What precious metal did both McIntyre Mines and the Kemess Mine dig for?
Kemess Mine The Kemess Mine was an open-pit copper and gold mine, located just northeast of the foot of Thutade Lake, at the head of the Finlay River, in the Omineca Mountains of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It was operated by Royal Oak Mines from 1998 to 1999, when it was bought by Northgate Minerals. Northgate operated the mine until its closure in 2011; that year Northgate was taken over by AuRico Gold. In 2014 AuRico Gold partitioned off its portion of kemess Mine ownership creating a new company called AuRico Metals. AuRico Metals is actively implementing permits for a block caving mine.
Mir mine The Mir mine (Russian: Кимберлитовая алмазная трубка «Мир» "Kimberlitovaya Almaznaya Trubka "Mir""; English: kimberlite diamond pipe "Peace"), also called the Mirny mine, is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Sakha Republic, in the Siberian region of eastern Russia. The mine is 525 metres deep (1722.44 feet) (4th in the world) and has a diameter of 1200 m , and is one of the largest excavated holes in the world.