Goldcorp Inc. announced Monday that a period of rain in the James Bay region
of Quebec has extinguished a forest fire that had previously
threatened
the Éléonore
gold mine project. The company evacuated employees from the site on Thursday due to the fire.
“Cooler
temperatures and shifting winds have
eliminated
the smoke at site, and a resumption of fuel and supply
deliveries
to the site has been authorized by the Public Safety Department,”
Goldcorp said in a press statement. “The crew that had remained at
site to manage and implement
preventive
emergency measures remains safe. All infrastructure and
equipment
at Éléonore, including power and communications, were
undamaged.
The Éléonore project team will immediately commence the
re-mobilization of the project team to site with no material impacts
to
the
construction schedule expected.”
Goldcorp
is one of the world's fastest growing senior gold producers.
The Éléonore project is one of the significant gold mine projects in the Goldcorp development pipeline and a key component of the company's next generation of growth projects, according to their website. A 2011 pre-feasibility study update for Éléonore calls for robust, low-cost gold production in the heart of one of the most attractive mining jurisdictions in the world.
