Benoît Plante

Benoît Plante, Ph. D.

Professeur titulaire

Directeur scientifique

Institut de recherche en mines et en environnement (IRME)

Titulaire

Chaire de recherche institutionnelle en géochimie environnementale des ressources minérales critiques et stratégiques

Campus de Rouyn-Noranda

Local :: F-113
Téléphone :: 819 762-0971 poste 2476
Sans frais :: +1 877 870-8728 poste 2476

Courriel :: benoit.plante@uqat.ca

Formation

Ph. D. en sciences de l’environnement (UQAT, 2010)
M. Sc. A. en génie minéral (École Polytechnique de Montréal, 2005)
B. Sc. en chimie (Université de Montréal, 2000)

Domaines d'expertise

Géochimie environnementale dans un contexte minier
Prédiction du comportement géochimique de rejets miniers
Drainage minier acide
Drainage neutre contaminé

Publications

Source : ORCID(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2026

Reactive transport modeling of arsenic release from Gersdorffite-bearing waste rock under cold climate conditions
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2026.108142(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Correction: Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-026-01113-z(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-026-01099-8(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Geoenvironmental considerations associated with Waste Rock from the Ashram Rare Earth Element (REE) and Fluorspar Carbonatite Deposit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Prépublication
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6174705(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2025

The use of EDTA leaching method to predict arsenic and antimony Neutral Mine Drainage from the Eleonore tailings
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107734(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Neutral Mine Drainage prediction for different waste rock lithologies – Case study of Canadian Malartic
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107685(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Development of a Neutral Mine Drainage Prediction Method Using Modified Kinetics Tests and Assessment of Sorption Capacities
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-025-01023-6(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2024

Multi-year in situ hydrogeochemical monitoring of hard rock lithium mine tailings in a large-scale experimental pile
Article de journal
Journal of Environmental Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120602(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Novel technique for the preparation and analysis of powder-based polished sections by automated optical mineralogy: Part 2-Use of deep learning approach for transparent mineral detection
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2023.108508(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2023

Geochemistry and mineralogy of a spodumene-pegmatite lithium ore at various mineral beneficiation stages
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108312(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Editorial for Special Issue “Environmental Geochemistry in the Mining Environment”
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min13010112(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Automated mineralogy using optical microscopy in a geometallurgical context: A comparative study on Dumont nickel project ores, Amos, Quebec
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2023.108089(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Novel technique for the preparation and analysis of powder-based polished sections by automated optical Mineralogy: Part 1-Comparative study of representativity
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2023.108287(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Sulfide oxidation during the simulated weathering of pyrrhotite-rich tailings: Impacts of freeze-thaw cycles and chloride salinity
Article de journal
Cold Regions Science and Technology
DOI: 10.1016/J.COLDREGIONS.2023.103802(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2022

Assessment of hydrogeochemical behavior of layered waste rock stockpiles: A meso-scale laboratory experiment
Article de journal
Applied Geochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/J.APGEOCHEM.2021.105154(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Automated mineralogical characterization using optical microscopy: Review and recommendations
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2022.107896(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Geochemistry of decades-old spodumene mine tailings under a humid continental climate
Article de journal
Applied Geochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/J.APGEOCHEM.2022.105481(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Probing cleaner production opportunities of the Lac Tio pyrite-enriched tailings generated to alleviate sulfur dioxide emissions
Article de journal
Journal of Cleaner Production
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2022.132027(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Technical note adaptation of Pierre?s Gy theory of sampling for polished section preparation geared towards automated mineralogical analysis
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2022.107795(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2021

A column study of the impact of layering the different Lac Tio mine waste rock lithologies on drainage water quality
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/J.GEXPLO.2021.106823(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2020

Mine Waste Rock: Insights for Sustainable Hydrogeochemical Management
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min10090728(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Numerical Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Waste Rock Pile Featuring an Engineered Cover System
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min10080652(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Kinetic Testing for Oxidation Acceleration and Passivation of Sulfides in Waste Rock Piles to Reduce Contaminated Neutral Drainage Generation Potential
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/S10230-020-00680-Z(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Mineralogical and lithological unmixing with radiative transfer modelling in the open-pit context of Mine Canadian Malartic
Article de journal
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
DOI: 10.1016/J.JQSRT.2019.106707(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2019

CIL Gold Loss Characterization within Oxidized Leach Tails: Creating a Synergistic Approach between Mineralogical Characterization, Diagnostic Leach Tests, and Preg-Robbing Tests
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min9090557(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Environmental Impact of Mine Exploitation: An Early Predictive Methodology Based on Ore Mineralogy and Contaminant Speciation
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/MIN9070397(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Environmental challenges and identification of the knowledge gaps associated with REE mine wastes management
Article de journal
Journal of Cleaner Production
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2018.11.228(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Geoelectrical Monitoring of Water Infiltration in an Experimental Mine Waste Rock Pile
Article de journal
Vadose Zone Journal
DOI: 10.2136/VZJ2018.05.0098(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2018

Mobility of rare earth elements in mine drainage: Influence of iron oxides, carbonates, and phosphates
Article de journal
Chemosphere
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.054(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Rare Earth Elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm) from a Carbonatite Deposit: Mineralogical Characterization and Geochemical Behavior
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min8020055(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Geochemistry of rare earth elements within waste rocks from the Montviel carbonatite deposit, Québec, Canada
Article de journal
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1309-7(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Mineralogical characterization using QEMSCAN® and leaching potential study of REE within silicate ores: A case study of the Matamec project, Québec, Canada
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2017.11.007(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2017

A contribution to improve the calculation of the acid generating potential of mining wastes
Article de journal
Chemosphere
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.036(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Ambient mineral carbonation of different lithologies of mafic to ultramafic mining wastes/tailings – A comparative study
Article de journal
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.06.016(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Development of a modified kinetic test using EDTA and citric acid for the prediction of contaminated neutral drainage
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2017.07.001(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Geochemical behavior of ultramafic waste rocks with carbon sequestration potential: a case study of the Dumont Nickel Project, Amos, Québec
Article de journal
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8735-9(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Geochemical investigation of the galvanic effects during oxidation of pyrite and base-metals sulfides
Article de journal
Chemosphere
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.129(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Isotopic evidence of passive mineral carbonation in mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec)
Article de journal
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.03.002(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Kinetic testing to evaluate the mineral carbonation and metal leaching potential of ultramafic tailings: Case study of the Dumont Nickel Project, Amos, Québec
Article de journal
Applied Geochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.07.005(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Monitoring water infiltration in an experimental waste rock pile with time-lapse ERT and multi-parameter data collection
Article de conférence
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Nesquehonite as a carbon sink in ambient mineral carbonation of ultramafic mining wastes
Article de journal
Chemical Engineering Journal
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.003(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Passive Mineral Carbonation of Mg-rich Mine Wastes by Atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf>
Article de conférence
Energy Procedia
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1745(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Physicochemical quality of surface water: Background study prior of the Milky river sub-basin, Abitibi, Canada
Article de journal
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2016

Multivariate study of the dynamics of CO<inf>2</inf>reaction with brucite-rich ultramafic mine tailings
Article de journal
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.06.022(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Tailings Weathering and Arsenic Mobility at the Abandoned Zgounder Silver Mine, Morocco,Verwitterung von Aufbereitungsrückständen und die Mobilität von Arsen in dem verlassenen Silberbergbau Zgounder, Marokko,Lixiviación de colas y movilidad de arsénico en la mina de plata abandonada Zgounder, Marruecos
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-015-0370-4(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2015

A quantitative approach for the estimation of the "fizz rating" parameter in the acid-base accounting tests: A new adaptations of the Sobek test
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.03.003(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
ASTM Normalized Humidity Cell Kinetic Test: Protocol Improvements for Optimal Sulfide Tailings Reactivity,Genormter kinetischer ASTM Luftfeuchtigkeitstest: Methodenverbesserungen zur optimalen Sulfid-Tailings-Reaktivität,Celdas de humedad ASTM normalizadas: Mejoras del protocolo para analizar la reactividad de colas sulfuradas
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-014-0307-3(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Carbon isotope evidence for passive mineral carbonation of mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec) - ACEME 2015
Article de conférence
5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Critical role of water during CO<inf>2</inf> sequestration in nickel mining residues under ambient conditions
Article de conférence
5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of Rare Earth Elements from a Carbonatite Deposit
Article de journal
MINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Predicted Effect of Ore Mineralogy on the Environmental Behaviour of Mine Wastes
Article de journal
MINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Use of EDTA in modified kinetic testing for contaminated drainage prediction from waste rocks: case of the Lac Tio mine
Article de journal
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4106-6(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2014

Lab to field scale effects on contaminated neutral drainage prediction from the Tio mine waste rocks
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.11.004(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-014-0264-x(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Prediction of Acid Mine Drainage: Importance of Mineralogy and the Test Protocols for Static and Kinetic Tests,Vorhersage der Bildung von Sauren Grubenabwässern: Die Bedeutung der Mineralogie bei Statischen und Kinetischen Versuchen
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-013-0249-1(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2012

Static tests response on 5 Canadian hard rock mine tailings with low net acid-generating potentials
Article de journal
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.12.003(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Tracer tests to evaluate hydraulic residence time in limestone drains: Case study of the Lorraine site, Latulipe, Québec, Canada
Article de journal
International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment
DOI: 10.1080/17480930.2011.613567(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2011

Kinetic Testing and Sorption Studies by Modified Weathering Cells to Characterize the Potential to Generate Contaminated Neutral Drainage
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0131-3(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Predicting Geochemical Behaviour of Waste Rock with Low Acid Generating Potential Using Laboratory Kinetic Tests
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0127-z(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2010

Evaluation of the Ni-contaminated neutral drainage generation potential in the Tio mine waste rocks
Article de journal
Mine Water & Innovative Thinking
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Study of Ni sorption onto Tio mine waste rock surfaces
Article de journal
Applied Geochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.09.010(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2008

Field Experimental Cells to Evaluate the Generation of Contaminated Neutral Drainage by Waste Rock at the Tio Mine, Quebec, Canada
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment, Proceedings
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Geochemical Behaviour of Nickel Contained in Tio Mine Waste Rocks
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment, Proceedings
Voir les publications(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2006

Sludge recycling within cemented paste backfill: Study of the mechanical and leachability properties
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.09.055(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

Postes

Professeur titulaire

Directeur scientifique

Titulaire

Lieu de travail

Lieux

Formation

Domaines d'expertise

Publications

Reactive transport modeling of arsenic release from Gersdorffite-bearing waste rock under cold climate conditions

Correction: Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock

Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock

Geoenvironmental considerations associated with Waste Rock from the Ashram Rare Earth Element (REE) and Fluorspar Carbonatite Deposit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada

The use of EDTA leaching method to predict arsenic and antimony Neutral Mine Drainage from the Eleonore tailings

Neutral Mine Drainage prediction for different waste rock lithologies – Case study of Canadian Malartic

Development of a Neutral Mine Drainage Prediction Method Using Modified Kinetics Tests and Assessment of Sorption Capacities

Multi-year in situ hydrogeochemical monitoring of hard rock lithium mine tailings in a large-scale experimental pile

Novel technique for the preparation and analysis of powder-based polished sections by automated optical mineralogy: Part 2-Use of deep learning approach for transparent mineral detection

Geochemistry and mineralogy of a spodumene-pegmatite lithium ore at various mineral beneficiation stages

Editorial for Special Issue “Environmental Geochemistry in the Mining Environment”

Automated mineralogy using optical microscopy in a geometallurgical context: A comparative study on Dumont nickel project ores, Amos, Quebec

Novel technique for the preparation and analysis of powder-based polished sections by automated optical Mineralogy: Part 1-Comparative study of representativity

Sulfide oxidation during the simulated weathering of pyrrhotite-rich tailings: Impacts of freeze-thaw cycles and chloride salinity

Assessment of hydrogeochemical behavior of layered waste rock stockpiles: A meso-scale laboratory experiment

Automated mineralogical characterization using optical microscopy: Review and recommendations

Geochemistry of decades-old spodumene mine tailings under a humid continental climate

Probing cleaner production opportunities of the Lac Tio pyrite-enriched tailings generated to alleviate sulfur dioxide emissions

Technical note adaptation of Pierre?s Gy theory of sampling for polished section preparation geared towards automated mineralogical analysis

A column study of the impact of layering the different Lac Tio mine waste rock lithologies on drainage water quality

Mine Waste Rock: Insights for Sustainable Hydrogeochemical Management

Numerical Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Waste Rock Pile Featuring an Engineered Cover System

Kinetic Testing for Oxidation Acceleration and Passivation of Sulfides in Waste Rock Piles to Reduce Contaminated Neutral Drainage Generation Potential

Mineralogical and lithological unmixing with radiative transfer modelling in the open-pit context of Mine Canadian Malartic

CIL Gold Loss Characterization within Oxidized Leach Tails: Creating a Synergistic Approach between Mineralogical Characterization, Diagnostic Leach Tests, and Preg-Robbing Tests

Environmental Impact of Mine Exploitation: An Early Predictive Methodology Based on Ore Mineralogy and Contaminant Speciation

Environmental challenges and identification of the knowledge gaps associated with REE mine wastes management

Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Geoelectrical Monitoring of Water Infiltration in an Experimental Mine Waste Rock Pile

Mobility of rare earth elements in mine drainage: Influence of iron oxides, carbonates, and phosphates

Rare Earth Elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm) from a Carbonatite Deposit: Mineralogical Characterization and Geochemical Behavior

Geochemistry of rare earth elements within waste rocks from the Montviel carbonatite deposit, Québec, Canada

Mineralogical characterization using QEMSCAN® and leaching potential study of REE within silicate ores: A case study of the Matamec project, Québec, Canada

A contribution to improve the calculation of the acid generating potential of mining wastes

Ambient mineral carbonation of different lithologies of mafic to ultramafic mining wastes/tailings – A comparative study

Development of a modified kinetic test using EDTA and citric acid for the prediction of contaminated neutral drainage

Geochemical behavior of ultramafic waste rocks with carbon sequestration potential: a case study of the Dumont Nickel Project, Amos, Québec

Geochemical investigation of the galvanic effects during oxidation of pyrite and base-metals sulfides

Isotopic evidence of passive mineral carbonation in mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec)

Kinetic testing to evaluate the mineral carbonation and metal leaching potential of ultramafic tailings: Case study of the Dumont Nickel Project, Amos, Québec

Monitoring water infiltration in an experimental waste rock pile with time-lapse ERT and multi-parameter data collection

Nesquehonite as a carbon sink in ambient mineral carbonation of ultramafic mining wastes

Passive Mineral Carbonation of Mg-rich Mine Wastes by Atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf>

Physicochemical quality of surface water: Background study prior of the Milky river sub-basin, Abitibi, Canada

Multivariate study of the dynamics of CO<inf>2</inf>reaction with brucite-rich ultramafic mine tailings

A quantitative approach for the estimation of the "fizz rating" parameter in the acid-base accounting tests: A new adaptations of the Sobek test

Carbon isotope evidence for passive mineral carbonation of mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec) - ACEME 2015

Critical role of water during CO<inf>2</inf> sequestration in nickel mining residues under ambient conditions

Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of Rare Earth Elements from a Carbonatite Deposit

Predicted Effect of Ore Mineralogy on the Environmental Behaviour of Mine Wastes

Use of EDTA in modified kinetic testing for contaminated drainage prediction from waste rocks: case of the Lac Tio mine

Lab to field scale effects on contaminated neutral drainage prediction from the Tio mine waste rocks

Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions

Prediction of Acid Mine Drainage: Importance of Mineralogy and the Test Protocols for Static and Kinetic Tests,Vorhersage der Bildung von Sauren Grubenabwässern: Die Bedeutung der Mineralogie bei Statischen und Kinetischen Versuchen

Static tests response on 5 Canadian hard rock mine tailings with low net acid-generating potentials

Tracer tests to evaluate hydraulic residence time in limestone drains: Case study of the Lorraine site, Latulipe, Québec, Canada

Kinetic Testing and Sorption Studies by Modified Weathering Cells to Characterize the Potential to Generate Contaminated Neutral Drainage

Predicting Geochemical Behaviour of Waste Rock with Low Acid Generating Potential Using Laboratory Kinetic Tests

Evaluation of the Ni-contaminated neutral drainage generation potential in the Tio mine waste rocks

Study of Ni sorption onto Tio mine waste rock surfaces

Field Experimental Cells to Evaluate the Generation of Contaminated Neutral Drainage by Waste Rock at the Tio Mine, Quebec, Canada

Geochemical Behaviour of Nickel Contained in Tio Mine Waste Rocks

Sludge recycling within cemented paste backfill: Study of the mechanical and leachability properties