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Agnico Eagle to redevelop Hope Bay gold mine in Canada's Arctic ...
The project is expected to produce 400,000 to 435,000 ounces of gold a year and support close to 2,000 jobs, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Agnico Eagle announced the redevelopment of the Hope Bay Mine in Nunavut, committing $2.4 billion to restart the facility after suspending production in 2022.
- Federal government funding of $25 million will construct a wind turbine plant to support mining operations in the remote North, addressing infrastructure constraints that make Arctic development costly.
- Agnico Eagle CEO Ammar Al-Joundi called the site a "long-life, district-scale mining camp" expected to produce between 400,000 and 435,000 ounces of gold annually and support nearly 2,000 jobs for Indigenous groups.
- The Department of National Defence signed a knowledge-transfer agreement with Agnico Eagle to gain insights on delivering large infrastructure projects in the North, supporting Prime Minister Mark Carney's $35 billion Arctic defense plan.
- Agnico acquired the site in 2021 after Canada blocked an attempted purchase by Shandong Gold Mining Co. on national security grounds during the tenure of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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