The annual winter road resupply program to Gahcho Kué mine wrapped up as scheduled on March 31.
Since the road opened on February 8, a week later than usual, 1,915 truckloads of fuel, freight, three new boxes for mine haul trucks and other cargo travelled the road. Fuel made up the majority of the inbound loads, totaling 1,141 truckloads carrying 50M litres of diesel and other fuel.
“We had amazing support from the entire mine, as well as many others, who came together to pull it off safely, successfully and on time,” said Robert Smith, Logistics & Waterhouse Superintendent. “The entire Gahcho Kué team did a fantastic job and should be extremely proud of what we accomplished.”
The program was completed without any reportable environmental or safety incidents, and a number of storms resulted in the road having to be shut down periodically.
During one of these storms in early March, Gahcho Kué Mine and winter road contractor Det’on Cho Nuna worked together to provide food, water and fuel to a hunting party that was using the Gahcho Kué winter spur road as a base to hunt caribou when the storm struck.