Update January 10th, 2022
January 10th, 2022
The installation of the structural steel support frame for the future Administration Building foundation is well underway and will be complete by mid-January. The modules to sit on the support frame will start arriving late March with erection and finishing of the facility to be completed for August 2022.
A 3D rendering of the future Administration Building located within the future Process Plant Site area, where Greenstone Mine employees will work in a modern professional space.
Planned activities for the week of January 10th include Tree Clearing, continuing to advance the Earthworks within the Kenogamisis and S4 Aggregate Pits and the Tailings Management Facility Quarry, stripping and excavating in preparation for foundation work, drilling and blasting within the Process Plant Site area, the Highway 11 Realignment and the future MTO Patrol Yard areas, the installation of power lines, pouring concrete and road construction.
What's coming next:
Greenstone Mine will be conducting scheduled blasts within the Project Area and within the Highway 11 Realignment Area. Blasting will occur on a regular basis during the construction and operations phases of the Project. Blasting Notices are posted on the website homepage.
‘No Trespassing’ signs within the Barton Bay Trail area due to work activities being undertaken for the construction of the MacLeod High Tailings (MHT) seepage collection system have been installed for everyone’s safety as this work continues. The Rosedale Point Air Monitoring Station located between the Rosedale Point Road and the Barton Bay Trail parking lot and the MacLeod Provincial Park Air Monitoring Station are installed, while electrical connection and commissioning will continue.
Earthworks in the Kenogamisis Pit located North of Highway 11 behind Between Bridges Inn continues with loading and hauling of pit run material to the future Process Plant Site (PPS) area while tree clearing activities for the Kenogamisis Pit expansion continues. Installation of structural steel support frame for the future Administration Building foundation will continue. The concrete slab for the future Reagent Building is complete and erection of the building is scheduled to commence. Excavation and stripping of the future Plant Site footprint will continue. Drilling in the future Power Plant area is halted pending blasting. With stripping and backfilling now 50% complete, work will continue within the Plant Site Access Road area which will become the future permanent Main Site Access Road. On-going hauling of material from the S4 Aggregate Pit to the future Tailings Management Facility (TMF) area will continue. Construction of TMF Access Roads between the TMF Laydown and the future TMF Quarry, and between TMF Laydown and the future Overburden Dump are complete. Drilling at the TMF Quarry in preparation for future blasting and crushing is paused. Construction of sedimentation ponds for water management and excavation and backfilling work for construction of the Goldfield Creek Diversion dyke and channel continues. Tree clearing activities within the Lahtis Road area in preparation for the construction of the TMF will continue. Communications Tower mounting of tower communications equipment continues. Drilling and blasting within the future Highway 11 Realignment will continue towards the west with excavation work and placement of materials to continue towards Michael Power Boulevard. Drilling within the future MTO Patrol Yard will commence. Temporary Power Line work will resume with the installation of power lines along the future Plant Site Access Road and the future TMF Access Road.
The Tree Clearing, Earthworks within the Kenogamisis Pit, S4 Aggregate Pits and the TMF Quarry, the installation of power lines, the drill and blast program and road construction involve the use of heavy equipment such as zoom booms, cranes, drills, excavators, skidders, wood chippers, bulldozers, tri-axle haul trucks, articulated trucks and loaders. For health and safety reasons, we wish to caution the general public to limit non-essential traffic within the Hardrock Road and the Temporary Effluent Water Treatment area and to follow and obey posted signs across the Project area.
The safety of our employees, contractors and the general public is paramount as we construct the Greenstone Mine.