Building Nunavut?s First Diamond Mine: The Jericho Diamond Mine Canada?s Third and Nunavut's First Diamond Mine
- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 45
- File Size:
- 5636 KB
- Publication Date:
- May 1, 2006
Abstract
Project Details ? Located 420 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories ? Jericho kimberlite discovered in 1995 ? Feasibility study showed +3,000,000 carats recovered from 2.6 million tonne reserve ? Nine year mine life ? Approx. 100 person workforce in full production ? First mine for Tahera, First new mine for Nunavut Completed Ambitious Construction Schedule During 2005 o Feb ? Mar/05 Winter road mobilization o Mar ? Dec/05 Pre-stripping, earthworks o Mar ? Apr/05 Camp facility, occupied May 3 o May ? Dec/05 Process plant o Jun ? Dec/05 Maint. shop, fuel storage, power plant o Jan ? Mar/06 Commissioning, start-up o April 2006* COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
Citation
APA: (2006) Building Nunavut?s First Diamond Mine: The Jericho Diamond Mine Canada?s Third and Nunavut's First Diamond Mine
MLA: Building Nunavut?s First Diamond Mine: The Jericho Diamond Mine Canada?s Third and Nunavut's First Diamond Mine. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2006.