CLRA Ontario Chapter 2020 Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Industry Award Recipients

Source: The Porcupine Health Unit

The Canadian Land Reclamation Association - Ontario Chapter is pleased to announce that Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Lake Mine has won the 2020 Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Industry award for their project entitled “The Detour Lake Mine Research and Progressive Reclamation Program”.  With a projected life of mine to 2040 (or longer), the Detour Lake Mine initiated, in 2012, a progressive reclamation effort, supported by a long-term multidisciplinary research program.  The extensive efforts of this program continue to address several aspects critical to successful mine reclamation, including ecosystem restoration with native species and the management of metal leaching and acid rock drainage from mine waste materials. The results of the ongoing studies continue to guide the evolution of the on-site reclamation research program. In turn, the research program has not only led to the development and initiation of the full-scale progressive reclamation program at Detour Lake Mine but also contributed knowledge to industry-wide mine reclamation practices in general.

Congratulations to the Detour Lake Mine!

The Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA) in cooperation with the Ontario Mining Association (OMA), the Ontario Ministry of Energy Northern Development and Mines and (MENDM) and Vale established the Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Award in honour of the significant contributions made by Dr. Tom Peters in furthering the field of mine reclamation.  The purpose of the award is to encourage the pursuit of excellence in mine reclamation and to recognize and promote, to the mining industry and the environmental community at large, outstanding achievement in the practice of mine reclamation in Ontario.