minerals, oil
  sands stone from the earth are called MINES
• MINING is the process of extracting these
  materials and making money while doing it while
  caring for the environment and social
  responsibilities
• A MINING ENGINEER is someone who searches for,
  designs, plans, operates and closes mines and
  mineral processing plants. Its also more than
  that

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Mining Engineering What about the courses?

• Practical and Focused for a Professional Career
• Not heavy on technical math / physics
• Labs provide hands-on lessons
• Variety and Specialty Courses
• Geology / Geotechnical / Rock Mechanics
• Mine Operations Planning
• Mineral Processing (e.g. Coal, Precious Metals
  Recovery)
• Environmental
• Economics Management
• Other Department Classes
• General Engineering Courses (e.g. Electric
  Circuits/Power Machines)

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Mining Engineering Where do you want to go?

• Mining degrees can lead to
• Operations Experience
• Business Management
• Law
• Research
• Specialities
• Consulting
• Thinking of Civil Engineering?
• Try Mining! (Earth Structures, Underground
  Design, Cave Support)
• Thinking of Chemical Engineering?
• Try Mining! (Mineral Processing, Environmental)
• Get a Degree thats worth its weight in gold!

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Why did I Choose Mining?
Blythe Golobic3rd Year Mining Engineer

• Hands On Engineering
• Travel
• Diverse Job Opportunities
• Challenging!

J. Duck
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So You Want to be a Miner?
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Essential Skills

• Soft Skills

Peers
Professionals
Communities
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Essential Skills

• A Sense of Adventure!
• Opportunity to travel the world!
• Camp Life
• Different Cultures and Value Systems
• Different Climates and Geography

P. Oka
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J. Duck
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Essential Skills

• Life Long Interdisciplinary Learning
• The Ability to get your Boots Dirty!

M.Oxciano
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Mining Engineering- Our Community
Colby Miller4th Year Mining Engineer

• Immediate Future - Whats the next 3 years going
  to be like?
• Small Department
• Frequent, Successful Social Events (BBQs, Field
  Trips, Dinners, Strip Mining Pub Crawl, etc)

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Close Ties To Industry

• We get involved with the Departments Industry
  Advisory Committee

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Mining Engineering- Our Community

• Small Department
• 130 Undergrads, 11 Profs
• Open Door Policy
• A place where everybody knows your name
• Alumni are very supportive

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Mining Engineering- Our Community

• Social Events
• Welcome Back BBQs
• Pub Crawls
• Sushi Nights
• Movies Nights
• Mining Games

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Mining Engineering- Our Community

• Industry Ties
• Alumni are VERY supportive
• Annual Alumni Dinner (Feb 2nd)
• CIM Student Nights
• Canucks Box Tickets
• Field Trips
  2nd Yr HVC, VALE INCO,
  3rd Yr Vancouver
  Island,
  4th Yr Brazil, Poland, China, Chile 2008, 2009?

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a Global Citizen
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THE JOB MARKET
Rita Tsai3rd Year from Vancouver

• Long term job market trend
• Travel
• The Co-op Experience
• The Engineering Work

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LONG TERM MARKET TRENDWill I have a job after
years of school work?
In a few years, gt 20 of the mining work force
will retire.

Industry is preparing for this manpower shortfall
by actively training new talent. The industry
support is strong.
Companies visit UBC Mining Department frequently
via seminars and student nights.
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CO-OP WORK TERMSSo Many Jobs

• I worked at a Diamond Mine near Yellowknife
  for my most recent co-op term.
• The company is not shy on challenging their
  students. I was given full work load that a
  graduated EIT would have been given. As a
  student, my typical work day consisted of half
  field work and half office work.

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TRAVEL .. Adventurous?

• Through School/Work, I have
• Seen Aurora in
• Yellowknife
• Visited Montreal
• Worked in Tibet,
• next to Mt. Everest

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ENGINEERING DESIGNSCombination of Civil,
Electrical, Mechanical, Geological,
Environmental, Processing, and Chemical
Engineering
EXAMPLES OF ENGINEERING WORK INVOLVED

• CONSTRUCTION

OPERATION
PROCESSING
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Mining in BC videoon the CD
Not your typical engineering!
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Mining Engineering- Our Community

Remember, Mining is a lifestyle choice as much
as a career choice. Questions??? Today, at the
Open House or email us at malcolms_at_interchange.ub
c.ca Check out our Open House, this Thursday the
17th!!!
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come and meet us at our OPEN HOUSE in the
Forward Building .. behind the Barn 5th
Floor 12 noon to 2pm, Thursday January 17th
MEET STUDENTS AND PROFS TOURS OF LABS TALKS
FROM INDUSTRY
FREE FOOD, POP