Reclamation Liability Estimate & Demolition and Salvage Estimate, Ekati Diamond Mine (Komex, May 2001)
Komex International Ltd. prepared a reclamation liability estimate for BHP Diamonds Inc.'s Ekati Diamond Mine using Monte Carlo Simulation methodology to calculate comprehensive closure and reclamation costs for 2001, 2005, 2010, and 2014, with median estimates ranging from $50.8 million to $90.3 million across various liability units including pit flooding, facility decommissioning, monitoring, and revegetation.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Komex International Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND), Stay Sales Limited
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras watershed, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Misery Pit, Fox Pit, Long Lake, Paul Lake, Exeter Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Kodiak Lake, Upper Panda Lake, Panda Pit Lake, Grizzly Lakes, Little Lakes
- Parameters
- reclamation costs, closure liability, water quality, aquatics monitoring, wildlife monitoring, vegetation monitoring, groundwater monitoring, geotechnical monitoring, permafrost development, pit lake creation, fish habitat, revegetation, acid drainage, contaminated sites, tailings containment, waste rock management, water management
- Pages
- 43
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