The milestone follows the approval by the Ontario government of the mine’s closure plan last November, as well as the environmental approvals obtained before that.
Receipt of the few remaining approvals and permits (provincial and federal) required for construction is expected in the coming months, Generation Mining said in a news release.
“We are now on the cusp of having one of the only permitted copper and PGM projects in North America that can be constructed and brought into operation once we obtain the requisite financing,” stated Jamie Levy, CEO of Generation Mining.
“The Marathon project is one of the most advanced critical mineral projects in Canada, and this government approval represents another milestone on the path to developing Canada’s next copper and palladium mine,” Levy added.
According to a new feasibility study released this year, the Marathon project in northwestern Ontario is expected to produce an…
