• Data Access
  • Your Email  
  • Your Email  
Keep me signed in.
Forgot your password?
Close
  • Forgot Your Password?
  • Enter the email you signed up with and we'll email it to you.
  • Your Email  
Close
Back
MDO
Mining Data Solutions
  • Home
  • Database
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In
  • Sign In
Canada
Snap Lake Mine

This page is not tailored to
devices with screen width under 750 px.
 Location:
220 km NE from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

  Regional Office:
5120 49th Street, Suite 300
Yellowknife
Canada
X1A 1P8
Phone  ...  Subscription required
Additional Resources for Suppliers & Investors
Drill results over 30 g/t Au
Stay on top of recent discoveries.
Search drill results by commodity and grade.
Largest mines in the Americas
Mining and mill throughput capaciites.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Deepest underground mines
Shaft depth and mill throughput data.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Heavy mobile equipment
HME type, model, size and quantity.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Permitting and construction projects
Projects at the permitting or construction stage. Full profiles of select projects.
Mines with remote camps
Camp size, mine location and contacts.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Mines & projects in Canada
A list of country's mines and projects.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
  • Overview
  • Owners
  • Geology
  • Mining
  • Processing
  • Production
  • Filings & News

Thank you for browsing through mine profiles compiled by the Mining Data Online team.

Would you like to subcribe or schedule a Demo?
  • Name:
     
  • Company:
     
  • Position:
     
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • Message:

Overview

StatusClosing / Closed
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Diamond
Mining Method
  • Room-and-pillar
Production Start...
The Snap Lake mine was placed on care and maintenance at the end of 2015 and allowed to flood in Q1 2017. Closure activities are underway and there are no reasonable prospects of eventual economic extraction. The Diamond Resource has therefore been reallocated to Mineralisation.


Owners

Source: p. 16
CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of the Republic of Botswana (GRB) 15 % Indirect
Anglo American plc. 85 % Indirect
Snap Lake is wholly owned by De Beers Canada Inc.
Anglo American owns 85% of De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company. The remaining 15% of De Beers is owned by the Government of the Republic of Botswana (GRB).

Contractors

Subscription required - Subscription is required.


Deposit Type

  • Kimberlite


Summary:

The Snap Lake kimberlite is found on the northwest shore of Snap Lake and extends to the southeast under the lake. It is hosted within sediments and volcanics of the Yellowknife Supergroup. This kimberlite body is relatively flat-lying (dipping at approx. 15°NE) and is known as the NW dyke. The dyke has an average thickness of 2.7 metres, however, its total extent has not yet been defined. Two kimberlite pipes have been found close to the eastern boundary of the Camsell Lake property 34 kilometres east of Snap Lake; these are known as the CL 25 and CL 174 pipes.


Mining Methods

  • Room-and-pillar


Summary:

Underground mining methods will be used to mine the kimberlite dyke which is about 2.7 metres thick and dips on average of 15 degrees from the northwest shore down under Snap Lake. The ore will be mined using a room and pillar method. The mine will be entirely underground and approximately 55% of the tailings will be returned underground for disposal.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

Source: Subscription required

Summary:

- subscription is required.


Production:

CommodityUnits201620152014
Diamond k carats 31,2431,201
All production numbers are expressed as mineral.


Reserves at :




Heavy Mobile Equipment:

Subscription required - Subscription is required.


Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2019
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2018
Other 2017
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2017
Annual Report 2016
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2016
Annual Report 2015
Other 2008
Other 2007
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Terms of Use Privacy Policy © 2017-2023 MDO Data Online Inc.