Waste Rock and Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2024)
This 2023 Waste Rock and Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey Report documents the geochemical monitoring of waste rock and coarse kimberlite rejects, and seepage quality monitoring at multiple waste rock storage areas at the Ekati Diamond Mine. The report identifies 12 seeps of potential concern based on exceedances of effluent quality criteria or 95th percentile historical thresholds, with detailed temporal trend analysis and adaptive management recommendations for each waste rock storage area.
- Date
- 2024-04-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd., ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, GNWT Inspector
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Sable Pit, Misery Underground, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Beartooth Pit, Fox Pit, Lynx Pit, Pigeon Pit, Bearclaw Lake, Pelzer Pond, Nema Lake, Three Hump Lake, South Fox Lake, Pond D, Cujo Lake, Lac de Gras, Unnamed Lake, Mossing Lake, Osprey Pond 2, UNUW Lake
- Parameters
- waste rock geochemical monitoring, seepage quality, acid-base accounting, neutralization potential, maximum potential acidity, coarse kimberlite rejects, pH, conductivity, total suspended solids, dissolved metals, total metals, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, sulphate, chloride, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, strontium, uranium, vanadium, zinc, boron, hardness, alkalinity, acidity, effluent quality criteria, seeps of potential concern, physical weathering, chemical weathering, acid rock drainage
- Pages
- 830
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