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The original mine at Meadowbank achieved commercial production in March 2010 and produced its three millionth ounce of gold in 2018 though ceased operations in 2019. [2] However, the support infrastructure and mill facilities at the original site are still being used for supporting a new satellite mine at Amaruq , which gradually transitioned ...
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".
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. [37] It runs north, from the town to the Meadowbank Gold Mine and aerodrome. It was completed around 2019 and is among the longest highways in Nunavut.
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.
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 ]
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 ...
With a land area of 538.99 km 2 (208.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.6/km 2 in 2021. [ 4 ] As a designated place in the 2021 census, Kugluktuk had a population of 956 living in 265 of its 296 total private dwellings, a change of -9.6% from its 2016 population of 1,057.
The George Lake, Boston and Ulu deposits are all hosted in the Yellowknife Supergroup of the Slave Craton in the west as well as the Lupin gold mine. In the western Churchill Province of south-central Nunavut are the Noomut, Heninga Lake and Meliadine gold deposits, and the Victory Lake and Ferguson Lake base metals deposits.