Agnico Eagle has withdrawn its proposal to extend the Meliadine gold mine, citing problems with the Nunavut Impact Review BoardSA国际影视传媒檚 report on the plans, as well as the need for the company to avoid any delays with its current operations.
SA国际影视传媒淎s we communicated publicly when the report was released, Agnico Eagle was surprised and disappointed by the NIRBSA国际影视传媒檚 recommendations,SA国际影视传媒� wrote Jamie Quesnel, director of permitting and regulatory affairs with the company, in a letter to Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal Dec. 19.
In its Nov. 17 ruling, NIRB recommended that the Meliadine extension proposal not be allowed to proceed at this time, citing SA国际影视传媒渃onsiderable uncertainty of the potential for the proposal to have negative, lasting effects on caribou, and the uncertainty of cumulative effects.SA国际影视传媒�
Agnico Eagle had sought to extend the mineSA国际影视传媒檚 life by 11 years through various expansions of their operation. At NIRBSA国际影视传媒檚 public hearings in Rankin Inlet earlier this past fall, critics of the proposal often targeted the windfarm, as the company was looking to construct up to 11 turbines to generate clean power for the mine.
SA国际影视传媒淲e had hoped that our suggestion at the end of the hearing that the windfarm be considered separate of the mine extension would have alleviated concerns regarding the windfarmSA国际影视传媒檚 proposed placement and impacts,SA国际影视传媒� wrote Quesnel.
Other than issues Agnico Eagle had with NIRBSA国际影视传媒檚 report, the thrust of the companySA国际影视传媒檚 motivation to pull the extension proposal is to avoid any delays that could be caused for a number of components of the mine that have been approved by NIRB previously but are not yet added to the Type A water licence.
SA国际影视传媒淲hile these components were only included in the Meliadine Extension Proposal for the sake of completeness and transparency, some of them will need to be approved as soon as 2024 by the Nunavut Water Board to support the current Meliadine mining plan,SA国际影视传媒� explained Quesnel. SA国际影视传媒淧lease note, however, that we are not ruling out the submission of a new application regarding a Meliadine extension project, in due time and when conditions will be suitable.SA国际影视传媒�
That decision would be different if NIRB had recommended the extension proposal, said Quesnel.
Attached to the letter is a nearly 50-page report detailing NIRBSA国际影视传媒檚 findings and AgnicoSA国际影视传媒檚 responses.
SA国际影视传媒淭he 11-year extension of the mine life would maintain the current annual mining rate,SA国际影视传媒� stated the companySA国际影视传媒檚 report. SA国际影视传媒淚t did not request an SA国际影视传媒榠ntensificationSA国际影视传媒� of mining, as the (NIRB) report suggests.SA国际影视传媒�
The proposed changes at Meliadine would result in a minor footprint of less than one per cent and no material change to outputs, added another bullet point.
According to Agnico Eagle, monitoring of caribou show the mine SA国际影视传媒渋s not causing significant adverse effects to caribou.SA国际影视传媒�
SA国际影视传媒淭he report often catalogues general concerns without considering a balanced approach and without considering the measures which the proponent, NIRB, the government departments and other parties such as the Kivalliq Inuit Association are taking to address them,SA国际影视传媒� wrote Agnico Eagle.
Currently, the mine is expected to close in 2032, or thereabouts, if no extension is approved.
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