The open-pit Detour Lake operation is the largest gold producing mine in Canada with the country's largest gold mineral reserves.

Located within the northernmost Abitibi Greenstone Belt, the mine was originally owned by Placer Dome and operated primarily as an underground mine from 1987 to 1990. Production resumed in 2013 as an open-pit mine under the ownership of Detour Gold Corporation. Agnico Eagle acquired its interest in the Detour Lake mine on February 8, 2022.

Ore is processed using a conventional crushing, grinding, gravity, cyanidation and carbon-in-pulp processing facility to recover gold.

Location

Cochrane District, northeastern Ontario
185 km by road northeast of Cochrane

Metals

Gold

Mine Type

Open pit

2024 Performance

Production

671,950 oz gold

Production Costs

$740/oz gold

Total Cash Costs

$796/oz gold

2025 Guidance (Mid-Point)

Production

720,000 oz gold

Total Cash Costs

$775/oz gold

Mineral Reserves & Mineral Resources*

Proven & Probable Gold Reserves

19.1 million oz gold

Measured & Indicated
Gold Resources

15.8 million oz gold

Inferred Gold Resources

6.7 million oz gold

Highlights

  • In April 2022, Detour Lake celebrated the 5 millionth ounce of gold poured since the resumption of mining in 2013.
  • At year-end 2023, the Company reported an initial underground inferred mineral resource below and to the west of the existing pit.
  • In June 2024, on the basis of a new technical study reflecting the potential for a concurrent underground operation at Detour Lake, the Company approved a 2- kilometre exploration ramp, which will provide access for underground conversion and expansion drilling and to collect a bulk sample from the shallow mineralized zone west of the pit. The underground project would accelerate access to higher grade ore and increase average annual production to approximately one million ounces over 14 years starting in 2030. For details, see the news release dated June 19, 2024.
  • In the fourth quarter of 2024, the mill achieved record throughput of 77,000 tpd (equivalent to 28 Mtpa). The Company will continue to advance various optimization initiatives, with a target to increase mill throughput to 79,450 tpd (equivalent to 29 Mtpa) by 2028.

For more details and the latest information on the Detour Lake mine, see the Company’s latest Annual Information Form (opens in new tab) and recent news releases (opens in new tab).

Contact

Detour Lake Mine
86, 2nd St; End of HWY 652
Cochrane, Ontario
Canada P0L 1C0

Tel: 1.647.847.2089