James Bay Lithium Mine by Galaxy Lithium (Canada) inc.

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Promoter

Galaxy Lithium (Canada) inc.

Reference number

3214-14-055

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Project summary

The project involves the exploitation of a spodumene deposit. The main planned infrastructures includes an open pit, a spodumene concentrator with a capacity of 2,000,000 t / year, storage and overburden storage areas, waste rock / tailings, ore and concentrate, water retention ponds, a water treatment plant, an explosives storage site, a worker camp, as well as administrative and operational buildings. The existing road network allows access to the site.

Ore will be mined from the open pit using conventional mining methods, including drilling and blasting. A combined pile will be built to store waste rock and tailings. The ore processing process will include ore crushing followed by separation in dense media. Ore processing will result in a concentrate of approximately 6% lithium oxide.

Construction work at the mine site is scheduled to begin in 2020, with commissioning in 2022. The mine will be in operation for approximately 15 to 20 years.

Details on location

The James Bay lithium mine project is located about 10 kilometers south of the Eastmain river, about 100 km east of James Bay, near the James Bay Highway 381 roadside stop . The property is on category III lands.

Documents

Preliminary information

2017-10-11 Galaxy Lithium, Preliminary information, october 2017, 65 pages.

Environmental and social impact assessment

Summary

2018-10-29 Galaxy Lithium, Summary, october 2018, 17 pages.
2022-11-15 Galaxy Lithium, Project Summary - Revised, july 2022, 26 pages

Public participation - Announcement of public hearings by COMEX

2022-12-06 Press release

Public participation - Presentations by the proponent and COMEX

Public participation - Reports submitted during the public hearings

2023-02-28 Climat Québec (french only)
2023-02-28 Eau Secours (french only)

Documents produced by COMEX

Documents produced by the MELCC

2018-02-05 MELCC James Bay Lithium Mine directive, february 2018, 40 pages (french only).

Table provided by MELCC

Access to the certificates of authorization (CA), to the modifications and to the attestations of exemption since January 1st, 2000 (in French only)

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