Project Details
Location: Gold Mine North Cochrane District, Ontario
Time Frame: April 2023 - October 2024
Project Value: $35,000,000
Contract Type: Unit Rate
Services Rendered: Mine Development
Project Summary
Morgan was hired to construct a multi-year tailings dam raise at a major open pit gold mine in Northern Ontario. This project involves constructing a cross section of dam that includes various filter zones, large fills, and the supply and install of a geomembrane liner, to raise the tailings dam by 9 m over a 4 km section. The purpose of the project is to increase storage capacity of the main tailings facility, ensuring mining can continue uninterrupted into the future.





Project Scope
Tailings Dam Raise (296.0m – 301.0m)
Completion of 4 km of a 5 m dam raise utilizing various rockfill and chimney drain materials, and installation of BGM liner.
Construction of tailings pond spillway.
Load, haul, and place upstream and downstream Coarse Rockfill material (267,384 m3).
Load, haul, and place upstream and downstream Fine Rockfill material (159,238 m3).
Load, haul, and place chimney drain materials utilizing a drag box:
Till material (28,790 m3)
Fine Filter material (40,415 m3)
Coarse Filter material (40,463 m3)
Load, haul, and place slope cover and anchor berm materials (26,716 m3).
Installation of Bituminous Geomembrane liner material (59,967 m2).
Management of quality control and testing requirements on all material placement activities.
Tailings Dam Raise (301.0m – 305.0m)
To be completed in 2024.
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