Putting Mining Engineering Students to the Test Canada Post Publications Agreement Number: 40609661 Magazine Canadian Winter 2020www.canadianminingmagazine.com 7 ContentsScan this QR code to learn more about Canadian Mining Magazine and what it has to offer! Putting Mining Engineering Students to the Test Canada Post Publications Agreement Number: 40609661 Magazine Canadian Winter 2020 Email sales@matrixgroupinc.net to receive a copy of the 2020 Media Kit. Scan Me INDUSTRY GREETINGS 11 A Message from the Ontario Mining Association FEATURES 15 Let the Games Begin 19 A Cultural Shift Towards Diversity and Inclusion 23 Producing a Stronger, Greener Future 27 The Value of the Deal 31 Women to the Rescue 37 Safety Analytics: The Way to Zero Harm 40 A Gold Rush for Activist Investors? 43 Solar Energy in the North? It’s Now Much Cheaper Than You Think 46 Don’t Forget ESG in Your Digital Strategy OPINION 50 Regulatory Regime Integration: Hitting the Reset Button UPDATE 52 An Update on Our Good Friend, Denis Newman ALSO INSIDE 53 Tools of the Trade 56 Calendar of Events 58 Index to Advertisers On the cover: This participant from the Canadian Mining Games in 2018 is competing in the jackleg event. Learn more about this annual event starting on page 15.8 Follow us on Facebook for current mining news. For Industry, By Industry CMM’s Contributors Winter 2020 Published By Matrix Group Publishing Inc. Return all undeliverable addresses to: 309 Youville Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 2S9 Toll-Free: (866) 999-1299 Toll-Free Fax: (866) 244-2544 www.matrixgroupinc.net Canada Post Mail Publications Agreement Number: 40609661 President & CEO Jack Andress Operations Manager Shoshana Weinberg sweinberg@matrixgroupinc.net Publisher Jessica Potter Editor-in-Chief Shannon Savory ssavory@matrixgroupinc.net Senior Editor Alexandra Kozub akozub@matrixgroupinc.net Junior Editors Jenna Collignon, Kaitlin Vitt Finance/Administration Lloyd Weinberg, Nathan Redekop accounting@matrixgroupinc.net Director of Circulation & Distribution Lloyd Weinberg distribution@matrixgroupinc.net Sales Manager – Winnipeg Neil Gottfred Sales Manager – Hamilton Jeff Cash Sales Team Leader Brenda McPhee Matrix Group Publishing Inc. Account Executives Bonnie Petrovsky (in memoriam), Albert Brydges, Andrew Lee, Brian MacIntyre, Cheryl Klassen, Colleen Bell, Frank Kenyeres, Jim Hamilton, Julie Welsh, Marlyn Beek, Rob Gibson, Sandra Kirby, Tanina Di Piazza, Tenisha Myke Advertising Design James Robinson Layout & Design travisbevan.com ©2020 Matrix Group Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Con- tents may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the publisher. The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessar- ily those of Matrix Group Publishing Inc. Printed in Canada. Magazine Canadian Email sales@matrixgroupinc.net to receive a copy of the 2020 Media Kit. Do you want to become a CMM Contributor? Get in touch! Where in the World is CMM? The Winter 2020 issue of Canadian Mining Magazine will be available to attendees at these upcoming events. AME Roundup 2020 January 20-23, 2020 Vancouver, British Columbia Beyond Digital Transformation February 5-6, 2020 Sudbury, Ontario Canadian Mining Games February 20-23, 2020 Halifax, Nova Scotia PDAC March 1-4, 2019 Toronto, Ontario Check out our latest Blog posts: www.CanadianMiningMagazine.com/blog Follow us on Facebook: @CanadianMiningMagazine Rose Stacey Rose Stacey is PDAC’s Analyst for Sustainable Development and International Affairs and works on the association’s efforts to support a competitive and responsible Canadian mineral sector. Kevin Chan Kevin Chan is the National Mining Leader at PwC Canada with significant experience in merger and acquisition transactions, including tax due diligence, domestic and international structuring, and tax modelling for both Canadian inbound and outbound companies. Carla Conkin Carla Conkin (LLB), Principal, CC Consulting is a resource development regulatory lawyer and a former senior management bureaucrat. She is interested in tactical and strategic goal setting, policy development, and the execution of projects, changing the way resource development advances through regulatory and environmental assessment processes, achieving significant time, cost, and project efficiencies. Andrew McHardy Andrew McHardy is a senior manager with Omnia AI, Deloitte Canada’s artificial intelligence practice. He helps asset-intensive organizations, including mining, use analytics and AI capabilities to improve their decision-making related to safety performance, capital planning, project delivery, maintenance scheduling and execution, and production optimization. Email sales@matrixgroupinc.net to receive a copy of the 2020 Media Next >