Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP) Version 8.0, Lynx Diabase, Agency Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, March 2018)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency provides detailed technical comments on Dominion Diamond's Waste Rock Ore Management Plan Version 8.0 regarding the Lynx Diabase, raising concerns about the adequacy of effective neutralizing potential analysis, sampling representativeness, and the appropriateness of using Lynx diabase as construction material for the Jay Project until further geochemical characterization is completed.
- Date
- 2018-03-28
- Document type
- letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wekʼeezhii Land and Water Board, Joseph Mackenzie, Dominion Diamond, Tłĭcho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lynx Pit, Sable, Jay Project, Lac du Sauvage
- Parameters
- waste rock management, acid rock drainage, neutralizing potential, effective neutralizing potential, NP/AP ratio, diabase geochemistry, metal leaching, sulfur content, ground temperature monitoring, waste rock storage areas, acid base accounting, silicate minerals, thermal modeling
- Pages
- 4
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