Caribou zinc mine

Caribou zinc mine
Location
	Caribou zinc mine Location in New Brunswick
Location	Restigouche County
Province	New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Coordinates	47°33′54″N 66°17′35″W
Production
Products	Lead, Zinc, Copper
History
Discovered	1955
Opened	1970[1]
Owner
Company	Trevali Mining
Year of acquisition	2009[2]

The Caribou Mine is a copper-lead-zinc mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick, Canada. It was discovered in 1955[1] and has seen several stages of development and production. The mine has changed ownership four times in the past 20 years.

Geology

The Caribou deposit is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit rich in lead, zinc, copper, silver and gold.

History

Changing Ownership

Breakwater Resources owned the Caribou mine from 1995 until 2006, when the operation was taken over by Blue Note Metals Inc.[3]

Blue Note Caribou Mines Inc. filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 2009. An Ontario-based company purchased the mine in September 2009 with the intent to reopen it.[2]

Caribou mine is currently owned by Trevali Mining Corporation and is commercially producing.

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References

Luff, William M. (October 1995), "A history of mining in the Bathurst area, northern New Brunswick, Canada", CIM Bulletin, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
"Back from the brink: Caribou Mine sold New owners want to reopen it". The Northern Light. October 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
"Caribou Mines to re-open mining operation". Government of New Brunswick. August 9, 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

External links

"Caribou Mine". InfoMine. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

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[luff95-1] Luff, William M. (October 1995), "A history of mining in the Bathurst area, northern New Brunswick, Canada", CIM Bulletin, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

[nlight-2] "Back from the brink: Caribou Mine sold New owners want to reopen it". The Northern Light. October 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

[3] "Caribou Mines to re-open mining operation". Government of New Brunswick. August 9, 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-09.