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Ontario How R&D Will Change Mining CANADA ’ S FIRST MINING PUBLICATION www.canadianminingjournal.com February 2017 INNOVATIVE ONTARIO HOW R&D WILL CHANGE MINING Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement No. 40069240 01_CMJ Feb2017_ver2.indd 1 2017-02-03 2:24 PM TRUST THE NUMBERS SANDVIK 365. EXPERTS YOU CAN COUNT ON. People tell you stories about quality, commitment and innovation. But for the real story, take a close look at the numbers. With Sandvik 365, you can rely on our highly trained expert engineers to get you the right parts and services to ensure safe operation, low operating costs and service intervals that can be extended by as much as 50%. Want to know what you can count on saving with Sandvik 365? Find out more at mining.sandvik.com/sandvik365. Test results are to be considered as results reached under certain and controlled test conditions. These test results should not be treated as specifications and Sandvik does not guarantee, warrant or represent the outcome of test results in any or all circumstances. MINING.SANDVIK.COM CMJ February2017_Ad pages.indd 2 2017-02-03 10:40 AM FEBRUARY 2017 VOL. 138, NO. 02 CANADIANCANADIANMMiningining JJournalournal www.canadianminingjournal.com FEATURES TOP 10 MINE BUILDERS 28 A list of the top 10 most important mine builders in Canada’s history: men who have opened up remote regions to development, built corporate empires and enriched the nation all at the same time. MINING IN ONTARIO 10 An aggressive exploration plan has transformed Richmont 28 Gold’s Island Gold mine and boosted production. Now the company’s planning for the next phase of growth. 16 Noront Resources has big plans for its Eagle’s Nest and other properties in the Ring of Fire. But first, it needs the province to deliver on a key piece of infrastructure: a road. 20 A look at current R&D work in Ontario that will make mining safer, more productive and efficient, and lower its impact on the environment. 26 Ontario Mining Association President Chris Hodgson shares the findings of the OMA’s 2016 Economic Report. BLASTING 20 40 Research from Allied Market Research outlines expected growth in the industrial explosives market, which is dominated by mining. 42 Dyno Nobel marks 150 years since the invention of dynamite by Alfred Nobel. DEPARTMENTS 5 EDITORIAL | Interim Editor Marilyn Scales highlights Canada’s mining history in honour of the nation’s 150th birthday. 6 FIRST NATIONS | AFN Ontario Chief Isadore Day calls for true 40 partnership between industry, government and First Nations. IN MY MINE(D) | Recent research by Engineers Without Borders ABOUT THE COVER 8 This month’s cover provided and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business bolsters the case for by Hard-Line. mining companies to step up procurement from aboriginal businesses. 43 UNEARTHING TRENDS | Michael Sabatino and Rabinder Sihota Coming in April of EY’s tax services practice outline how the Extractive Sector Canadian Mining Journal looks at Transparency Measures Act will affect miners. the quarry and aggregates industry in Canada, plus a feature report on 44 LAW | Jennifer Nyland and Laura Duke of Lawson Lundell explain material handling. how a recent court decision clarifies when an environmental assessment is required for a B.C. resource project. For More Information Please visit www.canadianminingjournal.com for regular updates on what’s 46 CSR & MINING | Michael Torrance of Norton Rose Fulbright happening with Canadian mining companies and their personnel both here highlights best practices for procurement of goods and services from and abroad. A digital version of the magazine is also available at www.digital.canadianminingjournal.com aboriginal businesses, as outlined in a recent report. FEBRUARY 2017 CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL | 3 03_CMJ Feb2017_Contents.indd 3 2017-02-03 4:09 PM DOOSAN. POWERFUL SOLUTIONS. At Doosan, we do more than engineer products. We engineer solutions. Robust compressors that weather the harshest conditions. Generators and light towers that match innovation with efficiency. Unrivaled service and support, day or night. That’s the way we’ve operated for over 100 years, and the way we’ll do business for decades to come. 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Circulation Manager Cindi Holder One of the reasons to be proud of Canada is its vast Great Bear Lake and gold at Yellowknife, N.W.T. 416-510-6789, ext. 43544 storehouse of natural resources and the men and Silver-radium ore was discovered at Great Bear Lake. [email protected] enterprises that put us among the world’s premier Both Falconbridge and Inco blew in new smelters mineral producers – gold, uranium, potash, base near Sudbury (1930). Milling began at the Macassa Publisher & Sales metals, diamonds, and the metals of the future. gold mine in Kirkland Lake (1933). The first com- Robert Seagraves Our mineral legacy has also given rise to some of mercial shipment of lithium was made from the 416-510-6891 [email protected] the world’s best technology for finding, mining Pointe du Bois district of Manitoba. and processing those riches. The mining industry, particularly gold, suffered Sales Let’s take a look at the first person to be caught from a severe shortage of labour during the Second Western Canada, Western U.S.A. up in our mineral wealth. While Martin Frobisher World War. Then mining expanded as demand and Quebec searched for the Northwest Passage, he ballasted grew during peacetime, and the United States Joelle Glasroth his ships with shiny yellow rocks. What he thought became the largest consumer of base metals and 416-510-5104 would be his fortune was pyrite, not gold, and his iron ore from Canada. Copper mining took hold at [email protected] mistake was not pointed out until he had made Murdochville, Que. Iron ore was discovered at Toll Free Canada & U.S.A.: another voyage and collected even more rocks. Atikokan, Ont., and nickel in Thompson, Man. 1-888-502-3456 ext 2 or 43734 The lesson is: Never send a ship captain to do a Thanks to the Cold War, Elliot Lake, Ont., became geologist’s job. the Free World’s leading uranium producer. Group Publisher French king Louis XIV granted what are proba- The 1960s saw another boom in mine discov- Anthony Vaccaro bly the first mineral concessions on Cape Breton ery. Lead and zinc were found at Pine Point, Island to Nicolas Denys who discovered coal there N.W.T. Copper deposits were unearthed in the in 1672. For the next 200 years mining was small Highland Valley of B.C. The deposit that became Established 1882 scale, done to meet local needs. the Brunswick No.12 mine at Bathurst, N.B., was Canadian Mining Journal provides articles and information of The turning point came in the 1870s as mining discovered. Iron ore was found in the Labrador practical use to those who work in the technical, administrative began to see significant development. Not coinci- Trough. Syncrude began mining the first bitumen and supervisory aspects of exploration, mining and processing in the Canadian mineral exploration and mining industry. dentally the Geological Survey of Canada was cre- from the oil sands near Fort McMurray, Alta. Canadian Mining Journal (ISSN 0008-4492) is published ated in 1877. That expertise gave the Canadian (1967). The short-lived Rankin Inlet nickel mine 10 times a year by BIG L.P. Mining. BIG is located at 38 Lesmill Rd., Unit 2. Toronto, ON, M3B 2T5. hunt for minerals the backbone of its success. became Canada’s first mine in the Arctic. Phone (416) 510-6891. The next 100 years saw an accelerated pace of The ’70s and ’80s saw mine start-ups across the Legal deposit: National Library, Ottawa. Printed in Canada. discovery. Nickel and copper were uncovered in country. The Polaris zinc-lead mine on Little All rights reserved. The contents of this magazine are protected by copyright and may be used only for your personal non- Sudbury, Ont. (1883). Lead and zinc were found Cornwallis Island. The Bullmoose and Quintette commercial purposes. All other rights are reserved and commer- leading to the Sullivan mine and town of coal mines in northeast British Columbia. The cial use is prohibited. To make use of any of this material you must first obtain the permission of the owner of the copyright. Kimberley, B.C. (1893). Asbestos was found in the potash mines of Sasktchewan plus new ones opened For further information please contact Robert Seagraves at Eastern Townships of Quebec and first milled in in New Brunswick made Canada in the 1990s the 416-510-6891. 1888. The Klondike gold rush (1896) brought world’s No.1 producer. And let’s not forget the first Subscriptions – Canada: $51.95 per year; $81.50 for two years. USA: US$64.95 per year. Foreign: US$77.95 per year. Single fortune hunters to the North. 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