Red Chris is in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. Newmont has a 70 percent interest in, and operates, the Red Chris mine and surrounding tenements in a joint venture with Imperial Metals Corporation (30 percent).
Links
- https://operations.newmont.com/north-america/red-chris-canada
- https://goo.gl/maps/amBcCiJXdbKe2p158
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-206460.html
Notes
Operator: Newmont Corporation
Production start: 2015
Operations: open pit mine with block cave potential
Copper production: 40 ktpa
Products: copper concentrate; co-product Au
Projects:
- 2026 planned block cave expansion. Needs 145 MW transmission line upgrade.
Koppen climate type: ET
Media
- Jul-26: Ottawa’s C$500M Red Chris bet tests British Columbia grid (checked 6-Jul-26)
- Jun-26: Newmont’s Red Chris underground expansion gets regulatory green light in BC (checked 23-Jun-26)
Created Sep-25; updated Jun-26, Jul-26