Public Notice
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is conducting a comprehensive study environmental assessment for the Detour Lake Gold Mine Project located in Ontario. The public is invited to comment on the Comprehensive Study Report for this proposed project.
The Comprehensive Study Report includes the Agency’s conclusions and recommendations regarding the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures and whether or not the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.
The Comprehensive Study Report and more information on this project are available on the Agency’s website at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca (registry reference number 10-03-52262). To obtain a paper copy of the document, contact the project manager listed in this notice. The document is also available for viewing at the following locations:
- Public Library
320 Second Avenue
Timmins ON
- Public Library
178 Fourth Avenue
Cochrane ON
Written comments in either official language must be sent by December 1, 2011 to:
Detour Lake Gold Mine Project
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Steve Woolfenden, Project Manager
55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 907
Toronto ON M4T 1M2
Tel: 416-952-1576
Fax: 416-952-1573
DetourGold.EA@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
All comments received will be considered public and will become part of the project file. This is the final public comment period of the environmental assessment of the project.
After this public comment period, the Minister of the Environment will take into consideration the Comprehensive Study Report along with comments received from the public and Aboriginal groups and issue an environmental assessment decision statement.
The Proposed Project
Detour Gold Corporation proposes to develop an open-pit gold mine on a previously mined (brown field) site located approximately 185 kilometres northeast of the Town of Cochrane, Ontario. The proposal includes an open pit mine, ore processing plant, tailings and waste rock storage facilities, site access roads, power transmission lines, explosives factory and magazines, water management facilities, buildings, ancillary mine infrastructure and associated activities.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process, which identifies the environmental effects of proposed projects and measures to address those effects, in support of sustainable development.
