Flin Flon Mine Hopes Still Afloat

Publisher: The Winnipeg Free Press
Author: Geoff Kirbyson
June 22, 2007

A Toronto-based mining company says it plans to continue its drilling program near Flin Flon in the hope its findings will justify the opening of a new mine.

Lynda Bloom, CEO of Halo Resources, said the 5,500 metres of drilling Halo has completed near the Sherritt-Gordon mine in Sherridon have confirmed historic deposits in a 200-square kilometre area. Now geologists are working to identify further exploratory targets for a second drill.

"Finding the big one is our next goal. Base metal deposits tend to be in clusters," she said, noting the company is confident there are 11 million tonnes of various metals, primarily copper, zinc and gold, in six known deposits in the vicinity. But Halo isn't likely to make a decision on whether to build a mine for another two years, she said.

"If you find 50 million tonnes (of metals), you'd build a completely different kind of facility", she said.

Sherridon has a population of about 80 people, a far cry from its peak of about 5,000 more than a half-century ago. "I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be able to return to its glory days," Bloom said.

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