Meliadine Gold Mine

Gold mine in Nunavut, Canada

Meliadine Gold MineLocation

Meliadine Gold Mine

Location in Canada

Territory| Nunavut
Country| Canada
Coordinates| 63°1′55.29″N 92°13′15.84″W﻿ / ﻿63.0320250°N 92.2210667°W﻿ / 63.0320250; -92.2210667﻿ (Meliadine Gold mine)
Production
Products|

* Gold

History
Opened| 2019
Owner
Company| Agnico-Eagle Mines
Website| Meliadine

The Meliadine Gold Mine is a gold mine near Rankin Inlet in the Kivalliq district of Nunavut, Canada. It is expected that the mine will have two underground components and ten open pits. The mine is operated by Agnico-Eagle Mines and is projected to be in operation until 2032.[1]

Commercial operation on site began May 14, 2019. The main camp of the mining site can accommodate 700 workers.[1] A 31.3 megawatt diesel-fueled powerplant has been constructed for electricity and heating.[2] Among other mining infrastructure facilities to be constructed, the site will include a tailings storage facility, a wastewater treatment plant, and an industrial incinerator.[2]

In March 2021, a report commissioned by Agnico-Eagle found that the mining road to Meliadine is having "virtually no impact" on migrating caribou. The report was met with skepticism by the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA), which commissioned its own report alleging that the scope of the study was "narrow and unrealistic".[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Agnico Eagle Mines Limited - Operations - Operations - Meliadine, retrieved June 30, 2021
2. ^ a b Meliadine Gold Project, Nunavut - Mining Technology, retrieved June 30, 2021
3. ^ Rohner, Thomas (March 2, 2021). "Nunavut mine's study on caribou rejected by Kivalliq organizations". Retrieved July 22, 2021.

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