Mining and Mineral Processing at the Mount Polley mine

July 10, 2020
In the Mount Polley Mine, run-of-mine ore from the open pits and underground is hauled to the crusher.  The crusher has three stages of crushing involving five crushers, twenty conveyors and four sets of screens.  Ore is dumped… Read more »

How does Mount Polley decide to process?

July 10, 2020
Gold and Copper The broken rock in the open pit is segregated into ore and waste based on the assay of rock cuttings sourced from the blasthole production drills. This assay analysis determines the sulphide copper percentage and gold grams… Read more »