Summary Review of Performance of Metal Mines
Subject to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
in 2010

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Table 1: Mining Facilities Subject to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations in 2010
  Facility Jurisdiction   Facility Jurisdiction
1 Myra Falls Operations British Columbia 54 Kidd Metallurgical Division Ontario
2 Endako Mines British Columbia 55 Montcalm Project Ontario
3 Huckleberry Mine British Columbia 56 Macassa Mine Ontario
4 Eskay Creek Mine British Columbia 57 Young-Davidson Mine Ontario
5 Kemess South Mine British Columbia 58 McAlpine Mill Ontario
6 MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill British Columbia 59 Lockerby Mine Ontario
7 Yellowjacket Gold Mine British Columbia 60 Strathcona Tailings Treatment System Ontario
8 Gibraltar Mine British Columbia 61 Copper Cliff Complex Ontario
9 Minto Project Yukon Territory 62 Garson Mine Ontario
10 Wolverine Project Yukon Territory 63 Crean Hill Mine Ontario
11 Bellekeno Mine Yukon Territory 64 Totten Mine Ontario
12 Key Lake Operation Saskatchewan 65 Podolsky Mine Ontario
13 McArthur River Operation Saskatchewan 66 Shakespeare Nickel Mine Ontario
14 Cigar Lake Project Saskatchewan 67 Haley Plant Ontario
15 McClean Lake Operation Saskatchewan 68 Langlois (Mine) Quebec
16 Rabbit Lake Operation Saskatchewan 69 Matagami (Mine) / Xstrata Zinc Canada Division Quebec
17 Seabee Mine Saskatchewan 70 Casa Berardi (Mine) Quebec
18 Santoy 7 Mine Saskatchewan 71 Géant Dormant (Mine) Quebec
19 Flin Flon Complex Manitoba 72 Barry Quebec
20 Trout Lake Mine Manitoba 73 Lac Bachelor Quebec
21 Chisel North Mine Manitoba 74 Laronde (Mine) Quebec
22 Snow Lake Mill Manitoba 75 Lapa (Project) Quebec
23 Birchtree Mine Manitoba 76 Mouska (Mine) Quebec
24 Thompson Complex Manitoba 77 Doyon Quebec
25 Bucko Lake Mine Manitoba 78 Kiena (Mine) Quebec
26 New Britannia Mine / Snow lake Mine Manitoba 79 Sigma Quebec
27 Tanco Mine Manitoba 80 Goldex (Mine) Quebec
28 Rice Lake Gold Mine Manitoba 81 Beaufor Quebec
29 Cantung Mine Northwest Territories 82 Camflo (Mill) Quebec
30 Con Mine Northwest Territories 83 Lac Herbin Quebec
31 Giant Mine Northwest Territories 84 Aurbel (Mine) Quebec
32 Lupin Operations Nunavut 85 Horne (Smelter) Quebec
33 Meadowbank Mine Nunavut 86 Joe Mann Quebec
34 Red Lake Mine Ontario 87 Copper Rand (Mine) Quebec
35 Campbell Mine Ontario 88 Troilus Quebec
36 Musselwhite Mine Ontario 89 Raglan (Mine) Quebec
37 Lac des Iles Mine Ontario 90 Niobec (Mine) Quebec
38 Golden Giant Mine Ontario 91 Complexe métallurgique Sorel-Tracy Quebec
39 Williams Mine Ontario 92 Tio (Mine) Quebec
40 David Bell Mine Ontario 93 Mont-Wright (Mine) Quebec
41 Eagle River Mine Ontario 94 Fire Lake (Mine) Quebec
42 Eagle River Mill Ontario 95 Lac Bloom (Mine) Quebec
43 Island Gold Project Ontario 96 Wabush (Scully Mine) Newfoundland and Labrador
44 Porcupine Gold Mines Ontario 97 Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project Newfoundland and Labrador
45 Holloway Mine Ontario 98 Nugget Pond Mine Newfoundland and Labrador
46 Clavos Mine Ontario 99 Pine Cove Mine Newfoundland and Labrador
47 Hislop Mine Ontario 100 Duck Pond Mine Newfoundland and Labrador
48 Black Fox Mill Complex / Stock Mine and Mill Complex Ontario 101 Voisey’s Bay Mine – Mill Newfoundland and Labrador
49 Bell Creek Mine and Mill Ontario 102 Brunswick No. 12 New Brunswick
50 Black Fox Mine Ontario 103 Caribou Mine and Mill New Brunswick
51 Redstone Mine Ontario 104 Restigouche Mine New Brunswick
52 McWatters Mine Ontario 105 Scozinc Mine Nova Scotia
53 Kidd Mining Division Ontario      

Note: Numbers in the first column refer to the numbers in Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Location of Mining Facilities Subject to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations in 2010Figure 1: Location of Mining Facilities Subject to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations in 2010

 

Table 2: Distribution of Facilities and Final Discharge
Points by Jurisdiction in 2010
Jurisdiction Number of Facilities Number of Final Discharge Points
British Columbia 9 22
Yukon 2 2
Saskatchewan 7 14
Manitoba 10 12
Northwest Territories 3 5
Nunavut 2 2
Ontario 34 55
Quebec 28 48
New Brunswick 3 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 6 23
Nova Scotia 1 2
Total 105 188

 

Table 3: Distribution of Final Discharge Points per Facility in 2010
Number of Final Discharge Points Number of Facilities
1 70
2 13
3 13
4 2
5 3
6 2
7 1
11 1

 

Table 4: Compliance Summary for Prescribed Deleterious Substances and pH in 2010
  As Cu CN Pb Ni Zn TSS Ra-226 pH Low pH High
Number of exceedances 1 1 0 0 9 3 57 2 3 3
Total number of months for which results were reported 1127 1176 368 1130 1136 1146 1307 765 1293 1297
Compliance rate (%) 99.9 99.9 100 100 99.2 99.7 95.6 99.7 99.8 99.8

 

Table 5: Performance Summary in 2010
Exceedances of Limits Prescribed in Schedule 4
Substance / Parameter Number of Exceedances Number of Facilities
Arsenic 1 1
Copper 1 1
Cyanide – –
Lead – –
Nickel 9 4
Zinc 3 3
TSS 57 16
Radium 226 2 1
pH 6 5
Total 79 31

 

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Figure 2: Distribution of Facilities by Jurisdiction for which Exceedances Were Reported in 2010Figure 2: Distribution of Facilities by Jurisdiction for which Exceedances Were Reported in 2010

Figure 3: Distribution of Exceedances by Jurisdiction in 2010Figure 3: Distribution of Exceedances by Jurisdiction in 2010

Table 6: Distribution of Exceedances by Jurisdiction in 2010
Jurisdiction As Cu CN Pb Ni Zn TSS Ra-226 pH Total Number of Facilities
British Columbia – – – – ­– – 4 – – 4 2
Yukon – – – – – – 2 – 1 3 1
Saskatchewan – – – – – – – – – – –
Manitoba 1 1 – – – – – 2 1 5 3
Northwest Territories – – – – – – – – – – –
Nunavut – – – – – – 2 – 1 3 1
Ontario – – – – 1 1 2 – – 4 3
Quebec – – – – 6 1 23 – 2 32 9
New Brunswick – – – – – 1 – – – 1 1
Newfoundland and Labrador – – – – 2 – 24 – 1 27 4
Nova Scotia – – – – – – – – – –  
Total 1 1 – – 9 3 57 2 6 79 24

 

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Table 7: Distribution of Exceedances by Mining Subsector in 2010
Subsector As Cu Pb CN Ni Zn TSS Ra-226 pH Total Number of Facilities
Base metals – – – – 9 2 22 2 5 40 14
Precious metals 1 1 – – – 1 8 – 1 12 6
Uranium – – – – – – – – – – –
Iron – – – – – – 27 – – 27 4
Total 1 1 – – 9 3 57 2 6 79 24

 

Table 8: Performance Summary: Rainbow Trout Acute Lethality and Daphnia magna Monitoring Tests, by Jurisdiction in 2010
Jurisdiction Rainbow Trout Acute Lethality Tests Daphnia magna Monitoring Tests
Total Number of Tests >50% Mortality Total Number of Tests >50% Mortality
Number of Tests Number of Facilities Number of Tests Number of Facilities
British Columbia 92 2 1 92 5 2
Yukon 36 – – 36 1 1
Saskatchewan 40 – – 41 2 2
Manitoba 61 – – 61 20 5
Northwest Territories 5 – – 5 2 1
Nunavut 12 – – 12 1 1
Ontario 242 13 2 239 1 1
Quebec 249 – – 248 4 2
New Brunswick 16 2 1 16 1 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 147 8 3 147 46 2
Nova Scotia 11 – – 11 – –
Total 911 25 7 908 83 18

 

Table 9: Performance Summary: Rainbow Trout Acute Lethality and Daphnia magna Monitoring Tests, by Mining Subsector in 2010
Subsector Rainbow Trout Acute Lethality Tests Daphnia magna Monitoring Tests
Total Number of Tests >50% Mortality Total Number of Tests >50% Mortality
Number of Tests Number of Facilities Number of Tests Number of Facilities
Base metals 440 21 4 437 72 12
Precious metals 344 3 2 343 9 4
Uranium 29 – – 30 2 2
Iron 98 1 1 98 – –
Total 911 25 7 908 83 18

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