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.
1987 - 1998: Inco Limited, Ontario Division (Sudbury Operations), Copper Cliff, Ontario, P0M 1N0
11/89 - 09/95: Ground Control/Rock Mechanics Engineer at Creighton, Frood and Stobie Mines:
12/87 to 11/89: Geologist, Creighton Mine
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:
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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