Granduc rehabilitation

Rehabilitation has been completed on the 17km-long Granduc Copper Project haulage tunnel. The project was the first rehabilitation work on the tunnel in over a quarter of a century. Work mainly involved spot bolting, railway tie removal and shotcreting wherever there was a fall of ground. The tunnel is 16 by 16ft (4.9 by 4.9m) but switches every kilometre. Contract value was CAD 5M (USD 4.93M).

“This is a milestone achievement in our efforts to move the Granduc Copper project forward,” said Mike Sylvestre, president, CEO and director of client, Castle Resources. “The ability to safely access the mine now clearly positions Castle as an aggressive mine redevelopment story, with the next objective being the rehabilitation of strategic underground levels and exploration drifts for further copper resource definition.”

“We would also like to thank Procon Mining and Tunneling’s management and crews for a job well done. They had a perfect safety record and came in on schedule and on budget, a significant achievement given the length of the tunnel and the fact that it had not been worked in 27 years.”