Page 12 Page 12 Contd on pg 14 By Kevin V incent The communit y of Gogama and the cities of Sudbury to the south and T immins to the north are all anxious Cote Pr oject r eady to go INF R A S TRU C TUR E S R O AD MAINTENANC E CU S T OM CRUSHING SCREENIN G P A VING SU R F A CIN G R O AD R EHABILI TA T I O N T A I LINGS D AM C O N S TRU C TIO N ENGINEE R ING CON S TRU C T I O N B R IDGE BUILDIN G EA R TH W OR K S S I TE DEVE L O PMEN T W A S TE MAN A GEMEN T MUNIC I P A L SE R VIC E S E X P L OR A TION SUPP O R T LANDS C APE M A TER I A L RE T A I NING W A L L SY S TEM S M I NE R E CLAM A T I O N C O NCRETE SUPP L Y C O MPO S TIN G D E SIGN BUILD FINANC E m i l l e r g r o u p c a 70 5 6 4 7 4 3 3 1 B U IL D I NG MAIN T AIN I NG Y O U R C A N ADIA N I N FR A ST R U CT U RES SI N CE 191 7 ly awaiting the fnal green light that will see IAMGOLD s 9 Bill ion Cote Project underway The Highway 144 Cote project is still in the feasibility stage but most observers are conf dent that the proposed open pit gold mine will be producing as much as 30000 tonnes of ore per day The company fled its latest NI 43101 T echnical Report in late November 2018 While total reserves remained unchanged 376000 ounces were re classifed from proven to probable The company continues to estimate the Cote project will yield as much as 73 million ounces over its lifetime At the same time IAMGOLD fled the NI 43101 it announced that its proj ect partner Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd had completed a 95 million payment for its 30 interest in the project The operation will include the pit an ore processing plant maintenance ga rage warehouse and an administra tive complex The Cote Gold Project straddles the Chester and Y eo T ownships approxi mately 20km southwest of Gogama the midway point between the cities of Sudbury and T immins Gogama locat ed next to Lake Mini sinakwa is home to roughly 450 people and that number along with real estate values is expected to climb as the IAMGOLDled project begins construction IAMGOLD holds a 6475 stake in the property IAMGOLD purchased T relawney Mining and Exploration in 2012 which had carried out exploration ac tivities on the property since 2009 The Cote project site is no stranger