Last month we published several updates to some of our older project articles. When this site was launched in 2013, we wrote about large and small mining projects, mostly chosen from random news releases or whatever was interesting at the time. Going back to look at these projects has been an interesting exercise. While a lot can happen in a decade, a lot of nothing can also happen. Here are another set of updates in no particular order. We’ll probably keep doing this as it gives us a chance to update older content, but we’ll also have brand new content for you once the field season starts to wrap up.
Two articles particularly worthy of a re-read are pieces on Mount Polley and Eagle Gold. Both of these mines experienced significant spills; 10 years ago in the case of Mount Polley and two months ago in the case of Eagle. Repairing environmental damage is hard, repairing reputational damage is even harder.
Project Review: Cameco’s McArthur River Uranium Mine
- Updated resources
- Expanded description of mineralization and mining practices
The Emerging Guerrero Gold Belt of Mexico
- Updates to production and ownership of several projects
The Eagle Gold Project Prepares to Take Flight
- The mine has opened and become the largest gold mine in the Yukon
- The mine recently experienced a heap leach failure and operations have been temporarily suspended
Project Review: Woodjam Property
- Updated ownership and drilling results
- Recent drill results are promising for the project’s future
KSM Gold-copper Project, Canada
- Update with new resources and reserves
- Project is now the world’s largest undeveloped gold resource
- Discussed challenges and opportunities for project’s future
Red Chris copper-gold porphry deposit
- Updated ownership
- The mine has entered production, and production stats were added
- Added information on future production at Red Chris
The Promises and Risks of the Myanmar (Burma) Mining Industry
- The country has been engulfed by civil war
- Myanmar now produces most of the world’s Heavy Rare Earth elements, mostly through illegal operations
- Significant resource opportunities remain, if the political situation stabilizes
Ootsa Lake Property, Porphyry Copper Deposits, British Columbia, Canada
- Now owned by Surge Copper Corp
- Resources have increased
- Updated plans for the future
Project Review: Mount Polley Porphry-Copper Mine BC, Canada
- Updated with recent production stats
- When the original article was written, Mount Polly was in the midst of much-publicized tailings dam breach; the long-term effects of this incident on the mine and the environment are now discussed.
Exploration in the Tintina Gold Belt of Alaska & Yukon
- Updated ownership and production stats of several mines and projects
Project Review: Blackwater Gold-Silver Deposit
- Updated with new resources, ownership, and mining plans
Project Review: NorthMet Copper-Nickel-PGM Deposit in Minnesota, USA
- Updated ownership and resources
- The project is still facing significant permitting issues after an (almost) unbelievable 17 years
