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We are committed to implementing sustainable mining practices at our Eagle’s Nest Project in our aim towards reducing carbon emissions, prioritizing environmental responsibility and operational efficiency to not only meet but exceed industry standards in Canada.
We will go above and beyond the status quo to build a sustainable mine.
Environmental monitoring
With feedback from First Nation communities, we diligently engage in environmental monitoring to assess and address the impact of our activities. Our aim is to avoid large bodies of water and enact a species-at-risk impact mitigation plan that has been developed by ecological consultants.
No tailings on surface
The first mine of its kind where 100 per cent of tailings will be stored underground, using these tailings to backfill underground voids created by extraction. Additionally, aggregate rock from the underground stopes can supply material for infrastructure on surface and potentially provide material supplies for the regional infrastructure.
Minimising surface disruption
This includes no surface quarries, no open pits, no permanent waste rockpiles, and a mine plan that is designed mainly on uplands rather than on peat.
Closed-loop water circuit
These will minimise total effluent discharge and potential impact to the environment.
Small footprint
A modern mine design with a physical surface footprint of around one square kilometre.
We are also investigating the use of other sustainable technologies to complement the existing mine design, including:
Grid power supplied by developing infrastructure.
Battery electric vehicles and hydrogen-fuelled haulage truck fleets.
Solar and biomass energy as a renewable source.
Ultramafic waste rock to capture and sequester carbon.
Aiming to be the first mine globally to apply innovative techniques that will create a stable tailings solution all underground.
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