Hello....My Name is Chris Langille and I live in Perth, Australia.


Christopher C. Langille



Last Updated: 31 July 2002

SKILLS

Excellent written and oral communication and inter-personal skills with all levels of management, technical and operating departments.

Strong computer skills in DOS and Windows based software (Lotus/Excel, Wordperfect/Word, Access Database, ACAD), numerical analysis (Map3D, UDEC, FLAC, Phases), project scheduling Software and structural geology software (DIPS, UNWEDGE) and HTML Web Authoring.

Knowledge, skills and ability in underground bulk and selective mining methods, open pit methods, Project Management, Quality Management (SPC, ISO Quality systems), feasibility studies, Dupont Safety System Training and team problem solving.


WORK EXPERIENCE

2002 to Present: University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

2002 to Present: Northwind Enterprises Pty Ltd., Perth, Australia

1999 - 2001: Golder Associates Pty Ltd., Perth, Australia

1987 - 1998: Inco Limited, Ontario Division (Sudbury Operations), Copper Cliff, Ontario, P0M 1N0

1986 - 1987: Sherritt Gordon Mines/ Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, Ruttan Operations, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba - Geologist

August - October 1985: Digicon Geophysical Ltd., Offshore Nova Scotia geophysical seismic survey crew

August - December 1984: Seabright Resources Inc. Forest Hill, Nova Scotia, Gold Exploration Geologist


EDUCATION

1999: Master of Sciences in Mining Engineering, Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Field of Study: Rock Mechanics; Thesis Topic: "Observations of shotcrete support performance in underground hardrock mines: A study of static and dynamic loading effects on the performance of shotcrete support" Advisor: Dr. Dougal McCreath
Awards:

  • 1992-93 Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation Post-graduate Scholarship
  • 1992 Queen's Graduate Award
  • 1992 J.J. Denny Fellowship Award
  • 1996 Masters in Business Administration, General Management Program; Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

    1984 Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Undergraduate Thesis: "Nova Scotia Gold Tailings Deposits: Alternative Methods of Reserve Estimation." Advisor: Dr. E.W. Hale


    PUBLICATIONS

    Langille, C C, 2002, "Mining in High Stress and Seismically Active Conditions�, ACG International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, abstract and paper accepted for presentation and publication, Perth, Western Australia, November 2002.

    Langille, C C, 2001, "Observations of Shotcrete Performance in Dynamic Loading Conditions" abstract accepted but paper not submitted to the 5th International Symposium on Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines (RaSiM 5), Johannesburg, 17-20 September 2001.

    Diederichs, M, S Espley, C Langille and D J Hutchinson, 2000, �A semi-empirical hazard assessment approach to wedge instability in underground mine openings� , GeoEng2000, November 19-24, Melbourne, Australia

    Langille, C.C., 1999, "Observations of shotcrete support performance in underground hardrock mines: A study of static and dynamic loading effects on the performance of shotcrete support", MSc.Eng thesis, Queen's University. Kingston, Ontario, CANADA

    Langille, C.C. and D.R. McCreath, 1998, "Evaluation of shotcrete support mechanisms as a function of tangential shear restraint"; unpublished

    Langille, C.C., D. Thibodeau, S. Espley-Boudreau and D. O'Donnell, 1998, "Rock mechanics considerations in mine design and monitoring for deep, high stress mining environments at INCO Ltd";, Presented at the 100th CIM-AGM, Montreal, Canada, May 1998

    Diederichs, M.S., S. Espley-Boudreau and Langille, C.C., 1998, "Optimizing support design for wedge instability: The Viability Index";, Presented at the 100th CIM-AGM, Montreal, Canada, May 1998

    Langille, C.C., D. Thibodeau and B. Buss, 1998, "The performance of mesh reinforced shotcrete in dynamic loading conditions at INCO's Creighton Mine";, Presented at the 100th CIM-AGM, Montreal, Canada, May 1998

    Langille, C.C., F. Palkovits and D. O'Donnell, 1997, "Mining through semi-consolidated material using shotcrete as primary support at INCO's Frood Mine";, CIM 13th Mine Operator's Conference, Sudbury, Ontario

    Langille, C.C., D.D. Tannant and J. Galbraith, 1996, "Investigation of one-pass grouted support systems for use in a high stress mining environment";, CIMM-AGM, Halifax, Nova Scotia and CIM Bulletin, Vol.89, 1001, p111-116.

    Espley, S., C.C.Langille and D.R.McCreath, 1995 "Innovative applications of liners for tunnel support in underground hardrock mines";, CIM AGM, May, 1994, Toronto, Ontario and CIM Bulletin, June 1995, Vol.88, 989, p 101-108.

    McCreath, D.R., D.D.Tannant and C.C.Langille, "Survivability of Shotcrete Near Blasts";, Proceedings of the North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, in press, Austin, Texas, May, 1994.

    Langille, C.C. and M. Burtney, 1992, "Effectiveness of shotcrete and mesh support in low energy bursting conditions at INCO's Creighton Mine";, Proc. 1st International Symposium on Ground Support, Sudbury, Canada.


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