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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 ]
In 2005, Creighton mine produced an average of 3,755 tons of ore per day on a 6 days per week schedule. 2007 was a breakthrough in mining extraction and exploration, with the conformation of mineralization at depth, [18] which produced 793,000 tonnes of ore with grades of 1.62% copper and 2.8% nickel.
The Gibraltar Mine is a Canadian copper mine operated by Taseko Mines near McLeese Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It is the second largest open-pit mine in Canada and the fourth largest in North America. [1] The mine is the largest employer in the Cariboo region. [1] Gibraltar was originally opened by Placer Development Ltd. of Vancouver in ...
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]
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.
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Ivanhoe Mines is a Canadian mining company focused on advancing its three principal projects in Southern Africa: the development of new mines at the Kamoa-Kakula copper discoveries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Platreef palladium-platinum-nickel-copper-rhodium-gold discovery in South Africa, and the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper ...
The New Afton mine is a Canadian gold and copper mine located 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the city of Kamloops in British Columbia.The mine is underground and is owned and operated by New Gold Inc.