Gordon Creek Mine
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Gordon Creek Mine is a proposed underground coal mine, owned by Colonial Coal, near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
If approved and opened, it is expected to produce up to 2.6 million tonnes of coal, annually.[1]
Location
The satellite photo below shows the approximate mine site near the town of Tumbler Ridge, BC, Canada.
Background
The Gordon Creek project is located within Colonial Coal’s 100%-owned Flatbed Coal property, in the central portion of the PRC, adjacent to Anglo American’s Trend mine as well as Teck Coal’s Quintette project.[1] The project currently has a defined Inferred Resource of 298mt across eight seams in the Gates Formation.[1]
Gordon Creek is expected to produce a total of 39.3mt of hard coking coal and semi-hard coking coal over a 22-year period, followed by 18.1mt of PCI product from year 20 through year 30. Longwall mining has been selected as the preferred mining method, with the seams being accessed via a shaft/slope combination to the uppermost seam, and then sequenced downward through slope extensions and inter-seam raise shafts.[1]
Project Details
- Owner: Colonial Coal International Corporation[1]
- Parent company: Colonial Coal International Corporation
- Location: 27km south-southeast of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada[1]
- GPS coordinates: 53.314555, -114.286386 (approximate)
- Mine status: Proposed
- Start year:
- Production: 1.6 to 2.6 mtpa[1]
- Mineable reserves: 298 mt[1]
- Coal type: Metallurgical, Bituminous
- Mine size:
- Mine type: Underground[1]
- Equipment:
- Number of employees:
