By Cecilia Jamasmie
MINING.com
Demand for mineral resource engineers and skilled miners is increasing in Canada’s East Coast, as gold mining stages a huge comeback in the province of Nova Scotia, which holds several projects currently in the works and one major mine already in operations.
In a matter of weeks the Dufferin Mine, located on the eastern shore of the province near Sheet Harbour, will produce its first batch of gold. Until then the mine, shut down more than a decade ago and owned since 2009 by Ressources Appalaches (TSX-V:APP) will stockpile the raw material needed to run the mill. Dufferin ran for eight months in 2001 under a different operator, but shut down when the price of gold dropped to around $300 an ounce.
Now, the new owner is ready to become a gold mining icon, and it says is on track to ramp up production to 300 tonnes of gold per day.