Current CPD Courses/Activities We Know About

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Risk Based Decision Making in Mining - Live Webcast. This course introduces a unified transparent approach to risk and crisis management and explores the link between the so called financial and non financial risks. It covers the evolution of qualitative, quantitative approaches in risk assessment, how to present risks in a clear and transparent way, and how to use your risk management program to get the most value for you and your company. It also presents crisis management, prediction of the depth and duration of economic turmoil, and how companies should react when faced with a crisis.

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Live Webcast 9, 10, 11 February 2010 (2.5 hours each)
Mine Project Economics – Live Webcast. This course deals with the fundamental aspects of the valuation of mining projects with particular emphasis on the models used for valuation, uncertainties in the input to these models, and the role of the models in decision-making. Several examples and exercises are used to illustrate the concepts.

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Live Webcast 1-3 March 2010 (3 hours each)
Mining 101 - Live Webcast. This course This course covers the basic concepts of mining and mineral processing: how mines are found, how they are built, how the ore is processed, how the waste is disposed, how mineral products are marketed, and some ideas about where mining will be in the future.

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Live Webcast 16, 17, 18 March 2010 (2.5 hours each)
Environmental Management of Cyanide in Mining. The course will augment the technical skills of the participants regarding all facets of cyanide in its relationship to the environment, humans, and mining. At the same time the courses will provide a knowledge base of sufficient depth to aid those at either operations and/or corporate offices in development of sound cyanide management plans and those contemplating participation in the International Cyanide Management Code for Gold Mining Operations.

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Vancouver, BC, Canada 22-23 March 2010
2010 Continuing Education Professional Engineering Seminar. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, an approved training provider, is offering a series of Continuing Education courses specifically designed for professional Engineers and Land Surveyors-- to educate and enable these professionals to comply with license renewal requirements set forth by the Louisiana Professional Engineer & Land Surveyors Board (LAPELS).

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UL Lafayette Business & Industry Training Service P.O. Box 42411
Lafayette, LA 70504

Phone: 337-482-5712
Fax: 337-482-6392
22-24 March 2010
Sustainable Development in Mining - Economics, Society and Environment. Live Webcast. The course, presented in webcast format, examines the needs of society and commercial entities engaged in mineral production. Well conceived and designed mineral or solid fuel projects exercise a balance between economic prosperity, environmental health, and social equality.

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Live Webcast 20, 27 April, 04 May 2010 (3 hours each)
EduMine (www.edumine.com) currently provides more than 100 online courses representing 1400+ hours of learning content (http://www.edumine.com/xedumine/selectacourse.asp) on mining and geoscience topics. Most courses qualify as CPD (Continuing Professional Development) in terms of professional development hours (PDHs) and continuing education units (CEUs).


Always check for CPD activity sponsored by the Louisiana engineering and land surveying societies:

Louisiana Engineering Society
Louisiana Society for Professional Land Surveyors