Page 26 Page 26 MLEN SPRING 2020 mineralization below 3km below the current deposit known as Mine D and has been unofcially referred to as Mine 5 exploration project said the company In the meantime on the longshot side of the racetrack city ofcials including T immins Mayor George Pirie the former President and CEO of Placer Dome Canada continue to hold out hope for Noront and the Ring of Fire The Kidd metallurgical is and has been a signifcant economic asset for the T immins region since it was frst constructed in the late sixties Pirie told Mining Life Thousands of individuals were employed there and it generated signifcant annual payroll which supported regional housing development and retail spend Additionally operation of the facil ity resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in local spend on goods services and capital projects The site also generated signifcant con tributions to the City s tax revenues All these facts are widely known and accepted said Pirie What is less widely understood is that the site has similar potential to generate the same economic activ ity well into the future based on its status as a brownfeld site complete with permitted tailings facility power supply and water The infrastructure also has a functional gold circuit as well as the base metal zinc lead and copper units It could be the eventual processing facility for many local and regional mines as it ofers savings in both time for environmental approvals and capital for construction It could be the regional processing home for many projects currently in active exploration or feasibility study he added Pirie says Glencore management continues to seek partners for future use and the city looks forward to any future positive developments from the company Unlike Quebec where ore trucks on local and area highways are a rarity northeastern Ontario miners with the exception of Kidd Creek haul their ore to the mills primarily by truck The rail line system in the Rouyn Noranda and V al Dor regions of northern Quebec includes fve north south lines built to accommodate the province s mining industry In the meantime it remains to be seen if mining companies that oper ate in the T immins camp are open to testing their ore at the Kidd concen trator Contd from pg 24 If every thing was the same as it always was ther e would be no futur e W er e r e ady Ar e you See you in September 2020 Kidd operation remains large economic asset to T immins