Preparation work has started for the construction of the Pioneer winter road at NorZinc’s Prairie Creek project, in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, constituting Phase 1 of the 170 km all-season road that will act as the main point of access connecting the project to the Liard Highway 7.
“This initial work keeps the project progressing while we await the final management plan approvals for full construction of the PWR."Subject to financing, NorZinc plans to start construction on the PWR mid-October.
The first phase of construction will also reopen and cut new trails, where designated, along the access road corridor. This work will allow for acquisition of critical geotechnical data for subsequent road-building campaigns, permitting and to walk in key pieces of heavy equipment required for on-site early construction projects in the following summer season.
To complete the wildlife clearing trail, an excavator and skid-steer were successfully barged over to the north side of the Liard river in early September. It is anticipated that NorZinc will start wildlife clearing late October dependent on weather conditions. The construction of the PWR from the proposed mine site to Cat Camp will be spearheaded with a new CAT 315 excavator and skid-steer, of which both were successfully flown into site via a heavy lift helicopter last week. They will be augmented by the bulldozer and rock trucks already onsite as the company aims to complete the mountainous sections of the PWR by the end of the year.
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