Fosterville Gold Mine has released a virtual consultation room for its Sustained Operations Project.
The Agnico Eagle Fosterville Gold Mine Sustained Operations Project will allow for the continuation of existing gold mining operations at Fosterville Gold Mine beyond the next two years and is anticipated to have a minimum project life of 10 years.
The project proposes activities that are required to support the continuation of existing gold mining operations at Fosterville Gold Mine beyond the next two years. These activities include:
- an extension of current underground mining operations in MIN5404 to the south, north and west;
- cutbacks (extension) to existing open pits;
- construction and operation of new tailings storage facilities within existing tailings compound or within existing open pits;
- construction and operation of a new brine evaporation pond;
- construction of a new waste rock dump;
- transfer/sale of carbon in leach (CIL) tailings; and
- management of waste paste and a managed aquifer recharge (MAR) program to inject treated mine water to the fractured rock aquifer.