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The mine produced 56,768 ounces of gold in the third-quarter of last year, and is SSR's second-largest producing gold mine, operating since 2010. SSR Mining says eight employees detained after ...
The following lists of mines in Canada are subsidiaries to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output and province. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
The first truly industrial mining operation in what is now Canada was an iron mine at Forges du Saint-Maurice near Trois-Rivières in Quebec, which remained a going concern from 1738 to 1883. [1] Copper mining in Bruce Mines, Ontario—the first industrial-scale mine of a substance other than iron—followed in 1848. [2]
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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.
Since the 1990s, major diamond discoveries were made and mining operations began. Canadian diamonds play a large role in the world market. [2] In 2019, Canadian mines produced 18.6 million carats of diamonds, valued at $2.25 billion. [3] As of 2019, Canada is currently the world's third largest producer of diamonds by both value and volume. [3]
Turquoise Hill Resources was a Canadian mineral exploration and development company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, and since December 2022, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group. [5] The company was called Ivanhoe Mines until August 2, 2012 when a financing agreement was completed with Rio Tinto. [6]
The Ekati Diamond Mine, often simply called Ekati, is Canada's first surface and underground diamond mine [1] and is owned by Burgundy Diamond Mines. It is located 310 km (190 mi) north-east of Yellowknife , [ 2 ] Northwest Territories , and about 200 km (120 mi) south of the Arctic Circle , near Lac de Gras .