Pacific Booker Minerals Inc V.BKM

Who'd you trust- Laval hired by BC Gov or Freed hired by LBN

[$500,000Salmon]

Dr Laval heads the civil engineering dept at UBC, and teaches
engineers about topics such as limnology, which is the

1. the study of the biological, chemical, and physical features of lakes and other bodies of fresh water.

    

Is he an expert? Yes absolutely, he is a Professor at UBC!
He was hired by the BC Gov and it seemed from the email
to Chris Hamilton that they wanted him to find issues
with the BKM proposal, which he was very clear that he
did not see risks to the Morrison lake water quality.
On the other hand, Rina Freed is an engineer hired by LBN. 

Neither was hired by Pacific Booker.
That said, who would you have greater trust in?

The engineer that was hired by Pacific Booker is Harvey McCleod.
Harvey is chair of the sub-committee on Tailings Dams for the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)
He is indeed one of the top engineers on the planet when
it comes to tailing dams.

This approach of trying to discredit the work of Dr. Laval
or Harvey McLeod seems to me to be like throwing mud
against the wall and seeing what sticks.

IMO the letter from Rina Freed to LBN has so many questionable statements, that it is almost laughable.

Dr. Bernard Laval

Professor and Department Head

Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Hydrotechnical EngineeringBio

Dr. Bernard Laval joined the Department of Civil Engineering in June 2002, and currently serves as the Department Head. 

Dr. Laval has over 20 years of experience in applied fluid mechanics of inland and coastal waters and has authored several publications on field instrument and numerical model development, as well as description and theory of transport processes in lakes and estuaries.

Research Interests

Field and 3D numerical modeling techniques to describe the spatial and temporal variations of physical processes and their impacts on transport in lakes and coastal waters.

Courses

CIVL 215 Fluid Mechanics I

CIVL 315 Fluid Mechanics II

CIVL 416 Environmental Hydraulics

CIVL 542 Physical Limnology

CIVL 543 Turbulent Fluid Dynamics

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   Harvey McLeod P.Eng., P.Geo.

      Geotechnical/Geological Engineer,       

 

 

Harvey started his career in geotechnical engineering in 1974 by working as a dam engineer in Nigeria. Since then, has become a globally recognized leader in mine tailings management. Harvey has worked on more than 300 tailings dams in over 20 countries and studied some of the largest mining operations in the world. He’s investigated tailings dam failures, including the tailings dam breach at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia, Canada, in 2014.

In 2015, following a review of tailings dam regulations across Canada and internationally, Harvey concluded a fresh start was required, and set out to establish standards for tailings management in the mining industry for the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

Industry Involvement

Harvey is chair of the sub-committee on Tailings Dams for the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), and chair of the Tailings Technical Review sub-committee for British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). Harvey helped write the B.C. government’s 2017 Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines, and he’s working with the Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C., and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on improving their guidelines and regulations for tailings dams. He is a frequent keynote presenter and author of more than 20 technical papers.

Awards

In 2013, Harvey received the prestigious Robert R. Hedley Award from the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME-BC) for excellence in social and environmental responsibility, which recognizes individuals who have made a global impact in their field. This award was followed by an Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowship in 2016 for excellence in engineering and services to the profession and to society. In 2019 he was recognized by the CDA for his service and leadership.

Education

Harvey has a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering from The University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. in Soil Mechanics from Imperial College, London. He is a registered professional engineer in British Columbia.

 

 

[Loughatorick]

Hi Salmon, I am quite aware of the qualifations of Messrs Laval and McLeod. A reader of the PB file would see conflicting opinions regarding the Design of the diffuser and the tailings dam, all written by PHDs. The readers would want an analysis of the information presented. Chill

[$500,000Salmon]

Loughjatorick I disagree. There were no issues when the EAO stated "No Adverse Events" in 2012. The 2015 letter you refer to, seems to me, simply an attempt by LBN to cast doubt on the project. They suggest insurance, they suggest more research etc. Several times hey referred to the Mount Polley disaster. This is like comparing apples and oranges. The Mount Polley tailings dam was

[$500,000Salmon]

Loughatorick that is exactly what Dr. Laval did. On behalf of the government he analysed the data and project data on the water quality.