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The Porcupine mine is one of the largest gold mines in Canada and in the world. [1] The mine is located in Timmins, Ontario. [1] The mine has estimated reserves of 4.35 million oz (123.32 tonnes) of gold. [1] In January 2025, Newmont, the current owners of the mine, announced a deal to sell the mine to Discovery Silver for US$425 million. [2]
Open pit mine in Val-d'Or, Quebec. The Abitibi gold belt is a region of Canada that extends from Wawa, Ontario to Val-d'Or, Quebec.Located within the mineral-rich Abitibi greenstone belt, the gold belt is an established gold mining district having produced over 100 mines, and 170 million ounces of gold since 1901.
Dome Mine is situated in the City of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; and was developed during the Porcupine Gold Rush. [1] Last operated by Canadian company Goldcorp, before it became a subsidiary of American company Newmont, it is one of three mines (along with Hoyle Pond underground and Hollinger Open Pit, both still active) owned by Newmont in the Porcupine district in and around Timmins.
This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively. Asterisks (*) note mines which produce(d) gold as a secondary product..
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Timmins (/ ˈ t ɪ m ɪ n s / TIM-ins) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River.The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 at the 2021 Canadian census and an estimated population of 44,819 in 2023.
By the end of the 1920s, the Hollinger was the largest gold mine in the British Empire and paid annual dividends of more than $5 million. By 1927, a 3.5 mile aerial tramway was in operation. [3]: 129 In the 1930s, Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines built 250 houses which were located in one area of the Town of Timmins.
The tour originally opened in 1984 at the McIntyre Mine, but was relocated to its current site at the former Hollinger Mine in 1990. The site was donated in 1990 by Goldcorp, owner of Porcupine Gold Mines, to the City of Timmins to operate an Underground Gold Mine Tour, and later in 2000 GoldCorp donated an adjacent parcel of property on which to build the Shania Twain Centre.