Location | |
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Location | Restigouche County |
Province | New Brunswick |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 47°33′54″N 66°17′35″W / 47.565°N 66.293°W |
Production | |
Products | Lead, Zinc, Copper |
History | |
Discovered | 1955 |
Opened | 1970 [1] |
Owner | |
Company | Trevali Mining |
Year of acquisition | 2009 [2] |
The Caribou Mine is a copper-lead-zinc mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick, Canada. It was discovered in 1955 [1] and has seen several stages of development and production. The mine has changed ownership four times in the past 20 years.
The Caribou deposit is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit rich in lead, zinc, copper, silver and gold.
Breakwater Resources owned the Caribou mine from 1995[ citation needed] until 2006, when the operation was taken over by Blue Note Metals Inc. [3]
Blue Note Caribou Mines Inc. filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 2009. An Ontario-based company purchased the mine in September 2009 with the intent to reopen it. [2]
Caribou mine is currently owned by Trevali Mining Corporation and is on care and maintenance. Receiver appointed January 2023 under terms of the CCAA.
Location | |
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Location | Restigouche County |
Province | New Brunswick |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 47°33′54″N 66°17′35″W / 47.565°N 66.293°W |
Production | |
Products | Lead, Zinc, Copper |
History | |
Discovered | 1955 |
Opened | 1970 [1] |
Owner | |
Company | Trevali Mining |
Year of acquisition | 2009 [2] |
The Caribou Mine is a copper-lead-zinc mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick, Canada. It was discovered in 1955 [1] and has seen several stages of development and production. The mine has changed ownership four times in the past 20 years.
The Caribou deposit is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit rich in lead, zinc, copper, silver and gold.
Breakwater Resources owned the Caribou mine from 1995[ citation needed] until 2006, when the operation was taken over by Blue Note Metals Inc. [3]
Blue Note Caribou Mines Inc. filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 2009. An Ontario-based company purchased the mine in September 2009 with the intent to reopen it. [2]
Caribou mine is currently owned by Trevali Mining Corporation and is on care and maintenance. Receiver appointed January 2023 under terms of the CCAA.