Public reporting of ESG, mine closure and geochemistry risks under the draft JORC Code – stress testing the questions

Join the AusIMM Southern Queensland Branch and SRK Consulting for their May In-Person and Livestream Panel Discussion: Public reporting of ESG, mine closure and geochemistry risks under the draft JORC Code – stress testing the questions.

About this event

Please note that this is not an official presentation by JORC. It is an expert panel from SRK, who will provide their insights and an outside view of the proposed update to the JORC Code.

The draft JORC Code released in 2024 includes significant additional content and requirements related to ESG aimed at increasing awareness of ESG considerations, increasing ESG disclosure requirements and highlighting the importance of ESG disclosure throughout the exploration – mining lifecycle.

In this presentation, a panel of specialists will be presented with three hypothetical scenarios for public reporting of mineral assets at the Exploration, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve stage. The panel will explain how they would answer the questions posed in the draft JORC Code Table 1 section 5, that relate to ESG, mine closure and geochemistry as a ‘stress test’ of the draft wording in the Table 1.

A Q&A session of 10 minutes will be available at the end of the talk open to online and in-person attendees.

In-Person Program
5.15pm - 6.00pm: Pre-event networking and finger food - The Atrium
6.00pm - 7.15pm: Presentation and Q&A - Room 511
Livestream Program
6.00pm - 7.15pm: Presentation and Q&A

Who should attend? This talk is targeted towards Competent Persons and Company Board members and assumes a level of familiarity with the current and future JORC Codes, however everyone is welcome regardless of background.

Speaker/s

Kate Vershinina

MAusIMM

Principal Consultant, Environmental, SRK Australia

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Kate is an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) professional with over 20 years of international experience in implementing ESG management tools and sustainability approaches within the mining industry. Holding degrees in engineering and environmental management, Kate has worked for regulatory agencies, mining companies, and consulting firms across various jurisdictions. She has managed both multidisciplinary long-term projects as a consultant and operating sites as an environmental manager for mining companies. Kate has extensive experience with ESG standards and tools, including those developed by AusIMM, IFC, EBRD, and ICMM . Kate is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (EIANZ, Australia) and a member of AusIMM.

Danielle Kyan

MAusIMM

Principal Consultant, Mine Closure, SRK Australia

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Danielle has over 21 years of experience working as a consultant in the mining industry with over 17 years specialising in closure cost estimation.

Danielle has worked on mine cost estimating and rehabilitation planning and instructed short courses and workshops for closure cost estimation across a range of commodities within the Asia Pacific region. Danielle has in-depth experience working within Australian state regulatory requirements with a particular focus on Queensland and Western Australia. Danielle has managed closure cost estimation projects that included annual liability reporting, life of mine provisioning, and regulatory financial assurance, and worked alongside external consultants as part of several feasibility studies, due diligence reviews, and financial assurance audits.

Danielle’s early career began in the petroleum and coal exploration sector with a focus on data management, data interrogation, GIS complication, and geophysical basin structure interpretation as part of the SRK Australia basin study team.

Bronwen Forsyth

MAusIMM(CP)

Principal Consultant, Geochemistry, SRK Australia

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Bronwen is an environmental geochemist specialising in mine waste characterisation and modelling of contact water chemistry from metalliferous sedimentary and copper porphyry deposits in Australia and North America.

Bronwen has a PhD in Environmental Geochemistry and spent four years (2008–12) characterising the mineralogy and long-term metal leaching and acid rock drainage potential of tailings at the Mount Isa Cu-Zn-Pb deposit in northwest Queensland, as part of her PhD research. Bronwen spent two years (2013–15) working with SRK in Vancouver, Canada, and is now based in Brisbane, where she continues to work with clients with mining operations based in Australia and British Columbia.

Bronwen’s experience includes mine waste characterisation and sampling design, geochemical modelling (PHREEQC, GWB), development of mine waste management plans, prediction of water quality from mine components, and environmental management and compliance auditing.

Bronwen has a particular interest in the geochemistry of the Mount Isa Inlier and aspects of modern environmental geochemistry, including advancements in analytical methods and implications of extreme weather events and longer-term changes in climate.

James Carpenter

MAusIMM(CP)

Senior Consultant, Project Evaluation, SRK Australia

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James is a geologist and geostatistician working in Project Evaluation on independent specialist reports. James has some 23 years of experience in precious and base metals, uranium and other minerals and metals, and has around 5 years of experience exploring for and estimating the size of seafloor massive sulphide deposits in the southwest Pacific Ocean.