Mining operations, which are used to develop shallow oil sands deposits, are currently located east of Suncor’s main oil sands facility at Steepbank and Millennium.

Voyageur South is a proposed project to extend Suncor's mining operations. Voyageur South will ensure a reliable, long-term energy supply while leveraging technology to minimize environmental and social impacts of resource development in the Athabasca region.

The Voyageur South mine is expected to produce 120,000 barrels per day of bitumen during its estimated 40-year operational life. Project plans include new technologies to reduce environmental impacts:

• Mobile ore-preparation technology will reduce air emissions, in particular nitrogen oxides (NOx), as compared to truck and shovel mining operations.
• Integration of electric power utilities and heat systems in existing facilities will reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the project's primary extraction facility compared to a stand-alone facility.
• New primary extraction technology is expected to reduce energy consumption per barrel of production and related air emissions.
• Continued use of Consolidated Tailings technology will help reduce the fluid stored in tailings ponds. Suncor is also conducting a large-scale test of new tailings technology that could lead to earlier reclamation and more efficient water use.
• Management of water impacts will include a fish habitat “no net loss” compensation plan. Equivalent habitat will be created or protected elsewhere, preferably in the region, to offset watershed disturbance.
• Compared to traditional truck and shovel operations, the mining technology is expected to require a smaller workforce, mitigating some of the socio-economic impacts in the region.

With the merger of Suncor and Petro-Canada, the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project has been added to Suncor’s mineable oil sands assets. The project, in which Suncor has a 60% interest, is estimated to contain more than four billion barrels of bitumen resource.

The sequence and timing of mining expansions will be considered as part of a review of oil sands growth projects

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