Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by CountHacker (talk | contribs) at 22:33, 10 December 2024 (←Created page with '{{Infobox mine | name = Brucejack mine | country = Canada | subdivision_type = Province | state/province = British Columbia | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption= Location in Canada | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = Brucejack Mine | pushpin_label_position = | owner = Newmont | time = | place = | official website = [ht...'). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Brucejack mine

Location
Brucejack MineLocation in Canada
Province	British Columbia
Country	Canada
Coordinates	56°28′03″N 130°11′29″W / 56.46750°N 130.19139°W / 56.46750; -130.19139
Production
Products	Gold Silver
Production	347,743 ounces gold 472,163 ounces silver
Financial year	2020
History
Discovered	1935
Opened	2017
Owner
Company	Newmont
Website	Brucejack

The Brucejack mine is a Canadian gold and silver mine located 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of the District of Stewart in British Columbia. The mine is underground and is owned and operated by Newmont. In 2020, the mine produced an output of 347,743 ounces of gold and 472,163 ounces of silver.

As of January 2020, the proven and probable reserves of the mine were 4.2 million ounces of gold and 30.1 million ounces of silver.

History

On July 30, 2015, the BC provincial government approved Pretium Resources' Brucejack mine project. With the approval of the project, construction began on September 5. The Brucejack mine achieved its first gold pour in June 2017. The first commercial production began on July 1, 2017.

The mine has changed ownership through its life due to corporate acquisitions. The original owner, Pretium Resources, was acquired by Newcrest Mining in March 9, 2022. In 2023, an American mining company, Newmont acquired Newcrest, and gained the Brucejack mine.

Geology and mining method

The Brucejack mine deposit is an electrum intermediate-sulphidation epithermal deposit. It is located in the Stikine terrane, in the Intermontane Belt. The Brucejack mine is an underground mine that utilizes a long hole stoping method to extract ore from the orebody.

See also

• List of gold mines in Canada
• List of mines in British Columbia
• Mount Polley mine
• Geology of British Columbia

References

1. ^ Pretium Resources, Annual Information Form (Year Ended December 31, 2020) (PDF)
2. ^ MINFILE Mineral Inventory, March 28, 1988, retrieved December 10, 2024
3. "Brucejack – North America". Newmont. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "Province approves new gold and silver mine in northwestern B.C." The Globe and Mail. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. ^ Pretium Resources, Brucejack Gold Mine 2017 CEAA Annual Report (PDF)
6. Link, Rod (21 June 2017). "Northwest B.C. mine pours first gold". Terrace Standard. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "Brucejack". Newcrest. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. Bennett, Nelson (14 November 2024). "How Newmont emerged as B.C.'s mining giant". Business in Vancouver. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. Peddle, C.; Johnston, S.T. Review of the Structural Geology of the Brucejack Intermediate-Sulphidation Epithermal Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia (NTS 104B) (PDF) (Report). Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2020: Minerals, Geoscience BC, Report 2021-01. Geoscience BC. pp. 29–40.
10. "MineralsEd: By Teachers, For Teachers". MineralsEd. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

• 2017 establishments in British Columbia
• Gold mines in British Columbia
• Silver mines in Canada