The Eskay Creek Revitalization Project is focused on reopening the historical underground mine as a conventional truck and shovel open-pit operation that will produce a gold-silver concentrate on-site which will be transported off-site to third-party smelters. Once in production, the project will produce 2.4 million ounces of gold and 67 million ounces of silver over the course of its approximate 9-year operating life. The project will utilize existing infrastructure from the former mine.
Eskay Creek is a historic mine site with significant existing infrastructure already in place, including a fully permitted Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), camps, offices, and all-weather access roads into site. Clean power will be accessed through the Coast Mountain Hydroelectric Facilities (Forrest Kerr, McLymont Creek and Volcano Creek run of the river), partly owned by the Tahltan Nation, or by accessing the main hydroelectric grid. The capital cost of the development is estimated to be C$592 million.
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