Name of the project /
Project to Mine the Inukshuk Deposit and Increase Ore Processing Plant Capacity at the Expo Industrial Complex
Proponent /
Canadian Royalties inc.
Expected date of construction /
2027 - 2034
Community /
Kangiqsujuaq
Location /
The Inukshuk UG deposit is located 12 km west of the Expo industrial complex.
Affected area
NNiP comprises six nickel and copper mines: Mesamax, Expo, Méquillon, Ivakkak, Allammaq (in restoration) and Puimajug (in restoration, the Expo industrial complex, which houses the ore-processing plant and workers’ camp, and the port facilities located in Deception Bay, some 110 km from the Expo site. The mining complex is located approximately 80 km west of Kangiqsujuaq and approximately 140 km southeast of Salluit
Step of the procedure /
Project submission
Evaluation
Decision and authorization
Decision
Questions and Comments
Decision pdf 544 KBDescription
The infrastructure to be developed at the Inukshuk site are:
– An access portal to the underground mine
– Secondary access roads
– A temporary ore dump
– A temporary waste rock stockpile
– A mine water catchment basin (MCB)
– A powder keg
– Three platforms
– A service station with a 50,000-L-oil tank
– An administrative building and a sanitary block
– A communications tower
– Two ventilation shafts and an emergency exit out of the underground mine
The proponent is also requesting an increase in the ore processing rate at the Expo complex concentrator from 4,500 t/day to 4,808 t/day.
Calendar
2027 - 2031