Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP), Version 13.0, Agency Comment Letter, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, October 2024)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency submits detailed comments on Burgundy Diamond Mines' Waste Rock and Ore Management Plan (WROMP) Version 13.0, identifying deficiencies in thermal monitoring of waste rock storage areas, seepage evaluation methodologies, geochemical characterization, and closure planning documentation for the Ekati Diamond Mine.
- Date
- 2024-10-31
- Document type
- letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Mason Mantla, Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd., Tłı̨cho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Point Lake, Pigeon waste rock pile, Lynx WRSA, Sable WRSA, Panda/Koala WRSA, Fox WRSA, Misery WRSA, Coarse Processed Kimberlite Storage Pile, Unnamed Lake, Cujo Lake, Mossing Lake, Canadian Arctic
- Parameters
- waste rock management, ore management, thermal monitoring, ground temperature, permafrost conditions, seepage quality, acid-generating waste rock, contaminant loads, metal leaching, acid rock drainage, active layer depth, closure design, cover depth, climatic data, air temperatures, seepage evaluation, effluent quality criteria, trace metals, geochemistry, acid and neutral mine drainage, inductively coupled plasma, aqua regia digestion, flow loss, snow drifting, effective neutralization potential, waste rock geometry, slope angles, hydraulic conductivity
- Pages
- 6
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