User:SailingOn/Gold Mining in Ontario

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List of active gold mines in Ontario
Position of Ontario within Canada
Location
ProvinceOntario
CountryCanada
Regulatory authority
AuthorityMinistry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources, and Forestry
WebsiteOfficial website
Production
CommodityGold
ProductionDecrease 2,603,183 troy ounces
ValueIncrease CAD$4.5 billion
Year2020-2021

This article lists the active gold mines currently operating in Ontario.

History[edit]

Gold mining in Ontario began in 1866 at the Madoc mine with the discovery of gold in a copper vein. This discovery lead to a gold rush occurring with upwards of 4000 prospectors arriving in the region the following year. [1] In 1906 another small gold rush formed following the news of a discovery in North Bay. This was followed by one of the largest gold rushes in Ontario starting in 1909 known as the Porcupine Gold Rush. In 1910 significant numbers of people began prospecting for gold numbering between 50-100 people daily.[2]

Active Mines[edit]

Mine Owner Location Region Production
(troy ounces) 		Period [1] Source
Ball Creek Mine Pan American Silver Timmins, Ontario Northern Ontario 148,400 (2020–21) [1]
Black Fox Mine McEwan Mining Timmins, Ontario Northern Ontario 49,000 (2018) [2]
Borden Lake Mine Newmont Chapleau, Ontario Northern Ontario (2020–21) [3]


Detour Lake Mine Agnico Eagle Mining Limited Cochrane, Ontario Northern Ontario 601,566 (2019-2020) [4]
Eagle River Mine Wesdome Gold Mines Wawa, Ontario Northern Ontario 90,278 (2020–21) [5]
Island Gold Mine Alamos Gold Dubreuilville, Ontario Northern Ontario 135,000 (2020–21) [6]
Rainy River Mine New Gold Mining Fort Frances, Ontario Northern Ontario 234,000 (2020–21) [7]
Hemlo Mine Barrick Gold Hemlo, Ontario Northern Ontario 150,000 (2020–21) [8]
Red Lake Mine Evolution Mining Red Lake, Ontario Northern Ontario 126,339 (2020–21) [9]
Porcupine Mine Newmont Timmins, Ontario Northern Ontario 223,000 (2020–21) [10]

Closed Mines[edit]

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Gold mining locations in Ontario

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.thewhig.com/2015/02/03/local-history-ontarios-first-gold-mine-near-madoc
  2. ^ https://www.timminspress.com/opinion/columnists/porcupine-gold-discoveries-made-news-across-the-country

External links[edit]


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