The Tanco mine. Credit: Joey Champagne, Facility General Manager, Tanco
Sinomine’s Tanco mine in southeast Manitoba, one of Canada’s two lithium mines, faces risks as wildfires continued to rage in the area on Friday.
Tanco, which produces lithium, cesium and tantalum is about 180 km northeast of Winnipeg and sits right beside a large zone where fires are burning out of control, according to the Manitoba government’s Fireview portal. That zone covers the main access road to the mine from the community of Bird River.
The also zone stretches north towards Nopiming Provincial Park, which is under an evacuation order. To the mine’s west, another fire burning near the town of Lac du Bonnet is also classified as out of control. Two town residents were killed in the fire this week.
Employees with the China-controlled Tanco were reportedly seen driving out of the area, CBC said. The provincial…
