Major work has started on the site of what will be Atlantic Canada's largest open-pit gold mine in central Newfoundland, where 73 per cent of the current workforce is from the local area.
Initial mining work at the Leprechaun pit at Marathon Gold's Valentine Lake gold site since October 2022 has focused on removing overburden rock and the development of the Leprechaun pit as a source of waste rock for construction materials. Marathon Gold photoMILLERTOWN, N.L. — Major work has started on the site of what will be Atlantic Canada's largest open-pit gold mine in central Newfoundland.
Early site work in began in October 2022, focusing on building haul roads and pads, establishing a temporary construction camp, tree clearing and grubbing, upgrades to the project’s access road from the community of Millertown and replacement of the Victoria River Bridge. To date, 10.5 kilometres of site roads have been completed, including the 5.2 kilometres of haul road connecting the Leprechaun and Marathon mining pit areas to the central process plant and primary facilities site.
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