Hello Yellowknife...
I'm currently in Yellowknife, NT, and I've always wanted to get up here, but I must say, that I was hoping to do this in the summer sometime, as I hear it is beautiful up there. I guess the only bonus is that it is currently colder here at home, than it is up there! :-) Regardless, this should be a great trip and I'm really looking forward to it. The purpose of this trip is to go onsite and see first hand one of the projects I am working on, and to get some 'face time' with other people involved in this project. The project is a 'Freeze Optimization Study' which is part of the larger Giant Mine remediation plan . The main goal of the FOS is to study different ground freezing technologies. For those that do not know, Giant Mine is located in Yellowknife, NT and it produced gold from 1948 to 1999. The remediation project contains many facets including: The clean-up of the surface project Stabilization and securing of the underground project The maintenanc...