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Quintette Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Quintette open pit coal min operated from 1983 until August 2000.

The first shipment of bituminous coal in more than 20 years left the mine on September 18, 2024.

To support this, Conuma Resources Limited built a 6-km overland conveyor to transport coal from the mine to a processing plant at the pit.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC 100 % Indirect
Conuma Resources Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Conuma Resources Limited purchased the Quintette mine from Teck Resources Limited in 2022.

Conuma Coal Resources Ltd. is a subsidiary of West Virginia-based mining company ERP Compliant Fuels.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

At the Little Windy pit coal seams of the Gates Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Fort St. John Group) generally have shallow (<15°) dips.

The Gates Formation consists of sandstone, shale, siltstone, conglomerate, and coal, is cut by northwest-trending low-angle thrust faults and exposed in a series of related open folds.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

First shipment of coal in more than 20 years left the mine on September 18, 2024.
Production for 2024 is a forecast calculated based on quarters 1-3 of 2024, respectively.
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All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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Personnel

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