The Meliadine mine is Agnico Eagle's second mine in Canada's Arctic region, opening nine years after the Meadowbank mine.
Located near the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, Meliadine began commercial production in May 2019. Mining is carried out through several underground mining operations and open pits. There are numerous opportunities to create additional value at Meliadine, both at the mine and on the large regional land package.
The mill employs a conventional gold circuit comprised of crushing, grinding, gravity separation and cyanide leaching with a carbon-in-leach circuit, followed by cyanide destruction and filtration of the tailings for dry stacking.