Kinross Gold Corp.'s former mine operations on its Timmins Marlhill property is being converted to an open pit to extract the last reserves of gold prior to closing it. The mine is situated close to the company's Bell Creek mine, located in Hoyle Township within the city limits. Deemed uneconomical to operate as an underground mine in the mid-1990s, the mine was flooded for four years. Now Kinross is going after two remaining Crown pillars of 25,188 tonnes of ore containing 5.56 grams to the tonne. The entire project from overburden excavation to the completion of mining is expected to take four to six months.
