The Meliadine Gold Mine is a gold mine near

Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet ( iu, Kangiqliniq; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ''Kangirliniq'', ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, or ''Kangir&iniq'' meaning ''deep bay/inlet'') is an Inuit hamlet on Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet a ...

in the

Kivalliq The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional ...

district of

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...

, Canada. It is expected that the mine will have two underground components and ten open pits. The mine is operated by Agnico-Eagle Mines and is projected to be in operation until 2032. Commercial operation on site began May 14, 2019. The main camp of the mining site can accommodate 700 workers. A 31.3 megawatt diesel-fueled powerplant has been constructed for electricity and heating. Among other mining infrastructure facilities to be constructed, the site will include a tailings storage facility, a wastewater treatment plant, and an industrial incinerator. In March 2021, a report commissioned by Agnico-Eagle found that the mining road to Meliadine is having "virtually no impact" on migrating caribou. The report was met with skepticism by the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA), which commissioned its own report alleging that the scope of the study was "narrow and unrealistic".

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