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Manitoba Mining Facts
The mining and petroleum industries make up Manitoba's largest primary resource industry. In 2017, the combined value of mineral production for metals ($1.37 billion), industrial minerals ($289.4 million) and petroleum ($877 million) totalled about $2.5 billion. The industries employ an average of 6,200 workers directly, with many more in indirect jobs and generating millions of dollars in spin-off business.
Click on the links below to discover more facts about the world of minerals:
How to Turn "A" Nickel into a Dollar
What do Manitoba mines produce? Base and precious metals, such as nickel, copper, zinc and gold. Specialty metals like cesium. Industrial minerals such as dolomite, spodumene, silver, gypsum, salt, granite, limestone, lime, sand and gravel. Manitoba mineral resources with potential for future economic development include diamonds, platinum-group metals (PGM), rare earth elements (REE), titanium, vanadium, chromite, silica and potash.
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Manitoba produces:
39.2% of Canada's zinc
10.9% of Canada's nickel
6.6% of Canada's copper
2.7% of Canada's gold
11.6% of Canada's silver
Manitoba also produces cobalt and platinum-group metals which are by-products of other mined metals or minerals.
Operating Mines
Mine |
Company |
Location |
Date Opened |
Major Metals/Minerals Mined |
777 Mine |
Hudbay |
Flin Flon |
2000 |
copper, zinc |
Birchtree Mine NOTE: Currently under care and maintenance |
Vale |
Thompson |
1968 |
nickel, copper |
Bucko Lake Nickel Mine NOTE: Currently under care and maintenance |
CaNickel Mining Limited |
Wabowden |
2009 |
nickel |
Hinge-007 Mine NOTE: Currently under care and maintenance |
Klondex Mines Ltd. |
Bissett |
2009 |
gold |
Lalor Mine |
Hudbay |
Snow Lake |
2014 |
copper, zinc, gold |
True North Gold Mine NOTE: Currently under care and maintenance |
Klondex Mines Ltd. |
Bissett |
2006 |
gold |
Tanco Mine |
Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada, Ltd. |
Lac du Bonnet |
1969 |
cesium |
Thompson mine T1, T3 & 1-D |
Vale |
Thompson |
1958 |
nickel, copper |
Manitoba's Rich History
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Manitoba Mining Through the Centuries |
Manitoba's Mining Communities
Mining is the reason for communities such as Thompson, Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Wabowden, Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids in the north, and Bissett and Lac du Bonnet in the south.
Stake Your Future in Mining Click on the job profiles listed below to explore some of the career opportunities in the mining industry.
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Building Blocks
Ever wonder why rocks are used in building projects? Sometimes it can be for practical reasons, but often the aim is to create something that will be regarded for its beauty and elegant appearance. A great example of this type of "building" rock is dimension stone. Dimension stone includes Manitoba Tyndall Stone® (a mottled limestone with trace fossils), as well as other rocks with rich "dimension" like granite, marble, labradorite, sandstone.