Board recommends approval of N.W.T. mining road – Journal Of Commerce

Sep 25, 2017

VANCOUVER – Canadian Zinc Corporation has announced that the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board has recommended approval of a proposed all-season road for the company’s Prairie Creek Mine, in the Northwest Territories.

The approved road will run 184 kilometres from the Laird Highway to the mine, a media statement issued Sept. 12 noted. Road construction is expected to take three years.

The mine already has extensive infrastructure in place including five kilometres of underground workings on three levels, a 1,000-tonne-per-day mill, a fleet of heavy duty and light duty surface vehicles, three surface exploration diamond drill rigs, camp accommodation, maintenance and water treatment facilities and a 1,000-metre-long gravel airstrip, the statement indicates.

In 2016, the company completed a preliminary feasibility study that forecasts average annual production of 60,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate and 55,000 tonnes of lead concentrate containing a total of 86 million pounds of zinc, 82 million pounds of lead and 1.7 million ounces of silver in both zinc and lead concentrates.