Operational Staff Training Materials Topic 3

ICMM Tailings Management Good Practice Guide

Topic 3: Scope of the Good Practice Guide

Participant Review Questions

Use the knowledge you have gained from Topic 1-3 of the Tailings Management Good
Practice Guide training sessions to help answer the following questions. Select the
option that best answers each question, there is only one response per question.

Correct answers are highlighted in yellow.

What do tailings facilities include?

a. engineered structures, components and equipment involved in the management of tailings solids.

b. engineered structures, components and equipment involved in the management of tailings solids, other

mine waste managed with tailings (e.g., waste rock, water treatment residues), and any water managed
in the facility, including pore fluid, any ponds, and surface water inflows and discharges.

c. Engineered structures, components and equipment involved in management of tailings solids including
water managed in the facility.

2. What are the six stages of the mining lifecycle that an integrated approach to tailings management must
consider?

a. Planning, design, construction, operation, closure and post-closure.

b. Exploration, design, construction, operation, closure and post-closure.

c. Conception, design, construction, operation, closure, and post-closure.

3. What document is the Good Practice Guide helping to operationalize for operators?

a. The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management.

b. The ICMM Conformance Protocols.

c. The ICMM Tailings Governance Framework.

4. What document should operators use to assess conformance against the Standard?

a. The ICMM Tailings Management Good Practice Guide.

b. The ICMM Tailings Governance Framework.

c. The ICMM Conformance Protocols.

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5. What is the purpose of the ICMM Good Practice Guide on Tailings Management?

a. To improve understanding of tailings management concepts.

b. To promote collaborative action to reduce tailings production.

c. To prevent catastrophic failures and enhance the safety of mine tailings facilities across the globe.

6. What kinds of tailings facilities does the Standard and Good Practice Guide apply to?

a. Only new facilities.

b. New and Existing facilities.

c. Only non-State-owned facilities.

7. Why is an integrated approach to tailings management essential?

a. Because tailings management does not occur in isolation from other activities at the mine and ensures
decisions are made in alignment with the short, medium and long-term objectives of tailings
management.

b. Because tailings are generated during the mining lifecycle.

c. It is not essential, tailings management is a standalone element.

8. Which of the below is NOT one of the 6 elements from the ICMM Tailings Governance Framework ?

a. Planning and Resourcing.

b. Risk Management.

c. Design parameters.

9. Closure planning is part of an integrated approach to mine planning, but when should it start?

a. When the operational stage has been going for a few years and there are funds available.

b. When the operational stage has finished.

c. At the conceptual design stage, and be conducted iteratively throughout the lifecycle.

10. When does the post closure stage of the mine lifecycle begin?

a. When the responsibility transfers to jurisdictional control.

b. When the closure plan has been implemented and reclamation activities completed.

c. When all the tailings have been removed for reprocessing.

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11. What are the two interrelated core elements required for the safe, responsible management of tailings across the
lifecycle?

a. Planning and accountability.

b. Good governance and engineering practices.

c. Communication and continual improvement.