The Minto mine is owned by Minto Explorations Limited. The mine is a copper-gold mine located 240 kilometres northwest of Whitehorse. Minto mine has been producing since July 2007.
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Documents we're reviewing
- Reclamation and closure plan 2020-01 (November 2020; 68,092.14 KB)
- Appendices A1 to A8 (November 2020; 131,419.76 KB)
- Appendix A8: demonstration scale 2019 update report (November 2020; 26,734.99 KB)
- Appendices B to E (November 2020; 36,455.45 KB)
- Appendices F to G (November 2020; 51,451.89 KB)
- Appendices I to K (November 2020; 43,940.33 KB)
Approved licences
- Quartz mining licence QML–0001 (December 2014; 829.28 KB)
- Schedule A: listed mineral claims and leases (December 2014; 278.00 KB)
- Schedule B: plans to be submitted for approval as approved plans (December 2014; 52.92 KB)
- Schedule C: approved plans and authorized activities (April 2020;
124.26 KB) - Schedule D: annual reporting requirements (December 2014; 55.56 KB)
- Approval to extension of submission date for the reclamation and closure plan (November 2015; 31.17 KB)
- Rationale for issuance of amendment to QML–0001 for the area 2 stage 3 open pit (December 2016; 218.74 KB)
- Quartz mining licence QML–0001: plan requirement (December 2014; 91.10 KB)
- Quartz mining licence QML–0001 amendment: phase 7 mine expansion (March 2018; 1,306.98 KB)
Development and operational plans
- Minto mine copper keel underground mine development and operations plan (February 2020; 4,156.55 KB)
- Pre-feasibility geotechnical evaluation: phase 4 (December 2009; 18,907.28 KB)
- General site plan Minto mine phase 4 expansion – revision 1 (April 2011; 1,006.75 KB)
- General site plan: stage 2 (September 2011; 1,326.88 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: version 1 (February 2012; 3,398.09 KB)
- Submission of camp expansion and office space designs (August 2012; 2,769.41 KB)
- Underground mine development and operations plan (April 2014; 8,494.33 KB)
- Ground control plan – underground operations (May 2013; 3,372.79 KB)
- Area 2 pit wall and crown pillar monitoring (January 2014; 3,493.47 KB)
- M-zone portal ground support design and general surface work area rockfall protection plan (January 2014; 1,405.88 KB)
- Area 118 ventilation conceptual design (August 2014; 713.06 KB)
- Area 118 large-scale 3DEC analysis (August 2014; 1,840.15 KB)
- Area 118 FLAC3D analysis of the longhole base case option (August 2014; 1,938.90 KB)
- Area 118 3DEC/DFN analysis (August 2014; 11,044.47 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan (June 2014; 3,181.88 KB)
- Underground mine development and operations plan (June 2014; 8,278.69 KB)
- Ground control plan: underground operations (September 2015; 3,556.62 KB)
- Underground mine development and operations plan (March 2016; 6,199.09 KB)
- Ground control plan: underground operations (December 2015; 2,573.74 KB)
- Area 2 stage 3 pit: mine development and operations plan 2016–01 (October 2016; 1,851.60 KB)
- Main pit dump stability analysis update (February 2017; 603.64 KB)
- Underground mine development and operations plan 2017–01 (April 2017; 3,901.78 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: area 2 stage 3 pit design change 2017–01 (July 2017; 1,363.90 KB)
- Main pit dump design revision (February 2018; 2,084.71 KB)
- Underground mine development and operations plan amendment copper keel ramp (March 2018; 1,551.66 KB)
- Phase 7 underground mine development and operations plan (January 2018; 1,777.52 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operations plans (May 2016; 30.45 KB)
- Approval of area 2 stage 3 pit: mine development and operations plan (December 2016; 426.77 KB)
- Approval of underground mine development and operations plan 2017–01 (July 2017; 339.89 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operations plans (August 2017; 1,350.46 KB)
- Approval of copper keel ramp plan (June 2018; 45.73 KB)
- Approval of plans: Minto mine (June 2018; 54.56 KB)
- Approval of copper keel ramp plan: Minto mine, Yukon (October 2019; 43.50 KB)
- Approval of copper keel underground mine development and operations plan and emergency response plan (February 2020; 679.43 KB)
- Approval letter – Minto mine plan approval (April 2020, 460.66 KB)
- Mill operations plan (January 2018; 3,811.12 KB)
- Waste rock and overburden management plan (June 2014; 75,459 KB)
- Waste rock and overburden management plan; phase 4 development (September 2011; 3,930.53 KB)
- Mill valley fill extension stage 2 (September 2015; 5,852.66 KB)
- Waste rock and overburden management plan: phase 5 and 6 (December 2014; 3,329.26 KB)
- Phase 7 expansion: waste rock overburden management plan – 2018–01 (January 2018; 1,731.94 KB)
- Minto mine tailings management plan 2017–1 (February 2017; 1,797.51 KB)
- Main pit dam review of preliminary design (February 2015; 60.04 KB)
- Tailings management plan: revision 2018–01 (January 2018; 1,332.16 KB)
- Approval of tailings management plan (September 2012; 182.69 KB)
- Quartz mining licence QML–0001: extension of airstrip (September 2007; 756.95 KB)
- Minto north access design (September 2014; 4,746.61 KB)
- Approval extension of airstrip (September 2,007; 436.61 KB)
- Emergency response plan (October 2019; 2,410.11 KB)
Environmental protection plans and reports
- Site characterization plan (January 2018; 12,294.57 KB)
- Site characterization plan: appendices (January 2018; 148,565 KB)
- Vegetation metal uptake monitoring plan (October 2015; 14,784.40 KB)
- Environmental monitoring, surveillance and reporting plan: 2018–01 (January 2018; 24,608.0 KB)
- Operations adaptive management plan (January 2018; 624.38 KB)
- Physical monitoring plan: revision 2016–1 (December 2016; 2,635.00 KB)
- Groundwater monitoring plan supplementary letter (February 2017; 1,503.29 KB)
- Approval of operational and environmental plans (March 2016; 255.96 KB)
- Approval of operations adaptive management plan 2017–01 (March 2017; 25.92 KB)
- Spill contingency plan (February 2017; 4,391.61 KB)
- Heritage resource protection plan (April 2014; 2,558.96 KB)
- Sediment and erosion control plan (April 2014; 429.25 KB)
- Waste management plan (November 2017; 4,747.34 KB)
- Explosives management plan (June 2011; 1,467.86 KB)
- Wildlife protection plan (April 2014; 8,279.16 KB)
- 2015 environmental audit (October 2016; 1,371.47 KB)
- 2018 environmental audit (November 2018; 993.16 KB)
Reclamation and closure plans
- Reclamation and closure plan: 2018–01 (February 2018; 92,703.0 KB)
- Appendices (February 2018; 265,813.0 KB)
Financial security
- Closure cost estimate update for Minto mine (November 2012; 251.57 KB)
- Financial security for the Minto mine pursuant to QML–0001 (November 2012; 42.38 KB)
- Review of capstone’s reclamation and closure plan closure costing spreadsheet version 4.1 for the Minto mine (February 2014; 971.90 KB)
- Reclamation and closure plan and determination of financial security (March 2014; 2,813.71 KB)
- Review of capstone’s phase 5 and 6 reclamation and closure plan revision 5.1 (January 2015; 824.33 KB)
- Determination of financial security (January 2015; 841.48 KB)
Annual reporting
- 2010 annual report (March 2011; 45,288.654 KB)
- 2011 annual report (March 2012; 43,512.562 KB)
- 2012 annual report (March 2013; 22,407.750 KB)
- 2013 annual report (March 2014; 30,633.0 KB)
- 2014 annual report (March 2015; 57,516.0 KB)
- 2015 annual report (April 2016; 123,999 KB)
- 2016 annual report (March 2017; 8,449.09 KB)
- 2016 annual report appendices (March 2017; 163,277.50 KB)
- 2017 annual report (March 2018; 58,984 KB)
- 2018 annual report (March 2019; 66,392 KB KB)
- 2019 annual report (March 2020; 65,925.65 KB)
- 2020 annual report (April 2021; 150,376.44 KB)
- 2012 annual physical inspection report (November 2012; 26,771.36 KB)
- 2013 annual physical inspection report (July 2013; 27,740.65 KB)
- 2014 annual physical inspection report (August 2014; 9,691.37 KB)
- 2014 geotechnical annual review (November 2014; 10,529.08 KB)
- 2015 annual geotechnical review (August 2015; 12,679.85 KB)
- 2016 annual geotechnical review (November 2016; 15,750.82 KB)
- 2017 annual geotechnical review (August 2017; 25,825.18 KB)
- 2017 annual underground geotechnical review (August 2017; 583.04 KB)
- 2018 annual geotechnical review (August 2018; 13,056.13 KB)
Technical committee
There are no documents at this time.
Socioeconomic
- Minto mine socioeconomic monitoring program framework (July 2014; 645.81 KB)
- Socioeconomic monitoring program: Minto mine – 2014 annual report executive summary (November 2016; 271.08 KB)
- Socioeconomic monitoring program: Minto mine – 2014 annual report (November 2016; 2,561.04 KB)
- Socioeconomic monitoring program: Minto mine – 2015 annual report executive summary (July 2018; 1,267.75 KB)
- Socioeconomic monitoring program: Minto mine – 2015 annual report (July 2018; 5,152.06 KB)
- Letter of agreement regarding the Minto mine socioeconomic monitoring program framework (August 2018; 545.66 KB)
- Minto mine socioeconomic monitoring program amended 2018 (July 2018; 950.33 KB)
- Socioeconomic monitoring program: Minto mine – 2015 appendix A: consolidated socioeconomic conditions monitored (August 2018; 268.51 KB)