Benoît Plante - Staff Member Profile

Positions
Workplace
Locations
- Room :
- F-113
- Phone :
- 819 762-0971 ext 2476
- Toll-free :
- +1 877 870-8728 ext 2476
- Email :
- benoit.plante@uqat.ca
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
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2026
Reactive transport modeling of arsenic release from Gersdorffite-bearing waste rock under cold climate conditions
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
Correction: Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
Influence of Grain Size and Temperature on Arsenic Leaching from Gersdorffite-Bearing Non-acid Generating Waste Rock
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
Geoenvironmental considerations associated with Waste Rock from the Ashram Rare Earth Element (REE) and Fluorspar Carbonatite Deposit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Preprint
2025
The use of EDTA leaching method to predict arsenic and antimony Neutral Mine Drainage from the Eleonore tailings
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
Neutral Mine Drainage prediction for different waste rock lithologies – Case study of Canadian Malartic
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
Development of a Neutral Mine Drainage Prediction Method Using Modified Kinetics Tests and Assessment of Sorption Capacities
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
2024
Multi-year in situ hydrogeochemical monitoring of hard rock lithium mine tailings in a large-scale experimental pile
Journal articleJournal of Environmental Management
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
Geochemistry and mineralogy of a spodumene-pegmatite lithium ore at various mineral beneficiation stages
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
Editorial for Special Issue “Environmental Geochemistry in the Mining Environment”
Journal articleMinerals
Automated mineralogy using optical microscopy in a geometallurgical context: A comparative study on Dumont nickel project ores, Amos, Quebec
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
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
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
Assessment of hydrogeochemical behavior of layered waste rock stockpiles: A meso-scale laboratory experiment
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
Automated mineralogical characterization using optical microscopy: Review and recommendations
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
Geochemistry of decades-old spodumene mine tailings under a humid continental climate
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
Probing cleaner production opportunities of the Lac Tio pyrite-enriched tailings generated to alleviate sulfur dioxide emissions
Journal articleJournal of Cleaner Production
Technical note adaptation of Pierre?s Gy theory of sampling for polished section preparation geared towards automated mineralogical analysis
Journal articleMinerals Engineering
2021
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
Mine Waste Rock: Insights for Sustainable Hydrogeochemical Management
Journal articleMinerals
Numerical Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Waste Rock Pile Featuring an Engineered Cover System
Journal articleMinerals
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
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
CIL Gold Loss Characterization within Oxidized Leach Tails: Creating a Synergistic Approach between Mineralogical Characterization, Diagnostic Leach Tests, and Preg-Robbing Tests
Journal articleMinerals
Environmental Impact of Mine Exploitation: An Early Predictive Methodology Based on Ore Mineralogy and Contaminant Speciation
Journal articleMinerals
Environmental challenges and identification of the knowledge gaps associated with REE mine wastes management
Journal articleJournal of Cleaner Production
Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Geoelectrical Monitoring of Water Infiltration in an Experimental Mine Waste Rock Pile
Journal articleVadose Zone Journal
2018
Mobility of rare earth elements in mine drainage: Influence of iron oxides, carbonates, and phosphates
Journal articleChemosphere
Rare Earth Elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm) from a Carbonatite Deposit: Mineralogical Characterization and Geochemical Behavior
Journal articleMinerals
Geochemistry of rare earth elements within waste rocks from the Montviel carbonatite deposit, Québec, Canada
Journal articleEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
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
A contribution to improve the calculation of the acid generating potential of mining wastes
Journal articleChemosphere
Ambient mineral carbonation of different lithologies of mafic to ultramafic mining wastes/tailings – A comparative study
Journal articleInternational Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Development of a modified kinetic test using EDTA and citric acid for the prediction of contaminated neutral drainage
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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
Geochemical investigation of the galvanic effects during oxidation of pyrite and base-metals sulfides
Journal articleChemosphere
Isotopic evidence of passive mineral carbonation in mine wastes from the Dumont Nickel Project (Abitibi, Quebec)
Journal articleInternational Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
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
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
Nesquehonite as a carbon sink in ambient mineral carbonation of ultramafic mining wastes
Journal articleChemical Engineering Journal
Passive Mineral Carbonation of Mg-rich Mine Wastes by Atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf>
Conference paperEnergy Procedia
Physicochemical quality of surface water: Background study prior of the Milky river sub-basin, Abitibi, Canada
Journal articleWSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
2016
Multivariate study of the dynamics of CO<inf>2</inf>reaction with brucite-rich ultramafic mine tailings
Journal articleInternational Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
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
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
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
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
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
Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of Rare Earth Elements from a Carbonatite Deposit
Journal articleMINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5
Predicted Effect of Ore Mineralogy on the Environmental Behaviour of Mine Wastes
Journal articleMINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5
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
Lab to field scale effects on contaminated neutral drainage prediction from the Tio mine waste rocks
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
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
Static tests response on 5 Canadian hard rock mine tailings with low net acid-generating potentials
Journal articleJournal of Geochemical Exploration
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
Kinetic Testing and Sorption Studies by Modified Weathering Cells to Characterize the Potential to Generate Contaminated Neutral Drainage
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
Predicting Geochemical Behaviour of Waste Rock with Low Acid Generating Potential Using Laboratory Kinetic Tests
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
2010
Evaluation of the Ni-contaminated neutral drainage generation potential in the Tio mine waste rocks
Journal articleMine Water & Innovative Thinking
Study of Ni sorption onto Tio mine waste rock surfaces
Journal articleApplied Geochemistry
2008
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
Geochemical Behaviour of Nickel Contained in Tio Mine Waste Rocks
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment, Proceedings
2006
Sludge recycling within cemented paste backfill: Study of the mechanical and leachability properties
Journal articleMinerals Engineering