Kittilä mine [SEP] product
Kittilä mine
Kittilä mine, also known as Suurikuusikko mine, is a gold mine in Kittilä, in the Lapland Province of Finland. The mine is owned and operated by Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited and is located north-east of Kittilä. Exploration began in 1986, and production started in 2008. The mine is composed of two open pits, with the proceeds of the operation funding an underground mining operation, accessed by a ramp from surface and utilizing both transverse and longitudinal long-hole stoping methods. The mine utilizes
tonne. Excavation of the open pit began in September 2007 and ore production began in May 2008. Mining in the Suuri pit began at per day to be increased to by the end of 2009.
Mining operation.
Mining operation Open pit.
The ore zone at the Kittilä mine (mined by what are known as the Suuri and Roura pits) is approximately long, wide, deep. Drilling is done using both Sandvik and Atlas Copco drill rigs, with ore being loaded into Caterpillar 777 dump trucks (pictured)