Addendum and Resume Peter N. Calder
Application for the Selwyn G Blaylock and Vale Medal Awards
Reference Material Submitted
Successful Patent Application (Spray on Liners, Interim), WO1991019690 A1,
July 1991, Mining Industry Research Organization Of Canada, F. Maine, P.N.
Calder, J. Archibald
The research and commercial development activities of the Mining Industry
Research Organization of Canada, C.F. Hews and P.N. Calder, Mining Industry
Research Organization of Canada, ClM BULLETIN, FEBRUARY 1994
Analysis of High Frequency Microseismicity Recorded at anUnderground
Hardrock Mine, S.D. Butt, D.B. Apel and P.N. Calder, Pure appl. geophys. 150
(1997) 693–704, 0033–4553:97:040693–12 $ 1.50 0.20:0
Investigation of a complex rock slope displacement at Brenda Mines, P.N. Calder
and G. Blackwell, ClM Bulletin, August 1980
Visual mine planning, P.N. Calder, P.L.Gallardo, Á.V. Leiva, O. Concha Concha,
105th CIM Annual General Meeting, Montreal May 4-7, 2003
Evaluation of steel rock supports as waveguides for transmitting high frequency
emissions, D.B. Apel, P.N. Calder and S.D. Butt, Proceedings, CIM Annual
General Meeting, Montreal, May 3-7, 1998.
Endorsers of the applicant
Charles Graham, [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer, CAMIRO Board of Directors and Managing Director (retired), CAMIRO Mining Division Panagiotis Katsabanis, [email protected] Head of Mining and Professor, The Robert M. Buchan Dept. of Mining, Queen's University, Hugh Agro, [email protected]; President and CEO, Revival Gold Inc., Toronto, ON Laeeque Daneshmend, [email protected] Professor and Deputy Provost, Queen's University at Kingston Arie Moerman, [email protected] Principal Mine Engineer, Glencore-Kidd Operations Dale Clarke, [email protected] Executive V P Ops & Mtce Infrastructure, SNClavalin David Smith, [email protected] SVP Finance and CFO, Agnico Eagle Mines Wayne Mohns, [email protected] VP Operations, Dumas Mining and U/G Construction John Eggert, [email protected] President, Eggert Engineering Carol Plummer, [email protected] VP Corporate Developement, Agnico Eagle Mines
Other endorsers of the applicant
Dominic Fragomeni, [email protected] Vice President, XPS Consulting & Testwork Services Duncan Middlemiss, [email protected] President and CEO, Wesdome Gold Mines, Toronto Luc Guimond, [email protected] Luc Guimond - General Manager Minesite, Alamos Gold Tom Semadeni, [email protected] Head of Global Mining Practices at Glencore Zinc Eric Hinton, [email protected] Senior Mine Consultant at Hintec Enterprises Niverville, Manitoba Donna Beneteau, [email protected] Departmental Assistant, Mining, at U of Sask. Chair UMS (National) and CIM Saskatoon Branch Board Member
Middlemiss
PERSONAL RESUME PETER NICKERSON CALDER
CURRENT POSITION: Emeritus Professor, Department of Mining Engineering,
Queen's University, K7L 3N6
President at Peter N Calder & Associates Limited
Kingston, Ontario
TELEPHONE NUMBERS: (613) 545-2196 (Office)
(613) 546-1271 (Home)
(613) 541-0594 (cellular, mobile)
FAX: (613) 545-6597 (Office)
(613) 545-2208 (Personal PC)
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
Engineering Diploma, St. Francis Xavier University, 1961. Admitted as a mature student following
military service.
B.Eng., Mining Engineering, Nova Scotia Technical College, 1963,
Post Graduate Diploma in Mining Engineering, McGill University, 1966. Attended on a Canadian
Mineral Foundation Fellowship.
Ph.D, & M.Sc., Mining Engineering, Queen's University, 1967. Sponsored by INCO Fellowship
MILITARY BACKGROUND:
Royal Canadian Corp of Signals, 1953 - 1958. Served in Canada and with the United Nations in
Egypt, 1956 - 1957. Awarded theUnited Nations Service Medal.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
Dominion Steel and Coal Ltd., Sydney, Nova Scotia, summers of 1959 and 1960. Surveyor,
Underground Mine Foreman.
Robert McAlpine Construction Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, summer of 1961. Construction Foreman in
pressure tunnel (Toronto subway).
Nova Scotia Research Foundation, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, summer of 1962. Rock Mechanics research
in coal mines.
Iron Ore Company of Canada, Labrador City, Newfoundland, June 1963 to July 1965. Successive
positions were: Pit Foteman Trainee, Pit Foreman, Research Engineer, Engineer in charge of
production studies, General Foreman (Blasting), Drilling and Blasting supervisor, Mine
Superintendent.
Noranda Mines Limited, GECO Division, Manitouwadge, Ontario, summer of 1965. Mining Engineer,
as part of McGill Industrial Fellowship.
McGill University, Montreal & Queen's University at Kingston, 1965-70, Departmental Assistant.
Departments of Mining Engineering,
Queen's University at Kingston, Department of Mining Engineering, 1970 to present. Successive
positions of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Appointed Head of
Department, July 1980, and reappointed for the period July, 1985, to July 1990.
AWARDS:
Canadian National Committee on Rock Mechanics Gold Medal, 1982, for the best paper on an
Applied Rock Mechanics subject published by a Canadian during 1978 - 1980.
Leonard Gold Medal, 1970, for best paper on a mining subject by a member of the Engineering Institute
of Canada or the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Honor Roll, School of Graduate Studies Queen's University, 1969
United Nations Emergency Force Medal, 1956.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurigical Engineers,
Member.
Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Member, P.Eng.
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES:
Member, Mining Industry Technology Council of Canada (MITEC), Underground Mining Advisory
Sub-Committee.
Director, Mining Research Directorate
Consulting Engineering Designation, A.P.E.O.
Director, B.W.C. Inc., Bismark, North Dakota.
President, Peter N. Calder and Associates Limited.
President, Q'Pit Inc.
Research Director, Mining Industry Research Organization of Canada (MIROC).
President, BC Place Inc.
Co-Chairman, International Mine Design Congress, Queen's University, August 1993.
Senator, Queen's University Senate.
PAST PROFESSIONAL DUTIES:
Founding Chairman, Kingston Branch, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1981 - 1982.
Member, Queen's University Management of Technology Committee.
Member, Ontario Provincial Advisory Committee on Mining Engineering Education.
Editorial Board Member, Mining Science and Technology Quarterly.
CIM Rock Mechanics and Strata Control Committee, Chairman of Underground Blasting Sub-
Committee, Member of Rockburst Sub- Committee, Chairmman of Awards Committee.
Chairman, Mining Sub-Committee, National Advisory Committee on Mining and Metallurgical
Research.
Member, Main Committee and Mining Sub-Committee, National Advisory Committee on Mining
and Metallurgical Research
Examiner, A.P.E.O. (Rock Fragmentation).
PAST PROFESSIONAL DUTIES Continued
Examiner, Professional Engineers of Manitoba, in both "Rock Fragmentation" and "Elements of
Mine Design".
Chairman, 2nd Canadian Symposium on Mine Surveying, Kingston, 1974.
Chairman, 10th Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Kingston, 1975.
Member, Board of Examiners, A.P.E.O.
Associate Chairman, Queen's University School of Graduate Studies and Research, Division III,
1978 - 1981.
Canadian Advisory Committee on Rock Mechanics, Member
C.C.P.E. Accreditation Team, McGill University, 1981
Member of Council, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
RESEARCH CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
CONSUMER'S GAS Energy Release from Rupturing High Pressure Vessels 1987
CLIFFS Cratering Tests at Sherman Mine 1987
MIROC Rockburst Prediction 1987-1988
U.S. STEEL FOUNDATION Pit Slope Stability Study at Mount Wright 1987-1989
IRON ORE COMPANY OF CANADA Long range planning study, Carol Lake project. 1987-
1988
U.S. STEEL FOUNDATION Rock Mechanics Studies 1988-1989
MIROC Rockburst and Stress Monitoring 1988-1989
METCHEM Analysis of Pit Limit Design Alternatives for BHILAI Iron Ore Deposit. 1989-1990
NSERC Analysis of Microseismic emissions during rock failure. 1985-1988
NSERC Analysis of High Frequency Microseismic Emissions Near Changing Stress Field in Hard
Rock Mines. 1990-1994
CANMET / MIROC Development of a portable high frequency microseismic monitor for hard rock
mines.1993-1995
PUBLICATIONS:
chapters in books:
Calder, P.N., (with Lyall Workman), "Controlled Blasting", Blasters Handbook, Society of
Explosives Engineers, draft copy has been submitted for final review, publication in 1994.
papers in refereed journals:
Calder, P.N., (with T.Semadeni), "High Frequency Microseismic Monitoring Trial Near a Rapidly
Changing Stress Fields in a Hard Rock Mine", Invited paper for special issue of geophysical journal
Gerlands Beitrage Zur Geophysick on "Induced Seismicity", ISSN 0016-8696. Gerlands Beitr.
Geophysik, Leipzig,99(1990), 1.S.21-34,
Calder, P.N.,(with Archibald, J.F.,Moroz, B„ Semadeni, T., Yeo, T.K.)"Application of Microseismic
Monitoring to Stress and Rockburst Precursor Assessment", Mining Science and Technology,7 (1988)
123 - 132, Elsevier Press (Netherlands).
Calder, P.N.,(with Archibald, J.F., Bullock, K., Madsen, D.)"Case Studies of Microseismic Monitoring
for Stress and Rockburst Prediction", Mining Science and Technology,11 (1990) 129 - 152, Elsevier
Press (Netherlands).
Calder, P.N., (with Michaud, L.), "The development of a computerized dragline mine planning package
utilizing interactive computer graphics", CIM Bulletin, Vol.86, No.973, September 1993, p37 - 42.
Calder, P.N., (with Hews, C.F.), "The research and commercial development activities of the Mining
Industry Research Organization of Canada", CIM Bulletin, Vol.87, No.977, February 1994, p57 - 59.
papers in refereed conference proceedings
Calder, P.N., (with /vfichaud, L.H.), "Computerized Dragline Mine Planning", Proceedings of the First
Canadian Conference on Computer Applications in the Mineral Industry in Quebec City, March (1988)
Calder, P.N., (with Archibald, J.F.; Madsen, D.; and Bullock, K.), "High Frequency Precursor Analysis
Prior to a Rockburst", proceedings, Second International Symposium in Rockbursts and Seismicity in
Mines, Universityof Minnesota, June, (1988) , Balkema Press.
Calder, P.N., (with Semadeni, T.) "High Frequency Microseismic Monitoring Applied to the
Determination of Stress Levels in Hard Rock Mines", proceedings, Second International Symposium on
Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, University of Minnesota, June (1988) , Balkema Press
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, J.L.), "Computers and the Planning of Dragline Mines", proceedings ,
Western Surface Coal Mining Conference, SME, Gillette, Wyoming, 1988
Publications (Papers in refereed conference proceedings) continued
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, IL.), "Computers and Planning of Dragline Mines", Proceedings for
SME-Western Surface Coal Mining Conference, Gillette, Wyoming, May 3-5, 1989.
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, J.L.), "A method for calculating the weight of charge to use in large
hole presplitting for cast blasting operations", proceedings, International Society of Explosives
Engineers, 17th. Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Las Vegas, 1991.
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, IL.), "Wall Control Blasting at the Manassas Quarry",
proceedings, International Society of Explosives Engineers, 18th. Conference on Explosives and
Blasting Technique, Orlando, 1992.
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, J.L.), "Considerations in Pre-Split Blasting for Mines and Quarries",
proceedings, International Society of Explosives Engineers,19th Conference on Explosives and
Blasting Technique, SanDiego, 1993.
Calder, P.N, "Planning shovel truck fleet requirements for open pit mining operations", proceedings
of the International Congress on Mine Design, Kingston, Ont.,1993, Balkema Press.
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, J.L.) "Flyrock Prediction and Control in Surface Mine Blasting",
proceedings, International Society of Explosives Engineers, 20th. Conference on Explosives and Blasting
Technique, Austin, 1994.
other papers presented
Bauer, Alan (primary); Calder, Peter N. “Planning Open Pit Mining Operations Using
Simulation”, Published 2014
Michaud, Louise H. (primary); Calder, Peter N. “The development of a computerized dragline
mine planning package utilizing interactive computer graphics”, Published 1993
Calder, Peter N. “Case Studies Of Rock Slope Reinforcement”, Published 1982
Calder, Peter N. “Structural Design Of Open Pit Mines”, Published 1971
Calder, Peter N. “The Design Of Stable Highwalls And Spoil Piles In Strip Mining”, Published
1980
Bauer, Alan (primary); Calder, Peter N. “The Influence And Evaluation Of Blasting On Stability”,
Published 1971
Blackwell, G. H. (primary); Calder, Peter N. “Practical Aspects of Wall Stability at Brenda Mines
Ltd., Peachland, B.C.” Published 1983
Publications (Other papers presented) continued
Bauer, A. (primary); Carr, N. H. ; Calder, P. ; Harris, G. R. “Drilling And Blasting At Smallwood
Mine” Published 1967
Workman, J. L. (primary); Calder, Peter N. “Computers And The Planning Of Dragline Mines”,
Published 1989
Fytas, Kostas (primary); Pelley, Charles ; Calder, Peter “Optimization of open pit short- and long-
range production scheduling”, Published 1987
Calder, P.N., "Attracting Students to the Resource Industry", a presentation to the Plenary Session on the
General Theme , Mining and Energy Challenges, CIM Meeting, October 26, 1989.
Calder, P.N., (with Workman, J.L.) " A comparison of large and small diameter presplitting", Pontomac
Chapter, Society of Explosives Engineers, Leeburg, Virginia, Nov. 1989.
INDUSTRIAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Instructor and co-ordinator of 3 week course in open pit mining for industrial participants, sponsored
annually by the Department of Mining Engineering.
REPORTS TO INQUIRY COMMISSIONS:
Calder, P.N., "Rock Mechanics and Mine Safety", Report of the Joint Federal - Provincial Inquiry
Commission into Safety in Mines and Mineral Plants in Ontario, Kevin M. Burkett, Chairman, (1981).
LEGAL CASES
Engaged as an expert witness by the firm Jones Day Revis and Pogue of Cleveland, Ohio on Behalf of
Cleveland Cliffs Limited. The case involved blast damage to a rock mass through which a tunnel and shaft
were later constructed, (1980)
Engaged as an expert witness by Bermuda Caribbean Engineering Consultants on behalf of the Wilkinson
Trust (Bermuda). Issues included control of quarry wall stability, blasting and general mine safety
considerations (1991).
Engaged as an expert witness by Vulcan Materials Limited, Mid South Division, concerning a mining
accident, 1992.
Engaged by the Iron Ore Company of Canada and Wabush Mines Limited to act as an expert witness on open pit
mining , appearing before the Newfoundland Supreme Court.(1993)
CURRENT CONSULTING INVOLVEMENT: (with numerous confidential reports)
Stratabound Minerals Corp., Board of Directors
Portex Minerals, Inc., previously Independent Non-Executive Director.
Stratabound Minerals Corp previously served on the board
Silver Stream Mining Corp., previously Independent Non-Executive Director.
Silver Eagle Mines, Inc., previously Independent Non-Executive Director.
Algoma Ore Division, Algoma Steel. Permanent Rock Mechanics and Mining Engineering Consultant
for underground operations at Wawa (MacLeod Mine).
Sherman Mine. Permanent Rock Mechanics Consultant, 1976 to 1987(closing).
Adams Mine. Permanent Rock Mechanics Consultant. 1968 to 1987 (closing),
Bullmoose Operating Company.
Quebec Cartier Mining, Slope Design, Control Blasting and Mine Planning Consultant.
Vulcan Materials Company, Geotechnical and Blasting Consultant.
Island Construction Quarry Division, Bermuda.
Potgitersrust Platinums Ltd., JCI, Johannesburg.
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