Staff Directory
Benoît Plante, Ph. D.
Positions
Professeur titulaire
Workplace
Locations
- Room :
- F-113
- Toll-free :
- +1 877 870-8728 ext 2476 (opens in a new tab)
Education
- 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)
Areas of expertise
- Géochimie environnementale dans un contexte minier
- Prédiction du comportement géochimique de rejets miniers
- Drainage minier acide
- Drainage neutre contaminé
Publications
Source: ORCID (opens in a new tab)
2026
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Correction: Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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Geoenvironmental considerations associated with Waste Rock from the Ashram Rare Earth Element (REE) and Fluorspar Carbonatite Deposit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Preprint
2025
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The use of EDTA leaching method to predict arsenic and antimony Neutral Mine Drainage from the Eleonore tailings
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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Neutral Mine Drainage prediction for different waste rock lithologies – Case study of Canadian Malartic
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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Development of a Neutral Mine Drainage Prediction Method Using Modified Kinetics Tests and Assessment of Sorption Capacities
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
2024
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Multi-year in situ hydrogeochemical monitoring of hard rock lithium mine tailings in a large-scale experimental pile
Journal articleJournal of Environmental Management
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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
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
2023
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Geochemistry and mineralogy of a spodumene-pegmatite lithium ore at various mineral beneficiation stages
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
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Editorial for Special Issue “Environmental Geochemistry in the Mining Environment”
Journal articleMinerals
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Automated mineralogy using optical microscopy in a geometallurgical context: A comparative study on Dumont nickel project ores, Amos, Quebec
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
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Novel technique for the preparation and analysis of powder-based polished sections by automated optical Mineralogy: Part 1-Comparative study of representativity
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
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Sulfide oxidation during the simulated weathering of pyrrhotite-rich tailings: Impacts of freeze-thaw cycles and chloride salinity
Journal articleCold Regions Science and Technology
2022
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Assessment of hydrogeochemical behavior of layered waste rock stockpiles: A meso-scale laboratory experiment
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
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Automated mineralogical characterization using optical microscopy: Review and recommendations
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
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Geochemistry of decades-old spodumene mine tailings under a humid continental climate
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
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Probing cleaner production opportunities of the Lac Tio pyrite-enriched tailings generated to alleviate sulfur dioxide emissions
Journal articleJournal of Cleaner Production
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Technical note adaptation of Pierre?s Gy theory of sampling for polished section preparation geared towards automated mineralogical analysis
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
2021
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A column study of the impact of layering the different Lac Tio mine waste rock lithologies on drainage water quality
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
2020
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Mine Waste Rock: Insights for Sustainable Hydrogeochemical Management
Journal articleMinerals
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Numerical Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Waste Rock Pile Featuring an Engineered Cover System
Journal articleMinerals
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Kinetic Testing for Oxidation Acceleration and Passivation of Sulfides in Waste Rock Piles to Reduce Contaminated Neutral Drainage Generation Potential
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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Mineralogical and lithological unmixing with radiative transfer modelling in the open-pit context of Mine Canadian Malartic
Journal articleJournal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2019
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CIL Gold Loss Characterization within Oxidized Leach Tails: Creating a Synergistic Approach between Mineralogical Characterization, Diagnostic Leach Tests, and Preg-Robbing Tests
Journal articleMinerals
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Environmental Impact of Mine Exploitation: An Early Predictive Methodology Based on Ore Mineralogy and Contaminant Speciation
Journal articleMinerals
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Environmental challenges and identification of the knowledge gaps associated with REE mine wastes management
Journal articleJournal of Cleaner Production
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Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Geoelectrical Monitoring of Water Infiltration in an Experimental Mine Waste Rock Pile
Journal articleVadose Zone Journal
2018
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Mobility of rare earth elements in mine drainage: Influence of iron oxides, carbonates, and phosphates
Journal articleChemosphere
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Rare Earth Elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm) from a Carbonatite Deposit: Mineralogical Characterization and Geochemical Behavior
Journal articleMinerals
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Geochemistry of rare earth elements within waste rocks from the Montviel carbonatite deposit, Québec, Canada
Journal articleEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
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Mineralogical characterization using QEMSCAN® and leaching potential study of REE within silicate ores: A case study of the Matamec project, Québec, Canada
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
2017
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A contribution to improve the calculation of the acid generating potential of mining wastes
Journal articleChemosphere
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Ambient mineral carbonation of different lithologies of mafic to ultramafic mining wastes/tailings – A comparative study
Journal articleInternational Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
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Development of a modified kinetic test using EDTA and citric acid for the prediction of contaminated neutral drainage
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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Geochemical behavior of ultramafic waste rocks with carbon sequestration potential: a case study of the Dumont Nickel Project, Amos, Québec
Journal articleEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
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Geochemical investigation of the galvanic effects during oxidation of pyrite and base-metals sulfides
Journal articleChemosphere
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Isotopic evidence of passive mineral carbonation in mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec)
Journal articleInternational Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
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Kinetic testing to evaluate the mineral carbonation and metal leaching potential of ultramafic tailings: Case study of the Dumont Nickel Project, Amos, Québec
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
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Monitoring water infiltration in an experimental waste rock pile with time-lapse ERT and multi-parameter data collection
Conference paperProceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP
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Nesquehonite as a carbon sink in ambient mineral carbonation of ultramafic mining wastes
Journal articleChemical Engineering Journal
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Passive Mineral Carbonation of Mg-rich Mine Wastes by Atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf>
Conference paperEnergy Procedia
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Physicochemical quality of surface water: Background study prior of the Milky river sub-basin, Abitibi, Canada
Journal articleWSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
2016
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Multivariate study of the dynamics of CO<inf>2</inf>reaction with brucite-rich ultramafic mine tailings
Journal articleInternational Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
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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
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
2015
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A quantitative approach for the estimation of the "fizz rating" parameter in the acid-base accounting tests: A new adaptations of the Sobek test
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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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
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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Carbon isotope evidence for passive mineral carbonation of mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec) - ACEME 2015
Conference paper5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015
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Critical role of water during CO<inf>2</inf> sequestration in nickel mining residues under ambient conditions
Conference paper5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015
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Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of Rare Earth Elements from a Carbonatite Deposit
Journal articleMINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5
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Predicted Effect of Ore Mineralogy on the Environmental Behaviour of Mine Wastes
Journal articleMINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5
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Use of EDTA in modified kinetic testing for contaminated drainage prediction from waste rocks: case of the Lac Tio mine
Journal articleEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
2014
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Lab to field scale effects on contaminated neutral drainage prediction from the Tio mine waste rocks
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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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
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
2012
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Static tests response on 5 Canadian hard rock mine tailings with low net acid-generating potentials
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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Tracer tests to evaluate hydraulic residence time in limestone drains: Case study of the Lorraine site, Latulipe, Québec, Canada
Journal articleInternational Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment
2011
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Kinetic Testing and Sorption Studies by Modified Weathering Cells to Characterize the Potential to Generate Contaminated Neutral Drainage
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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Predicting Geochemical Behaviour of Waste Rock with Low Acid Generating Potential Using Laboratory Kinetic Tests
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
2010
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Evaluation of the Ni-contaminated neutral drainage generation potential in the Tio mine waste rocks
Journal articleMine Water & Innovative Thinking
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Study of Ni sorption onto Tio mine waste rock surfaces
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
2008
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Field Experimental Cells to Evaluate the Generation of Contaminated Neutral Drainage by Waste Rock at the Tio Mine, Quebec, Canada
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment, Proceedings
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Geochemical Behaviour of Nickel Contained in Tio Mine Waste Rocks
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment, Proceedings
2006
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Sludge recycling within cemented paste backfill: Study of the mechanical and leachability properties
Journal articleMinerals Engineering