The Meliadine mine in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut is Agnico Eagle’s second mine in Canada’s Low Arctic, opening in 2019, nine years after the Meadowbank mine. It is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, about 25 km north of Rankin Inlet and 290 km southeast of Meadowbank mine. Meliadine includes seven gold deposits, six of which are part of the current mine plan. The mine employs close to 1600 employees and contractors rom all over Canada, including from 7 communities of the Kivalliq region, mostly working on a fourteen-day fly-in, fly-out rotation.  

Commercial production began at Meliadine in May 2019. The company anticipates that mining at Meliadine will be carried out through several underground mining operations and open pits, producing between 350,000 and 400,000 ounces of gold per year, until 2032. 

The Meliadine mine in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut is Agnico Eagle’s second mine in Canada’s Low Arctic, opening in 2019, nine years after the Meadowbank mine. It is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, about 25 km north of Rankin Inlet and 290 km southeast of Meadowbank mine. Meliadine includes seven gold deposits, six of which are part of the current mine plan. The mine employs close to 1600 employees and contractors rom all over Canada, including from 7 communities of the Kivalliq region, mostly working on a fourteen-day fly-in, fly-out rotation.  

Commercial production began at Meliadine in May 2019. The company anticipates that mining at Meliadine will be carried out through several underground mining operations and open pits, producing between 350,000 and 400,000 ounces of gold per year, until 2032.