NEW BRUNSWICK - June 20, 2008, marked the official opening ceremony at the Caribou mine belonging to BLUE NOTE MINING of Montreal. The event was attended by 300 community members, employees, local politicians as well as the New Brunswick Minister of Environment, Hon. Roland Hache.
"Two years ago we made the decision to reopen the Caribou mines because we thought they could make it," said Michael Judson, president and CEO of Blue Note. "Now over 275 people from the Bathurst community make their direct livelihood at Blue Note Caribou Mines; we are pleased about this."
Blue Note began operations at the Caribou mines in July 2007, with commercial production getting underway in January of this year. The company operates an underground base metal mine 50 km west of Bathurst and the Restigouche open pit mine 30 km west of there. The combined operation is designed to process 3,000 tonnes/day of zinc, lead and copper ore.
A brief description of the Caribou geology is available at www.BlueNoteMining.ca.
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