Overview -
The Kidd Mine is in northern Ontario, 500 miles northwest of Toronto. The mine began operation in 1966, producing copper, zinc, indium, cadmium, silver and sulphuric acid. The deposit is one of the largest and richest volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in the world.
There is an underground mine, copper smelter and refinery, zinc plant, cadmium plant indium plant, sulfuric acid plant, and exploration office. Kidd's concentrating, smelting and refining processes are among the most advanced in the world.
The mine currently employs 1400 people and operates 7 days a week with two 12-hour shifts. The properties comprise 14 patented half lots covering 896 hectares of freehold mining land.
Kidd Creek has three shafts known as the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 mines. Mine D is currently being developed to access reserves below the 6,800 foot level. This will extend the life of the mine to at least 2013. This will be the deepest base metals orebody being mined in the world. The resources to be accessed are estimated at 24.4 million tonnes of 2.90% copper, 5.77% zinc, 0.25% lead and 75 grams per tonne silver.
By the end of 2004, Kidd Creek spent C$404 million on the development of its Mine D area, below the existing mines. Commissioning began in 2004, with Mine D scheduled to increase the operation's capacity to 2.4Mt/yr of ore. Mining of the first level (90L) of Mine D Stage 2 was approved in 2007.
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