The Keno Hill silver district operation is a silver-lead-zinc mine. It's located 50 kilometres northeast of Mayo and 3 kilometres east of Keno. Bellekeno began producing ore from long-hole stopes in 2011. Elsa Reclamation and Development Company Limited, a unit of Alexco Resource Corporation, owns the former assets of United Keno Hill Mines. This company is responsible for the care and maintenance of the properties and the eventual reclamation and closure of the sites. Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corporation, a separate subsidiary of Alexco Resource Corporation, is responsible for mineral extraction.
The following documents are only available in English. We’ll update this page as we create and modify licensing documents.
Documents we're reviewing
- Reclamation and closure plan - revision 6 (October 2021; 122,520 KB)
Approved licences
- Quartz mining licence QML–0009 (November 2019; 516 KB)
- Amendment to Keno Hill silver district mining operations project QML–0009, Flame and Moth Deposit (February 2016; 557.77 KB)
- Amendment to Keno Hill silver district mining operations project QML–0009, Bermingham Deposit (November 2019; 184 KB)
Development and operational plans
- Mine development and operations plan: Bellekeno project (December 2009; 3,350.55 KB)
- Amendment to construction site plan: revision 1 Bellekeno (February 2010; 726.06 KB)
- Supplemental information to mine construction and operation plan (May 2010; 4,845.57 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: Lucky Queen and Onek mines – revision 1 (January 2013; 10,029.90 KB)
- Approval of amendment to general site plan: borrow sources (February 2010; 731.22 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operations plan: Bellekeno (August 2010; 928.10 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operations plan: waste rock storage facility – Bellekeno (September 2010; 947.09 KB)
- Mill development and operations plan: revision 4 (November 2018; 7,399 KB)
- Dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan: dust modelling (September 2010; 703.14 KB)
- Operation, maintenance and surveillance manual: dry stack tailings facility – revision 2010–1 (September 2010; 3,290.48 KB)
- Dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan: revision 4 (November 2018; 7,399 KB)
- Approval of dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan (September 2010; 1,368.09 KB)
- Approval of addendums to dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan (October 2010; 1,275.07 KB)
- Construction site plan: revision 1 Bellekeno project (November 2009; 21,242.23 KB)
- Lightning creek bypass road construction and operation plan (April 2010; 4,245.54 KB)
- Road construction plan: Keno City bypass road (September 2012; 2,667.87 KB)
- Road construction plan: revision 4 (September 2018; 2,539 KB)
- Approval of lightning creek bypass road construction and operation plan (May 2010; 827.29 KB)
- Management health and safety program (January 2018; 3,003.75 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: revision 0 (November 2021; 25,313 KB)
- Tailings characterization plan: revision 7 (November 2021; 3,989 KB)
- Waste rocke management plan: revision 6.5 (October 2021; 24,348 KB)
Environmental protection plans and reports
- Monitoring, surveillance and reporting plan (October 2021; 18,014 KB)
- Adaptive management plan (October 2021; 9,219 KB)
- Explosives management plan (February 2019; 3,265 KB)
- Hazardous materials management plan (July 2018; 4,979 KB)
- Spill contingency plan (October 2020; 745 KB)
- Waste management plan (July 2018; 3,283 KB)
- Wildlife protection plan (July 2018; 614 KB)
- Dust abatement and monitoring plan (October 2021; 2,864 KB)
- Heritage resource protection plan (July 2019; 562 KB)
- Noise monitoring and management plan (October 2021; 3,950 KB)
- Traffic management plan (October 2021; 3,858 KB)
- Noise monitoring report 2nd quarter (August 2013; 725.41 KB)
- Noise monitoring report 4th quarter (March 2014; 3,750.70 KB)
- Noise monitoring report 1st and 2nd quarters (August 2014; 773.63 KB)
- Noise monitoring report: April 2013 to December 2014 (March 2015; 796.89 KB)
Reclamation and closure plans
- Reclamation and closure plan: revision 4 (June 2015; 33,271.506 KB)
- Reclamation and closure plan: revision 4 – appendices (June 2015; 21,181.836 KB)
- Reclamation and closure plan: revision 5.1 (April 2019; 79,881 KB)
Financial security
- Amendment to Keno Hill silver district mining operations project QML–0009, Bermingham deposit (November 2019; 184 KB)
Annual reporting
- 2010 annual report (June 2011; 21,072.094 KB)
- 2011 annual report (March 2012; 29,154.872 KB)
- 2011 annual report addendum (May 2012; 2,273.70 KB)
- 2012 annual report (March 2013; 75,936.407 KB)
- 2013 annual report (March 2014; 57,652.0 KB)
- 2014 annual report (March 2015; 36,095.0 KB)
- 2015 annual report (March 2016; 57,753.0 KB)
- 2016 annual report (March 2017; 35,362.340 KB)
- 2017 annual report (March 2018; 41,178 KB)
- 2018 annual report (March 2019; 32,701.84 KB)
- 2019 annual report (March 2020; 21,216.33 KB)
- 2020 annual report (March 2021; 18,752.55 KB)
- 2021 annual report (March 2022; 20,608 KB)
- 2011 annual physical inspection report (September 2011; 6,829.97 KB)
- 2012 annual physical inspection report (September 2012; 5,904.00 KB)
- 2013 annual physical inspection report (December 2013; 4,851.86 KB)
- 2014 annual physical inspection report (December 2014; 7,820.72 KB)
- 2015 annual physical inspection report (September 2015; 7,656.92 KB)
- 2016 annual physical inspection report (October 2016; 4,032 KB)
- 2017 annual physical inspection report (November 2017; 4,395.56 KB)
- 2018 annual physical inspection report (November 2018; 1,867.16 KB)
- 2019 annual physical inspection report (November 2019; 4,051.50 KB)
- 2020 annual physical inspection report (November 2020; 4,652.24 KB)
- 2021 annual physical inspection report (November 2021; 4,641 KB)