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The Meadowbank Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine operated by Agnico-Eagle Mines in the Kivalliq district of Nunavut, Canada approximately 300 km west of Hudson Bay. Meadowbank was Agnico Eagle’s first Low Arctic mine.
This is a list of mines in Nunavut, Canada. It includes mines that were operating prior to 1999 in what was then Northwest Territories . Start and end dates set in the future are projected, or "expected".
Meadowbank Aerodrome (TC LID: CMB2) is an aerodrome located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Meadowbank Gold Mine, Nunavut, Canada. Airlines and destinations [ edit ]
Meadowbank is an open-pit mine in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut with an 8-year life expectancy (2010 – 2017). Meadowbank is one of Agnico Eagle's most recent mine to begin operation, and has about 650 employees. In 2010 the first gold brick was poured at Meadowbank, which was also the first ever gold brick to be poured in the history of Nunavut.
While the local road network does not connect to another community, there is an approximately 110 km (68 mi) all-weather gravel highway named Mine Road. [36] It runs north, from the town to the Meadowbank Gold Mine and aerodrome. It was proposed and completed around 2019 and is among the longest highways in Nunavut.
There are currently three major mines in operation in Nunavut. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd – Meadowbank Division. Meadowbank Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine with an estimated mine life 2010–2020 and employs 680 people. The second mine in production is the Mary River Iron Ore mine operated by Baffinland Iron Mines. It is located close to Pond ...
The Kivalliq Region (/ k ɪ ˈ v æ l ɪ k /; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island.
^a iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area. [30] ^b Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation ^c Neither Bathurst Inlet, Nanisivik or Umingmaktok are listed as an official community by the Government of Nunavut, but are listed as settlements by Statistics Canada ...