Imithombo yeendaba yangaphandle ixelwe nge-30 kaJuni: ingingqi yaseYukon yaseCanada idume ngokuvelisa igolide etyebileyo kwimbali, kodwa ikwayindawo yebhanti yobhedu yaseMinto, enokubakho kwiklasi yokuqala.ubhedu indawo.

Sele kukho aumvelisi wobhedu inkampani yemigodi yemingtuo kwingingqi.Imisebenzi engaphantsi komhlaba yenkampani ivelise i-9.1 yezigidi zeeponti zobhedu kwikota yokuqala yalo nyaka.Umlawuli wemigodi ojongene nokuhlola ummandla uthe ishishini lenkampani yemigodi ye-mingtuo yinxalenye encinci yamandla ommandla.Kutshanje, imigodi yemingtuo ibonise ishishini layo ngexesha leNkomfa yoTyalo-mali yeYukon yezemigodi kunye notyelelo lwepropathi.Nangona umgodi ukhona ukusukela ngo-2007, inkampani isentsha kwaye idweliswe ngoNovemba ka-2021.

Abahlalutyi kunye neengcali zezoqoqosho ziyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuba ngenguqu yehlabathi kumandla ahlaziyekayo aluhlaza kunye nemfuno eyomeleleyo yexesha elide yeentsimbi ezisisiseko,ubhedukumntla-ntshona weKhanada iye yaba yinto entsha ekugxilwe kuyo.Zonke izinyithi eziveliswe yimigodi ye-mingtuo zathengiswa kwi-Sumitomo Co., Ltd. Kwiminyaka eyi-15 edlulileyo, umgodi uvelise i-500million pounds yobhedu.UDavid, usekela mongameli wokuhlola inkampani ye-mingtuo?UDavid Benson uthe inkampani iqalise inkqubo yokomba exakekileyo, ngethemba lokucofa ngokupheleleyo amandla e-asethi.Isiqingatha seminerali ye-mingtuo ayizange ihlolwe ngokupheleleyo, ngoko kukho ithuba eliphezulu kakhulu lokufumana izixhobo ezintsha.Okwangoku, lo mgodi uvelisa malunga neetoni ezingama-3200 zentsimbi ekrwada ngosuku.UBenson uthe uceba ukwandisa imveliso ukuya kwiitoni ezingama-4000 kulo nyaka uzayo kuba ezinye iidiphozithi nazo ziyakombiwa.

Imigodi yeMingtuo yiprojekthi nje enokuthi ithathe indawo yebhanti yobhedu ekwiikhilomitha ezingama-85.Kwisiphelo esisemazantsi sebhanti ye-ore, inkampani yemigodi ye-granite Creek ihlola kwaye iphuhlisa iprojekthi yeCarmack efunyenwe kwi-2019. Inkampani ithe i-metal reserves efakwe kwiprojekthi ibandakanya i-651million pounds yobhedu, i-8.5 yezigidi zeepounds ze-molybdenum, i-302000 ounces. zegolide, nesilivere ezizigidi ezisisi-2.8.

UTim, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yoMhloli omncinci?UJohnson wathi i-mingtuoubheduibhanti yezimayini ingaba yindawo yokuqala yolawulo lwemigodi ye-first class, eya kufuna utyalo-mali olongezelelweyo kwindawo.Abavelisi abaphakathi okanye abakhulu baya kubona amandla amangalisayo ommandla.UJohnson wabonisa ukuba ezininzi iinkampani ezinkulu aziyi kuthatha iprojekthi enomxholo wobhedu ongaphantsi kwe-1 yezigidigidi zeepounds.Nangona kunjalo, inkampani yemigodi ye-mingtuo kunye nenkampani yemigodi ye-granite Creek inomthombo odibeneyo we-1 yebhiliyoni yeeponti, iiprojekthi ezimbini kuphela.

Umthathi-nxaxheba wesithathu ophambili kwibhanti yobhedu yemingtuo ngabantu bomthonyama baseSelkirk, abangabanini kwaye balawule iikhilomitha ezingama-4740 zomhlaba wemveli kwingingqi.Bobabini uJohnson kunye noBenson bachaza ukuba umhlaba ophethwe ngabemi bomthonyama baseSelkirk awukaphuhliswa phakathi kweeprojekthi ezimbini, ezinokumela ukukhula okukhulu.

Akunjalo kuphela imfuno yobhedu elindeleke ukuba iphindwe kabini, kodwa uJohnson wabonisa ukuba ulawulo lwendalo kunye noluntu lwenze iYukon ibe yindawo ekhangayo.Awunakuyifumana le mimandla yemigodi ingaphuhliswanga naphi na emhlabeni, ngaphandle kwaseDemocratic Republic of Congo, apho umgangatho we-ESG ungalunganga.IYukon yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zemigodi emhlabeni.