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Meadowbank Complex

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 Location:
78 km N from Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
  Address:
P.O. Box 540
Baker Lake
Nunavut, Canada
X0C 0A0
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Cemented backfill
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Mine Life2026
The Meadowbank Complex refers to the processing facilities and infrastructure at the Meadowbank mine, combined with the mining and infrastructure at the Amaruq mine site.

The Meadowbank gold mine achieved commercial production in March 2010. The final year of production at the Meadowbank mine was 2019, with mining operations at the Complex gradually transitioning to Amaruq, which today provides the sole source of mill feed. The Company declared commercial production at the Whale Tail pit at Amaruq mine on September 30, 2019.

The Amaruq mining operation uses the existing infrastructure at the Meadowbank mine, including mining equipment, mill, tailings facilities, camp and airstrip.

Mining concluded at the Meadowbank site in 2019.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 100 % Direct
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd directly owns 100% of the Meadowbank Complex.

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Deposit Type

  • Iron formation hosted
  • Mesothermal
  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The Meadowbank property comprises a number of Archean-age gold deposits hosted within polydeformed volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Woodburn Lake Group, part of the Western Churchill supergroup in northern Canada.

Three mineable gold deposits, Goose, Portage and Vault (all now mined out), have been discovered along the 25-kilometre long Meadowbank gold trend, and the PDF deposit (a fourth deposit) has been outlined on the northeast gold trend. These known gold resources were within 225 metres of the surface, making the deposits amenable to open pit mining. In addition, two mineable deposits have been discovered at the Amaruq satellite deposit, the Whale Tail and V Zone, which come together at depth northeast of Whale Tail Lake. Both extend from surface, making them amenable to open pit mining. A ramp is being driven between the two deposits and is currently 350 metres below surface, in the footwall of Whale Tail deposit.

The main mineralized occurrences at Amaruq are hosted within a northeast-trending sequence of mafic and ultramafic sub-volcanic to volcanic rocks interlayered with various combinations of fine-grained clastic rocks, chert, graphitic iron-rich mudstone and iron formation. They correspond to mesothermal-type lode-gold mineralization, including (but not restricted to) hybrid, stratiform and vein-type iron-formation-hosted gold deposits.

Mineralization
The Amaruq satellite deposit at Meadowbank is located 50 kilometre ........

Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Cemented backfill

Summary:

The Meadowbank Complex includes the Meadowbank mine and the Amaruq satellite deposit. Mining concluded at the Meadowbank site in 2019. Mining was done by open pit method using excavators and trucks.

All ore at the Meadowbank Complex is now sourced from the Amaruq satellite deposit at Meadowbank. Mining at the Amaruq satellite deposit is by open pit methods using excavators and trucks. The ore is extracted conventionally using drilling and blasting, then hauled by a long haul off-road truck fleet to the mill at the Meadowbank facilities for processing

Commercial production was achieved on September 30, 2019 at the Whale Tail pit. The V Zone (IVR pit) began pre stripping activities in the third quarter of 2020 and achieved commercial production on December 31, 2020.

Mining activities at the Amaruq satellite deposit have transitioned to underground mining, with commercial production achieved as of August 1, 2022. A surface portal and ramp are being used to support development and operations at the underground site. The ramp is currently at a depth of approximately 380 metres below surface and in 2022 approximately 3,800 metres of underground development was completed. Approximately 5,500 metres of underground development is planned for 2023. The mining method used at the Amaruq underground deposit is long-hole open stoping and primary stopes are being backfilled using cemented rockfill.

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Processing

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Production:

CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920182017
Gold oz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required248,997352,526
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202320222021202020192018
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,602,827 t2,750,306 t3,263,040 t
Daily milling rate  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required7,113 t7,731 t8,937 t
Daily milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required9,840 t9,840 t9,840 t
Annual milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3.6 Mt3.6 Mt3.6 Mt
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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Mineral reserve: Gold cut-off grade varies according to mining type, not less than 1.14 g/t for open pit mineral reserves and 3.42 g/t for underground mineral reserves (gold cut-off grade for marginal underground mineral reserves from development is 1.14 g/t).

The 2022 proven and probable mineral reserve estimates set out in the table above were estimated using a cut-off grade that used variable metallurgical gold recoveries with maximum values ranging from 92.43% to 95.00%, depending on the deposit and grade. The cut-off grade used for open pit mineral reserves varied from 1.14 to 1.17 g/t gold, depending on the deposit and whether it is incremental ore or full cost ore.

Gold cut-off grades used for mineral resource estimates were fixed at 80% of the applicable mineral reserve cut-off grade.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 1,892 kt Gold 2.14 g/t 130 koz
Probable 14,718 kt Gold 4.3 g/t 2,034 koz
Proven & Probable 16,610 kt Gold 4.05 g/t 2,164 koz
Indicated 13,203 kt Gold 3.6 g/t 1,526 koz
Inferred 6,341 kt Gold 4.6 g/t 938 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920182017
Credits (by-product) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required -11 / oz   -14 / oz  
Total cash costs Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 848 / oz   636 / oz  
Total cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 825 / oz   628 / oz  
Total cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 814 / oz†   614 / oz†  
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Operating Costs:

Units20222021202020192018201720162015
Total operating costs ($/t milled) CAD 157  143  148  103  85  76  74  70  

Financials:

Units2023202220212020201920182017
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Sustaining costs M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 14.9   22.7  
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 14.9   111.5  
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 323.1   449  
Gross profit M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 28.6   150.5  
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Pipelines and Water Supply
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of February 14, 2018:
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Press Release 2023
Annual Information Form 2022
Form 40-F 2022
Press Release 2022
Quarterly Report 2022
Sustainability Report 2022
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Annual Information Form 2018
Annual Report 2018
Sustainability Report 2018
Technical Report 2018
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2018
Sustainability Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Form 40-F 2016
Sustainability Report 2016
Annual Information Form 2015
Annual Report 2015
Form 40-F 2015
Sustainability Report 2015
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2015
Annual Report 2014
Form 40-F 2014
Sustainability Report 2014
Form 40-F 2013
Form 20-F 2012
Technical Report 2012
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