PROJECT OVERVIEW
- NWP Coal Canada Limited ("NWP") is developing the Crown Mountain Hard Coking Coal Project in the Elk Valley, British Columbia
- Crown Mountain is expected to produce an average of 86% Hard Coking Coal ("HCC") and 14% Pulverised Coal Injection ("PCI") over the life of mine which is currently 15 years
- Production averages 2 million clean tonnes of coal per year and over the life of mine, will be mined from three open pits
- The Project is proximate to existing infrastructure, roads and rail with clean coal railed to one of three Canadian West coast ports with spare capacity
- Bankable Feasibility Study completed in 2020 by Stantec and Sedgman
- Submission of environmental assessment on target for end of 2021
- Construction is targeted to commence in Q4 2024, based on all regulatory approvals received by Q3 2023
- First coal is targeted for late 2025
- The construction of Crown Mountain will provide up to approximately 500 jobs
- Crown Mountain is expected to provide up to approximately 330 operational jobs, with a focus on utilizing a local workforce
- The Project’s footprint is approximately 1280 hectares including all buffers and contingency areas. Without those, the footprint is 851 hectares
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PROJECT LAYOUT HIGHLIGHTS
The Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project is based on three pits that would access high quality coal with low strip ratios. The first pit to be opened would be the East Pit, followed by the North Pit and then the South Pit.
The processing plant would be constructed directly adjacent to the pits and the waste rock storage area. This would reduce haul distances for the raw coal as well the haul distance for plant reject and dried tailings that would be used as part of source control within the waste rock storage facility.
Waste rock would be placed as pit back fill as much as possible with all of the remaining waste rock placed in a bottom-up layer-cake style facility designed to manage water quality.
Clean coal would be moved by conveyor from the plant down to Grave Creek. From there it would be carried by highway style trucks on the Grave Creek Forest Service Road to a load out facility located next to the existing railway tracks in Grave Prairie.
Using highway trucks for the clean coal haul would minimize footprint and safety concerns on the Grave Creek Forest Service Road. NWP would not need to restrict public access and would only need to widen the road to a 12 m running surface – far smaller than what is required for mine haul trucks.
Clean coal will be stored in a tent structure which would significantly reduce dust and water quality impacts from the coal stockpiles.
