Update October 17th, 2022

Greenstone Mine wishes to advise the public that open pit activities are underway. Greenstone Mine will be conducting scheduled blasts within the O​​​​​​pen Pit and Project 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 former Barton Bay Trail area due to work activities being undertaken for the construction of the Highway 11 Realignment have been installed for everyone’s safety as this work continues. Earthworks in the Kenogamisis Pit, located North of Highway 11 behind Between Bridges Inn, will continue with loading, and hauling of pit run material to the future Plant Site area as needed. At the Process Plant east end, steel erection continues while at the west end steel erection and cladding near completion. Concrete and steel erection are ongoing at the Crusher and the High Pressure Grinding Rolls. At the Power Plant, work on the outside auxiliary systems is ongoing with preparations started to receive the gensets scheduled to arrive soon while inside equipment installation continues. Interior work in the Truck Shop is ongoing with commissioning of overheads cranes while the exterior cladding is wrapping up. Formwork and concrete for conveyors is ongoing. Power distribution work continues in the Plant Site and Tailings Management Facility (TMF) areas.  Earthworks nears completion for the installation of the site natural gas distribution piping.

Ongoing hauling of material from the S4 Aggregate Pit to the Goldfield Creek Dam. Work continues on the cut-off wall and various water retention ponds and ditches.

Crushing within the future Highway 11 Realignment footprint (west side) will continue. Placement of materials continues for the east side of the future Highway 11 and the Michael Power Boulevard ramps. With the Michael Power Boulevard Crossing in use, motorists are asked to obey the 60 km/h maximum speed limit and to proceed with caution.  

At the future MTO Patrol Yard, interior work is well advanced in the Garage / Office building.

Mine mobile equipment components continue to arrive. Assembly of the first four mine haul trucks is complete. Assembly of the first shovel is complete and parts for a second shovel have arrived. Assembly of the second shovel will commence once the assembly pad area is complete. The construction of haul roads is underway.

Construction in and around Greenstone Mine involves the use of heavy equipment such as haul trucks, zoom booms, cranes, drills, excavators, skidders, wood chippers, bulldozers, tri-axle haul trucks, articulated trucks and loaders. 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.