By Shane Lasley
Mining News
NorZinc blazes trail to Prairie Creek
Winter road is first phase of year-round access to zinc mine North of 60 Mining News - April 24, 2023
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The Prairie Creek Mine road crosses the Liard River at about kilometer 157. An ice bridge will be used during the winter, and a barge will ferry concentrates and supplies across the river during the summer.
NorZinc Ltd. April 20 announced the completion of a 170-kilometer (about 105 miles) pioneer winter road to the Prairie Creek Mine, which serves as the first phase of an all-season access road to the zinc mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Prairie Creek is the site of a historical zinc-silver mine that was developed in the 1970s and 1980s but was never ramped up to full production due to a col...
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Eidolon writes:
State of Alaska and stakeholders should take a look at this and see if we can do something similar with access to the Ambler mining district.
04/28/2023, 5:10 am