Giant Mine remediation project

• Main Author: Wells, C.
• Other Authors: British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium, University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Canada; Mackenzie Valley; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58463

Following the discovery of gold in the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, area in the 1930s, Giant Mine officially opened in 1948. Gold at Giant Mine was found locked in minerals, which needed to be roasted at extremely high temperatures. Unfortunately, this roasting process also released g...