Abitibi-Price, ASARCO, NL BAROID
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Abitibi-Price, ASARCO, NL BAROID operated from 1981 through to 1984. The mine, which was located in Buchans, produced barite.
Advocate Mines Limited
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Advocate Mines Limited operated from 1963 through to 1981. Estimated annual employment was 500 people. The mine, which was located in Baie Verte, produced asbestos.
Armstrong World Industries Canada Ltd. Newfoundland Minerals Division
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Armstrong World Industries Canada Ltd. Newfoundland Minerals Division operated from 1956 through to 1995. Estimated annual employment was 30 people. The mine, which was located in Manuels, produced pyrophyllite.
Atlantic Barite Limited
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Atlantic Barite Limited operated from 2006 through to 2010. Estimated annual employment was 18 people. The mine, which was located in Buchans, produced barite.
Atlantic Coast Copper Corp. Ltd.
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Atlantic Coast Copper Corp. Ltd. operated from 1961 through to 1969. Estimated annual employment was 160 people. The mine, which was located in Little Bay, produced copper and gold.
Atlantic Gypsum Ltd.
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Atlantic Gypsum Ltd. operated from 1952 through to 1961. Estimated annual employment was 20 people. The mine, which was located in Flat Bay, produced gypsum.
Atlantic Gypsum Resources Inc.
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Atlantic Gypsum Resources Inc. operated from 1996 through to 1998. Estimated annual employment was 2 people. The mine, which was located in Fischells Brook, produced gypsum.
Atlantic Minerals Ltd.
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Atlantic Minerals Ltd. (AML) was a leading producer of chemical grade limestone, chemical grade dolomite and construction aggregates for the worldwide market. AML began operation in 1988 and was the owner / operator since 1996.
AML operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week for nine months of the year. Clients included the power, steel, agricultural, pulp and paper and construction industries. The marine facility was capable of loading 3,000 tonnes per hour into Panamax class vessels. Products were shipped to locations in Canada, the United States, South America and Europe.
AML’s expansion of mine activities into the White Hills area, adjacent to the previous mine, was released from Environmental Assessment in August, 2016. The total annual production rate was expected to increase from two million tonnes a year to approximately three million tonnes per year. The anticipated labour requirements during the construction phase of the quarry extension were approximately 64 contract workers. The expansion was expected to extended existing operations for approximately 25 years based on the estimated annual production rate of two million tonnes of high-grade calcium limestone and one million tonnes of dolomite limestone.
Atlas Salt Inc.
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Atlas Salt Inc. was formerly Red Moon Resources Inc.
The Ace Gypsum Deposit reactivated a small, past producing mine to extract gypsum and anhydrite, a form of gypsum. RMR announced its first shipment of gypsum from the mine on September 4, 2018. RMR uses traditional open-pit methods at rates contingent on the demand cycle. Production for the 2020 seaseon is expected to exceed 100,000 tonnes. RMR estimates annual production rates could reach 300,000 to 450,000 tonnes should markets develop.
Baie Verte Mines Inc.
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Baie Verte Mines Inc. operated from 1982 through to 1991. Estimated annual employment was 400 people. The mine, which was located in Baie Verte, produced asbestos.
BarCan
URL: https://barcan.ca/
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BarCan (formerly Barite Mud Services Inc.) reprocesses tailings from the American Smelting and Refining Company’s historic base metal mine to recover barite. The barite product is used as a drilling mud for the offshore oil operations in Newfoundland and Labrador. Historically, the project has operated annually between May and October, reprocessing 40,000 to 50,000 tonnes of tailings per season to retrieve 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of barite. BarCan did not operate in 2018 or 2019, but has resumed production in 2020 after significant capital investment.
Beaver Brook Antimony Mine Inc.
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The operation restarted in March 2019, after being in care and maintenance since January 2013. During the COVID-19 pandemic, BBAM closed its mine for a brief period but had resumed mining with limited capacity. On November 17, 2020, BBAM announced it temporarily suspended operations at the mine and cited the pandemic as hampering its financial situation significantly. The Company has indicated they will continue to assess the reopening of the mine over the winter and spring months ahead.
Canada Fluorspar (NL) Inc.
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Closed in early 2022.
CFI operated an open pit mine, a mill facility, a man-made tailings facility and a marine shipping terminal. CFI began shipping its fluorspar concentrate product to market in 2018.
Grebes Nest Pit was being mined with waste material used to construct mine roads and supply materials for the tailings dam construction. CFI planned to develop the Center Pit and the Open Cut Pit. Once in full production, the operation was expected to produce an average of 200,000 tonnes of acidgrade fluorspar per year.
The Blue Beach Marine Terminal was anticipated to eliminate the need to truck fluorspar concentrate to the terminal in Marystown and thereby reduce costs and the environmental footprint. The Blue Beach Marine Terminal was also expected to create flexibility in terms of the variety of ships that would be available to ship fluorspar product and provide an opportunity for CFI to ship aggregate to the seaborne market.
Champion Iron Ltd.
URL: https://www.championiron.com/
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The Kami Iron Ore deposit was previously owned and explored by Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (Alderon). In September 2018, Alderon released an Updated Feasibility Study on the Kami property that demonstrated average annual production of 7.84 million tonnes and boasted Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves of 517.2 million tonnes. The project had been released from Environmental Assessment in January 2014.
In the summer 2018, Alderon closed a financing deal to borrow $14 million from Sprott Resource Lending. Alderon defaulted on their loan repayment obligations.
On June 17, 2020, Deloitte Restructuring Inc. was appointed by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador as receiver of all the assets and property of the Kami Iron Ore project and Alderon. The receiver has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 29, 2020, with Quebec Iron Ore Inc. and 12364042 Canada Inc, both subsidiaries of Champion Iron Limited, for the acquisition of certain mining assets of the Kami Iron Ore Project and related contracts.
Classic Stone Inc.
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Classic Stone Inc. operated from 1993 through to 1996. Estimated annual employment was 8 people. The mine, which was located near Jumpers Brook, produced dimension stone (gabbro).
C-Mac Construction Limited
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C-Mac Construction Limited operated from 1996 through to 2002. Estimated annual employment was 2 people. The mine, which was located in Cormack, produced agricultural limestone.
Consolidated Rambler Mines
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Consolidated Rambler Mines operated from 1964 through to 1982. Estimated annual employment was 230 people. The mine, which was located in Baie Verte, produced copper , gold and silver.
Dimension Stone Inc.
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Dimension Stone Inc. operated from 1996 through to 1999. Estimated annual employment was 3 people. The mine, which was located in Goobies/Mount Peyton, produced dimension stone (granite).
Domtar Inc.
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Domtar Inc. operated from 1988 through to 1994 and under its subsidiary, St. George's Gypsum Mines Inc. form 1988-1990. Estimated annual employment was 60 people. The mine, which was located in Flat Bay, produced gypsum.
DOSCO
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DOSCO operated from 1913 through to 1965 and in 1969. Estimated annual employment was 51 people. The mine, which was located in Aguathuna, produced limestone.
Dunville Mining Co. Ltd.
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Dunville Mining Co. Ltd. operated from 1968 through to 1988. Estimated annual employment was 22 people. The mine, which was located in Villa Marie, produced silica.
Eagle Resources Limited
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Eagle Resources Limited operated from 1983 through to 1985. Estimated annual employment was 12 people. The mine, which was located in Collier Point, produced barite.
First Maritimes Mining Corp. Ltd.
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First Maritimes Mining Corp. Ltd.operated from 1957 through to 1967. Estimated annual employment was 253 people. The mine, which was located in Tilt Cove, produced copper, nickel and gold.
Flintkote Mines Ltd./Genstar
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Flintkote Mines Ltd./Genstar operated from 1961 through to 1987. Estimated annual employment was 85 people. The mine, which was located in Flat Bay, produced gypsum.
Galen Gypsum Mines Limited
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Galen Gypsum Mines Limited owns the Coal Brook Gypsum deposit located in the St. George’s Bay area of western Newfoundland.
Despite restarting seasonal gypsum mining operations in July 2017, after production was last recorded at the mine in 2009, Galen has not operated since 2018.
Green Bay Mining Limited
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North American Talc Company operated in 1974. Estimated annual employment was 30 people. The mine, which was located in Springdale, produced copper.
Gullbridge Mines Limited
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North American Talc Company operated from 1967 through to 1971. Estimated annual employment was 205 people. The mine, which was located in Gull Pond, produced copper.
Havelock Lime, A Division of Dickenson Mines Ltd.
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Havelock Lime, A Division of Dickenson Mines Ltd. operated from 1987 through to 1995. Estimated annual employment was 2 people. The mine, which was located in Cormack, produced agricultural limestone.
Hi-Point Industries (1991) Ltd.
URL: http://www.oclansorb.com/
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Hi-Point is a local manufacturer of quality environmental and horticultural peat products. Its patented Oclansorb product is an organic, nontoxic, nonabrasive, lightweight, industrial oil absorbent used worldwide as a first response for handling hydrocarbon spills. Oclansorb is made from naturally occurring blonde sphagnum peat moss.
Hope Brook Gold Inc.
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Hope Brook Gold Inc. operated from 1987 through to 1991. Estimated annual employment was 262 people. The mine, which was located in Hope Brook, produced gold.
Hurley Slate Works Company Inc.
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Hurley Slate Works Company Inc. operated a slate quarrying and processing operation in Burgoyne’s Cove that shut down in August 2010.
Industrial Minerals Corporation of Newfoundland
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Industrial Minerals Corporation of Newfoundland operated from 1938 through to 1947. Estimated annual employment is unknown. The mine, which was located in Manuels, produced pyrophyllite.
International Granite Corp.
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International Granite Corp. operated from 1996 through to 2005. Estimated annual employment was 18 people. The mine, which was located in Jumpers Brook, produced dimension stone (gabbro).
Iron Ore Company Of Canada
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IOC first began mining iron ore in the Schefferville / Menihek area of Québec and Labrador in 1954 and expanded into Labrador West in 1962 where it has been producing at the Carol Lake project ever since. The Labrador Iron Ore Corporation (LIORC) holds 15.1 per cent equity ownership, while Mistibushi Corp. holds 26.2 per cent and Rio Tinto holds the remaining 58.7 per cent.
LIORC receives a seven per cent gross sales royalty plus a 10 cent per tonne commission on all shipments. IOC operates a mine, concentrator and pellet plant near Labrador City with a 418 kilometre rail line, the Québec North Shore and Labrador Railway, linking the mine to its own port facility in Sept-Iles. IOC ships iron ore to markets throughout the world, predominantly in North America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Asia–Pacific region.
Production capacity at IOC’s Newfoundland and Labrador site is 23 million tonnes of concentrate of which 14 million tonnes can be processed to produce 12.5 million tonnes of pellets. During the second quarter of 2020, total saleable production of 4.7 million tonnes was 9 per cent higher than the second quarter of 2019.
On October 19, 2020, the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced $748,928 in funding for IOC’s research and development project for increasing recovery of iron fines, one of the largest technical challenges for the iron ore industry.
IOC and the Innu of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam and Matimekush-Lac John have negotiated an agreement on reconciliation and collaboration. The agreement is an impact and benefit agreement on environmental cooperation, benefit sharing and economic development such as training, jobs and contracts within the communities.
Iron Ore Company of Canada - Historical
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Iron Ore Company of Canada operated from 1954 through to 1983. Estimated annual employment was 650 people. The mine, which was located in Knob Lake, produced iron ore.
Island Aggregates/NCL Holdings
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Island Aggregates/NCL Holdings operated from 2003 through to 2007. Estimated annual employment is unknown. The mine, which was located in Cormack, produced agricultural limestone.
Island Tile and Slate Co.
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Island Tile and Slate Co. operated from 1986 through to 1988. Estimated annual employment was 18 people. The mine, which was located in Nut Cove, produced slate.
J. Tyler Mining Ltd.
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J. Tyler Mining Ltd. operated in 1980. Estimated annual employment was 12 people. The mine, which was located in Collier Point, produced barite.
Labrador Inuit Development Corporation
URL: http://www.lidc.ca/home.html
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LIDC is the parent company of TUC, a subsidiary of the Labrador Inuit Development Corporation (LIDC), began quarrying anorthosite (labradorite) at Ten Mile Bay near Nain in 1992. The squared blocks received premium prices, primarily in Europe. Production was halted in 2010 because of economic and market factors. In 2011 TUC carried out a drilling program to assess the resources of the Ten Mile Bay quarry.
Labrador Iron Mines Ltd.
URL: http://www.labradorironmines.ca/
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Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) has not undertaken any mining operations since 2013, initially due to continued operating losses followed by low iron ore prices. From 2011 through to 2013, LIM shipped 3.6 million tonnes of iron ore, which was sold into the China spot market. The company owns the Houston deposit that has a 43-101 compliant resource estimate of 40.6 million tonnes grading 57.6% iron. LIM also owns other properties in the Menihek region, namely the Elizabeth taconite deposit with a resource estimate of 620 million tonnes grading 31.8% iron.
LIM is focused on care and maintenance of its mineral properties. LIM has maintained its mineral claims in good standing, has carried out progressive rehabilitation work as required, and has continued to conserve cash through minimal expenditures. The company’s environmental monitoring and reporting requirements ended in June, 2018. Once financing is secured and economics are suitable, LIM maintains it will pursue development of the Houston deposit.
Lafarge Gypsum Canada Inc.
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Lafarge Gypsum Canada Inc. operated from 1999 through to 2001. Estimated annual employment was 6 people. The mine, which was located in Fischells Brook, produced gypsum.
Lodestone Ltd.
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Lodestone Ltd. operated from 1995 through to 1998. Estimated annual employment was 21 people. The mine, which was located in St. George's, produced magnetite.
Marathon Gold Corp.
URL: https://www.marathon-gold.com/
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Marathon is a Toronto-based gold exploration and development company and is 100 per cent owner of the Valentine Lake Project located approximately 55 kilometres southwest of Millertown, NL.
Marathon released an updated Prefeasibility Study (PFS) in April 2020, based on an open-pit mine plan with a single stream of ore feeding a conventional mill with no heap leach. The updated plan allows for initial production, utilizing a smaller capacity mill, followed by a mill expansion to provide for higher longer-term throughput. The project includes four potential mining deposits: Leprechaun, Sprite, Marathon, and Victory deposits. It will require personnel accommodations and supporting infrastructure including roads; power lines; buildings; and water and effluent management facilities.
The PFS plan considers the start of construction to be January 1, 2022 with first gold pour by 2023 pending regulatory approval. The construction period is expected to last 18-24 months and once operational will run 24 hours per day, seven days a week on a 12-hour shift basis. Initial capital investment is estimated at $272 million, life-of-mine capital investment is estimated at $545 million. The project has mineral reserves of 1.9 million ounces (41 Mt at 1.41g/t gold) and a projected average gold production of 175,000 ounces per year.
Marathon registered the project for provincial Environmental Assessment (EA) in April 2019 and on September 30, 2020 submitted their Environmental Impact Statement to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the NL Department of Environment, Climate Change and Municipalities. Marathon expects these reviews to occur over a period of approximately 12 months. Permitting for site-specific activities related to construction and operation would follow release from the EA process.
In May 2020, Marathon received of a grant through the Junior Exploration Assistance Program of $82,800 from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador towards exploration work completed in 2019.
Maritime Resources Corp.
URL: https://www.maritimeresourcescorp.com/
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Maritime is a gold mining and exploration company that holds a 100 per cent interest in the Green Bay Property, plus the Whisker Valley exploration project. The Hammerdown Mine was last operated by Richmont Mines between 2000- 2004 producing 143,000 ounces of gold at an average mine grade of 15.7 grams per tonne gold through a combination of narrow vein open pit and underground mining.
On February 29, 2020, Maritime released a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its Hammerdown and Orion deposits. The 2020 PEA reported an after-tax NPV (at five per cent) of $111 million and 50.5 per cent IRR at a $US1,375 per ounce gold price. Pre-production capital is US$57.1 million. Average production of 57,900 ounces per year will be through both open pit and underground mining methods. The current plan is to process ore from the mine at the Nugget Pond processing plant/mill owned by Rambler Metals and Mining Canada Limited. The construction phase is anticipated to last 6-12 months.
The mine was registered for Environmental Assessment (EA) on July 8, 2020. The Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Municipalities has advised the proponent that an Environmental Preview Report (EPR) is required for the project. An EA Committee has been appointed to provide scientific and technical advice to the minister and to draft guidelines for the proponent for conducting the EPR.
Maritime has received a grant through the Junior Exploration Assistance Program of $82,800 from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador towards exploration work completed in 2019.
Matador Mining Ltd.
URL: http://matadormining.com.au/
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Matador is an Australia-based gold exploration company with its tenure covering 120 kilometres along strike of the Cape Ray Shear.
Matador plans to develop a 1.2 million tonnes per year mining and processing operation. In May 2020, Matador announced the results of a scoping study for the Cape Ray project. The study revealed the viability of a standalone gold operation. The proposed processing facility will be a threestage crush / ball mill circuit with average life of mine gold recovery of 96 per cent. During the minelife, projected gold mined will be 504,000 ounces,averaging 88,000 ounces per year during the first four years, with total silver production at 863,000 ounces averaging 124,000 ounces per year. Initial capital cost is estimated at $137 million with an anticipated payback of 1.75 years.
The project was registered for Environmental Assessment in July 2016 to develop the Cape Ray property and requires an Environmental Impact Statement that Matador plans to submit before the end of 2021. The Company is currently carrying out baseline environmental studies and has encouraged public participation through consultations in the communities of Port aux Basques and Isle aux Morts and as well as multiple meetings with First Nations groups. The Company initiated a 12,500 metre drill program in 2020 targeting expansion of known deposits and defining future ready drill targets. Results are already published with a new discovery, Angus Deposit being the first new discovery within the land package in over 20 years. More recently, Matador has identified 33 new gold targets with twelve high priority targets to be tested with drilling in 2021. Matador has sufficient funds for the 2020/2021 exploration program with approximately $12 million in the treasury currently.
Matador has received of a grant through the Junior Exploration Assistance Program of $82,800 from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador towards exploration work completed in 2019.
Newfoundland Aggregates (1991) Ltd.
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Newfoundland Aggregates (1991) Ltd. operated in 1999. Estimated annual employment was 4 people. The mine, which was located in St. Georges, produced sand and gravel for export.
Newfoundland Fluorspar Ltd.
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Newfoundland Fluorspar Ltd.operated from 1937 through to 1978. Estimated annual employment was 225 people. The mine, which was located in St. Lawrence, produced fluorspar.
Newfoundland Resources & Mining Co. Ltd.
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Newfoundland Resources & Mining Co. Ltd. operated from 1990 through to 1995. Estimated annual employment was 15 people. The mine, which was located in Lower Cove, produced limestone and dolomite.
Newfoundland Slate Inc.
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Newfoundland Slate Inc. operated from 1989 through to 1998. Estimated annual employment was 56 people. The mine, which was located in Nut Cove, produced slate.
Newfoundland Zinc Mines Ltd.
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Newfoundalnd Zinc Mines Ltd. operated from 1975 through to 1990. The mine shut down in April of 1986 and then resumed production in September, 1987. Estimated annual employment was 170 people. The mine, which was located in Daniel's Harbour, produced zinc.
North American Talc Company
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North American Talc Company operated from 1904 through to 1906. Estimated annual employment was 45 people. The mine, which was located in Manuels, produced pyrophyllite.
North Star Cement Ltd.
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North Star Cement Ltd. operated from 1952 through to 2000. Estimated annual employment was 59 people. The mine, which was located in Corner Brook, produced shale and limestone.
Pennecon Limited
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Pennecon Limited operated in 1999. Estimated annual employment was 16 people. The mine, which was located in Boswarlos, produced Barite.
Phoenix Minerals Corporation
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Phoenix Minerals Corporation operated in 1998. Estimated annual employment was 18 people. The mine, which was located in Collier Point, produced barite.
Price-ASARCO Inc.
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Price-ASARCO Inc. operated from 1928 through to 1984. Estimated annual employment was 680 people. The mine, which was located in Buchans, produced base precious metals including copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver and barite.
R.K. Bishop
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R.K. Bishop operated from 1909 through to 1910. Estimated annual employment is unkonown. The mine, which was located in Manuels, produced pyrophyllite.
Rambler Metals and Mining Canada Ltd.
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Rambler Metals and Mining Canada Ltd. (RMM) achieved initial commercial production on November 1, 2012. RMM operated the Ming Mine on the Baie Verte Peninsula and also operated a year-round bulk storage and shipping facility at Goodyear’s Cove.
In 2019, RMM produced 5,299 tonnes of saleable copper and 4,887 ounces of saleable gold from the Ming Mine.
On September 28, 2020, RMM announced the structure and terms of a corporate refinancing that would position the Company to re-establish full production, implement options for increased production, and allow the Company to continue with prospective exploration. A term sheet was created for a US$5 million conditional secured loan from institutional investor West Face Capital Inc. The Company was working toward executing the required precedent conditions as part of its obligation under the term sheet, such as the sale of non-core assets, implementation of a plan for unsecured debts, conversion of existing debt, and shareholder approval.
In early 2023, applied for protection under the Companies? Creditor Arrangement Act. Australian mining company AuTECO purchased Rambler in the fall of 2023. AuTECO has since changed its name to FireFly Metals.
Raymo Processing Inc.
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Raymo Processing Inc. operated from 1996 through to 1997. Estimated annual employment was 7 people. The mine, which was located in Baie Verte, produced gold and silver.
Richmont Mines Inc.
URL: http://www.richmont-mines.com/
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Richmont Mines Inc. operated from 2001 through to 2004. Estimated annual employment was 80 people. The mine, which was located in Hammerdown, produced gold and silver.
Royal Oak Mines
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Royal Oak Mines operated from 1992 through to 1997. Estimated annual employment was 200 people. The mine, which was located in Hope Brook, produced gold.
Roycefield Resources Ltd.
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Roycefield Resources Ltd. operated from 1997 through to 1998. Estimated annual employment was 50 people. The mine, which was located in Beaver Brook, produced antimony.
Shabogamo Mining & Exploration Limited
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Shabogamo Mining and Exploration Limited (SME) is a mining company based in Labrador City that mined the Roy’s Knob silica deposit. SME produced high-grade silica quartzite (98 – 99.8%) from late 1999 to early 2009 and sold all product to Bécancour Silicon, Inc. of Québec under a 10 year contract.
Signal Gold Inc.
URL: https://www.signalgold.com/
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On May 12, 2022, Anaconda Mining Inc. changed its name to Signal Gold Inc.
Anaconda’s operation consisted of the Pine Cove open pit mine, the Pine Cove mill and tailings facility, the Stog’er Tight mine, the Argyle gold mine, and approximately 11,000 hectares of prospective gold-bearing property.
Anaconda sold 16,362 ounces of gold in 2019 from production at the Point Rousse Project, generating $29.5 million in revenue. With the final blast for the Pine Cove Pit having taken place in October 2020, the Argyle gold mine became the predominant source of mill throughput over the next two years for Anaconda. The Company estimated that the Argyle gold mine would produce nearly 31,000 ounces of gold. On the exploration side, Anaconda was actively drilling at its Tilt Cove Gold Project, located about 45 kilometres from the Pine Cove Mill. A 10,000 metre diamond drill program was announced on October 22, 2020.
Anaconda received of a grant through the Junior Exploration Assistance Program of $81,171 from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador towards exploration work completed in 2019.
St. Lawrence Corporation
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St. Lawrence Corporation operated from 1933 through to 1961. Estimated annual employment was 188 people. The mine, which was located in St. Lawrence, produced fluorspar.
St. Lawrence Fluorspar Ltd.
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St. Lawrence Fluorspar Ltd. operated from 1987 through to 1990. Estimated annual employment was 120 people. The mine, which was located in St. Lawrence, produced fluorspar.
Tacora Resources Inc.
URL: https://www.tacoraresources.com/
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Tacora is a Canadian company incorporated in British Columbia, owned by MagGlobal LLC and Proterra M&M MGCA B.V. Ore is shipped via IOC’s Quebec North Shore & Labrador railroad to the port operator Société Ferroviaire et Portuaire de Pointe-Noire at Sept Îles, Quebec.
Tacora expects an annual production rate of six million tonnes of high grade, low impurity concentrate at full operation. Production has been ramping up since the second quarter of 2019. Iron ore concentrate will be sold as feed for sinter plants and pelletizing plants.
Tacora is using manganese separation that produces a concentrate with less than 1.4 per cent manganese. With manganese separation, they are able to avail of higher manganese ore closer to the surface and this contributes to a lower stripping ratio, lower mining costs, increased weight recovery and access to larger reserves.
Tacora has taken part in the Tailings Safety Initiative which is an investor-led initiative to improve disclosure standards around tailings management in the extractive industry. Led by the Church of England Pensions Board and the Swedish Council on Ethics for the AP Pension Funds, the initiative consists of 96 institutional investors representing over US $10.3 trillion in assets under management.
Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd.
URL: http://www.tatasteelcanada.com/
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Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd. (TSMC) is a joint venture between Tata Steel of India (77.68 per cent), a large global steel producer; Investissement Québec (18 per cent), the Government of Québec investment agency; and New Millennium Iron Corp. (4.32 per cent), a Canadian junior mining company. Four railways are involved in getting the ore to the Port of Sept-Îles; the KéRail spur line, Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (TSH), the Québec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L), and, at the southern end of the system, haulage is completed on Chemin de Fer Arnaud to stockpiling and ship loading facilities on the Pointe-Noire side of the Port of Sept-Îles.
The project has the capacity to produce 4.2 million tonnes per year of iron ore fines with an expansion for up to 6 million tonnes per year. In August 2020, TSMC achieved its best ever monthly production of 93,000 tonnes. Tata’s end products, shipped from the port of Sept Iles are destined for Tata Steel’s manufacturing plants in Britain and other parts of Europe.
TSMC has operated as a direct shipping ore (DSO) project using crushing, drying and screening to produce ore with iron content of approximately 60 per cent. The company has a concentrator to beneficiate ore with an average iron grade of 58 per cent up to 65 per cent. This plant will enable TSMC to operate year round.
Teranov Mining Corporation
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Teranov Mining Corporation operated from 1991 through to 1994. Estimated annual employment was 44 people. The mine, which was located in Baie Verte, produced asbestos.
Terra Nova Granite (2007) Inc.
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In late 2007, the Hurley Group of Companies purchased Terra Nova Granite Inc. from Central Holdings Inc. The purchase included the production facility, equipment, and inventory located at Jumpers Brook near Bishop’s Falls in central Newfoundland. The operating company, Terra Nova Granite (2007) Inc., focused on producing blank monuments, architectural and landscape products, and countertop slabs mainly for export markets. Approximately 20 people were employed at peak production in 2010. The operation is currently shut down.
Torngait Ujaganniavingit Corporation (TUC)
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Torngait Ujaganniavingit Corp. has reported to the Mineral Development Division of the Department of Natural Resources, that it has exhausted the resource it held in Northern Labrador, and that it will no longer operate its anorthosite quarry. Over the summer months, a final shipment of good quality stone was exported. The company has been instructed to rehabilitate the site, including signage on the property.
Trinity Brick Products Limited
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Trinity Brick Products Limited operated from 1886 through to 1999. Estimated annual employment was 8 people. The mine, which was located in Milton, produced bricks from clay and shale.
Trinity Resources Ltd.
URL: http://www.trinityresources.ca
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Trinity is a privately-held company that, in addition to producing pyrophyllite, also sells waste rock for use as aggregates in white cement The Company ships product from its own six-acre ship loading facility located within 4 km of the mine.
In 2020, Trinity is forecasted to ship 130,000 metric tonnes of cement grade product from its ship loading operation in Long Pond. While representing a 25 per cent reduction from 2019 levels due to the pandemic impact, Trinity fully expects shipment levels will return to the nominal 200,000 tonne level in 2021. Trinity states that it has reserves greater than 35 million tonnes.
Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Ltd.
URL: http://www.vale.com/canada/EN/business/mining/nickel/vale-canada/st-johns/Pages/default.aspx
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Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Limited (VNL) operates an integrated open-pit mining and milling operation in Voisey’s Bay. The copper concentrate is sold directly to the market, while the nickel concentrate is sent to the Long Harbour Processing Plant (LHPP), where it is processed using hyrdomet technology to produce nickel rounds, copper cathode and cobalt rounds. Through the first three quarters of 2020, VNL reported production of 10,100 tonnes of nickel, 5,700 tonnes of copper and 464 tonnes of cobalt from Voisey’s Bay. The development of the Voisey’s Bay mine expansion (the underground mine) is approximately 41 per cent complete with expected capital expenditures of US$471 million as of April 2020. The expansion will produce about 45,000 tonnes of nickel per year.
The LHPP is advancing its production ramp-up with completion expected to coincide with the completion of the Voisey’s Bay Mine Expansion Project. The target production rate for 2020 is approximately 37,000 tonnes of finished nickel. Upon ramp-up, the LHPP is expected to have a nominal capacity of approximately 50,000 metric tonnes of finished nickel per year. The quality of product produced from the LHPP is considered high, and has the potential to achieve significant premiums in the market.
Wabana Iron Ore Mines
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Wabana Iron Ore Mines operated from 1894 through to 1966. Estimated annual employment was 2300 people. The mine,located on Bell Island, produced iron ore.
Wabush Mines
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Wabush Mines started mining iron ore from the Scully Mine in Labrador in 1965. Cliffs Natural Resources (CNR) bought out its partners and became sole owner of the mine in 2011. Concentrate was railed for pelletizing in Pointe-Noire, Québec, until the pellet plant closed in 2013.
In February 2014, CNR announced that mining and concentrating activities at Wabush Mines would be idled; later in 2014, CNR announced that the mine was permanently closed. Wabush Mines entered the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) process and on July 19, 2017, Tacora Resources Inc. announced that it had closed the acquisition of assets associated with the Scully Mine.
Whalesback Mine
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Whalesback Mine operated from 1965 through to 1972. Estimated annual employment was 102 people. The mine, which was located in Springdale, produced copper.