{{Infobox mine | name = Brucejack mine | country = Canada | subdivision_type = Province | state/province = British Columbia | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption= Location in Canada | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = Brucejack Mine | pushpin_label_position = | owner = Newmont | time = | place = | official website = [https://operations.newmont.com/north-america/brucejack-canada Brucejack] | coordinates = {{coord|56.46750|-130.19139|type:region:CA-BC|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | discovery year = 1935<ref name=minfile>{{citation|url=https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=104B++193 |title=MINFILE Mineral Inventory |date=March 28, 1988 |access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref> | opening year = 2017<ref name=minfile /> | products = {{plainlist | * Gold * Silver }} | financial year = 2020 | amount = {{plainlist | * 347,743 ounces gold<ref name=AnnualInformationForm>{{citation |url=https://s23.q4cdn.com/277467366/files/doc_downloads/2021/04/Pretivm-Annual-Information-Form-Dec-31-2020.pdf |title=Annual Information Form (Year Ended December 31, 2020) |author=Pretium Resources}}</ref> * 472,163 ounces silver<ref name=AnnualInformationForm/> }} }}
The '''Brucejack mine''' is a Canadian gold and silver mine located {{convert|65|km|mi}} north of Stewart, British Columbia. The mine is underground and is owned and operated by Newmont.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brucejack – North America |url=https://operations.newmont.com/north-america/brucejack-canada |website=Newmont |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the mine produced an output of 347,743 ounces of gold and 472,163 ounces of silver.<ref name=AnnualInformationForm/>
As of January 2020, the proven and probable reserves of the mine were 4.2 million ounces of gold and 30.1 million ounces of silver.<ref name=AnnualInformationForm/>
== History == On July 30, 2015, the BC provincial government approved Pretium Resources' Brucejack mine project.<ref>{{cite news |title=Province approves new gold and silver mine in northwestern B.C. |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/province-approves-new-gold-and-silver-mine-in-northwestern-bc/article25806603/ |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=31 July 2015 |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=2017CEAA>{{citation |url=https://operations.newmont.com/_doc/operation/bluejack/annual-reports/Brucejack%20Mine%202017%20CEAA%20Annual%20Report.pdf |title=Brucejack Gold Mine 2017 CEAA Annual Report |author=Pretium Resources}}</ref> With the approval of the project, construction began on September 5. The Brucejack mine achieved its first gold pour in June 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Link |first1=Rod |title=Northwest B.C. mine pours first gold |url=https://www.terracestandard.com/news/northwest-b-c-mine-pours-first-gold-6021744 |website=Terrace Standard |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en |date=21 June 2017}}</ref> The first commercial production began on July 1, 2017.<ref name="2017CEAA" />
The mine has changed ownership throughout its life due to corporate acquisitions. The original owner, Pretium Resources, was acquired by Newcrest on March 9, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brucejack |url=https://www.newcrest.com/our-assets/brucejack |website=Newcrest |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, an American mining company, Newmont, acquired Newcrest, and gained the Brucejack mine.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Nelson |title=How Newmont emerged as B.C.'s mining giant |url=https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/how-newmont-emerged-as-bcs-mining-giant-9811138 |website=Business in Vancouver |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en |date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
== Geology and mining method== The Brucejack mine deposit is an electrum intermediate-sulphidation epithermal deposit. It is located in the Stikine terrane, in the Intermontane Belt.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Peddle |first1=C. |last2=Johnston |first2=S.T. |title=Review of the Structural Geology of the Brucejack Intermediate-Sulphidation Epithermal Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia (NTS 104B) |series=Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2020: Minerals, Geoscience BC, Report 2021-01 |publisher=Geoscience BC |pages=29–40|url=https://www.geosciencebc.com/i/pdf/SummaryofActivities2020/Minerals/Sch_Peddle_MineralsSOA2020.pdf}}</ref> The Brucejack mine is an underground mine that utilizes a long hole stoping method to extract ore from the orebody.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brucejack Mine |url=https://mineralsed.ca/learning-resources/bc-mineral-resources-map/bc-operating-mine-profiles/brucejack-mine/ |website=MineralsEd |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of gold mines in Canada *List of mines in British Columbia *Mount Polley mine *Geology of British Columbia
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