Update January 9th, 2023

Greenstone Mine wishes to advise the public that open pit activities are underway. Greenstone Mine will be conducting scheduled blasts within the Open Pit. A link to Blasting Notices is located on the company website homepage.

A portion of the Barton Bay Trail has reopened for the winter months due to the demobilization activities for the construction of the Highway 11 Realignment. We ask that trail users obey the ‘No Trespassing’ signs that have been installed for everyone’s safety.

At the Process Plant east end, steel erection and cladding continue. At the west end, internal steel installation is ongoing as is the installation of the CIP tanks. Heated and enclosed buildings include the Process Plant West End, Truck Shop and Power Plant. Concrete, steel erection and cladding are ongoing at the Crusher. Steel erection is substantially complete at the High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) and cladding is ongoing. Work on the retaining wall (MSE Wall) by the Primary Crusher is now complete for the season and will restart in the spring. At the Power Plant, inside equipment installation continues. Interior work in the Truck Shop is ongoing with the installation of the last of the overhead doors, pouring of interior concrete slabs and installation of piping and electrical systems. Four bays have been provided to Mine Maintenance for their use. Installation of bridges on top of the Leach tanks is complete. Formwork and concrete for conveyors is well advanced with preassembly and installation ongoing. The Potable Water Treatment Plant installation is well advanced. Power distribution work continues in the Plant Site and Tailings Management Facility (TMF) areas.

At the TMF, work continues on the cut-off wall with the Deep Soil Mixing machines.

Mine mobile equipment components continue to arrive. Assembly of the first four mine haul trucks and two shovels is complete. The construction of haul roads is advancing well.

The public are reminded to continue to obey all posted signs across the project area for everyone’s health and safety. Now that the winter season is upon us, snowmobilers are warned to stay well outside of the project footprint for their own safety as many hazards may be covered by snow.

Construction in and around Greenstone Mine involves the use of heavy equipment such as haul trucks, zoom booms, cranes, drills, excavators, skidders, bulldozers, tri-axle haul trucks, articulated trucks and loaders. The extensive project work over the last year has significantly changed the landscape resulting in many new hazards. For health and safety reasons, do not enter any unauthorized or active work areas within the Project footprint unless authorized to do so.

The safety of our employees, contractors and the general public is paramount as we construct the Greenstone Mine.