Active closure is expected to be done this summer, though the site will be monitored until at least 2039
Today, Ontario's first diamond mine — located in a remote area of the James Bay lowlands west of Attawapiskat First Nation — fewer than 100 people remain on-site. That's far less than the 500 employees and contractors who were there during the height of the mine's operations, said De Beers head of corporate affairs Erik Madsen.
“By the end of this summer, active closure at Victor will be complete. That means all the buildings are gone, open pit’s now a lake and the site is being fully rehabilitated,” he said. Small haul trucks —known as wiggle wagons — and equipment such as backhoes, bulldozers and graders are among what's left.
“All that will be left there is a 16 to 20-person monitoring camp and it will be a tent camp,” he said.Over the past two years, the winter road has been used to remove material. This past winter, he said 230 loads were taken out.
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