Goldboro is a Canadian

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community in

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. Located on the

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along Route 316, Goldboro is approximately 16 kilometres west of the shire town of

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History

In 1861, gold was discovered in quartz veins on the Isaac's Harbour anticline to the east of the community. All together 14 mines were developed in this area producing some 140,000 ounces of reported production. Production ceased in 1941 with the closure of the Lower Seal Harbour Mine. In 1892, Howard Richardson was the first to note gold within shale and quartz veins which became generally known as the Boston Richardson Belt. Mining on the property began in 1892 when the Richardson Gold Mining Company started developing the belt and continued until 1912. In 1985, exploration re-commenced on the Upper Seal Harbour gold district and in 1988 extensive surface and underground work was carried out by Orex Exploration. The property has seen several developers look at it from an open pit potential, but all to date have dropped their options. At present Anaconda Mining is conducting an extensive exploration program for gold in the surrounding areas including the former Boston Richardson Mine, Dolliver Mountain Mine, West Goldbrook Mine and East Goldbrook Mines. Plans are to develop an 800 TPD open pit and underground operation producing around 41,000 ounces per year. During the late-1990s, Goldboro was selected as the eastern terminus for the

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which connects to the

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(SOEI) gas plant. Goldboro has been marketed as the ''energy hub'' of Nova Scotia. The Sable project is now facing end of life closing, as is the Encana Deep Panuke project. The Sable proponents have commenced decommissioning activities of the offshore facilities and will cease production some time in 2019. In 2012, Pieridae Energy announced it planned to develop a two train 10 million ton per annum

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plant and associated facilities. The pre-development work is complete and a final investment decision was expected by the end of 2018 or early 2019 with production by 2022.

Communications

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Demographics

* Total Population: 100 * Total Dwellings: 85 * Total Land Area: 215.716 km²

Notable people

* Carleton L. MacMillan, physician and politician * Robert A. MacLellan, politician

External links

in German
open letter against German support of Pieridae, added: "Briefing Pieridae" (in English), Resistance against the project, October 2020

References

Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Mining communities in Nova Scotia {{GuysboroughNS-geo-stub