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The Brucejack mine is a Canadian gold and silver mine located north of
Stewart, British Columbia Stewart is a district municipality at the head of the Portland Canal in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, near the Alaskan panhandle. In 2021, it had a population of 517. History The Nisga'a, who live around the Nass River, called th ...
. The mine is underground and is owned and operated by
Newmont Newmont Corporation is an American gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921, it holds ownership of gold mines in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Do ...
. In 2020, the mine produced an output of 347,743 ounces of gold and 472,163 ounces of silver. As of January 2020, the proven and probable reserves of the mine were 4.2 million ounces of gold and 30.1 million ounces of silver.


History

On July 30, 2015, the BC provincial government approved Pretium Resources' Brucejack mine project. With the approval of the project, construction began on September 5. The Brucejack mine achieved its first gold pour in June 2017. The first commercial production began on July 1, 2017. The mine has changed ownership throughout its life due to corporate acquisitions. The original owner, Pretium Resources, was acquired by
Newcrest Newcrest Mining Limited is an Australian-based corporation which engages in the exploration, development, mining and sale of gold and the froth flotation product, gold-copper concentrate. It is Australia's leading gold mining company and its o ...
on March 9, 2022. In 2023, an American mining company,
Newmont Newmont Corporation is an American gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921, it holds ownership of gold mines in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Do ...
, acquired Newcrest, and gained the Brucejack mine.


Geology and mining method

The Brucejack mine deposit is an
electrum Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver. It has been produced artificially and is ...
intermediate-sulphidation epithermal deposit. It is located in the Stikine terrane, in the
Intermontane Belt The Intermontane Belt is a physical geology, physiogeological region in the Pacific Northwest of North America, stretching from northern Washington (U.S. state), Washington into British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. It comprises rolling hills, hig ...
. The Brucejack mine is an underground mine that utilizes a long hole stoping method to extract ore from the orebody.


See also

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List of gold mines in Canada This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively. Asterisks (* ...
* List of mines in British Columbia *
Mount Polley mine Mount Polley mine is a Canadian List of gold mines in Canada, gold and List of copper mines in Canada, copper mine located in British Columbia near the towns of Williams Lake, British Columbia, Williams Lake and Likely, British Columbia, Likely. ...
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Geology of British Columbia The geology of British Columbia is a function of its location on the leading edge of the North American continent. The mountainous physiography and the diversity of the different types and ages of rock hint at the complex geology, which is st ...


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