The Early Revenue Phase Proposal associated with the approved Mary River Iron Mine was assessed by the NIRB from 2013 - 2014. It was approved to proceed on May 28, 2014 subject to the terms and conditions of Project Certificate No. 005 Amendment 1. This project dashboard contains the original assessment information as well as monitoring information through to the approval of an amended Project Certificate associated with the Production Increase Proposal in 2018.



Modified from the 2013 Project Description: The Early Revenue Phase Proposal is the proposed first development phase for the Mary River Project. It will include development of a nominal 3.5 million tonne per annum (Mt/a) road haulage operation from Mary River to a small port facility at Milne Inlet for shipping of iron ore during the open water season. The operation will be very similar in concept to the bulk sample program undertaken by Baffinland in 2008.



The Early Revenue Phase will produce a nominal 3.5 Mt/a of iron ore mined from Deposit 1 and transported from the Mine Site to Milne Port over the Milne Inlet Tote Road on a year round basis. The ore will be stored in stockpiles at Milne Port ready for loading onto ships and transport to customers during the open water season only. Fuel to support the trucking operation will continue to be delivered to a tank farm facility at Milne Port each year. Ore handling operations consist of an ore stockpile, conveyors to transfer ore to the ore dock, and ship loading facilities at the ore dock. Shipping of supplies to Milne Port will occur during the approximately 90-day ice-free period of approximately July 15 to October 15. During the operation phase, the port will continue to be used to ship ore as part of the early revenue operation, as well as for resupply. Ships will follow a nominal shipping route from Milne Port, through Milne Inlet and into Eclipse Sound within the Nunavut Settlement Area and will continue to customer ports, primarily in Rotterdam and other European Ports.