The Duck Pond copper-zinc mine is located in central Newfoundland approximately 100 kilometres southwest of the city of Grand Falls-Windsor, Canada. Duck Pond achieved commercial production in April 2007.
Teck Cominco owns 100% of the Duck Pond mine. Teck Cominco acquired Duck Pond through the acquisition of Aur Resources in August 2007.
The mine is an underground operation, utilizing ramp access and underground mining methods. Uncrushed ore is trucked to a surface stockpile and then fed through a crusher to a coarse ore bin. It is then processed using a SAG mill, ball mill and flotation to produce separate copper and zinc concentrates.
The concentrates are transported to a storage and shipping facility at the port of St. Georges, Newfoundland.
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