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Project Description
The Fort Knox Mine is an open pit, truck-and-shovel operation using carbon-in-pulp, heap leach and gravity processes to recover gold. The mine is located approximately 25 highway miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, on primarily State of Alaska and private lands within the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The project is operated by Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc. (FGMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation. The major Fort Knox Mine facilities include the Fort Knox open pit mine, mill, administrative facilities, tailings storage facility, water storage reservoir and the Walter Creek and Barnes Creek Heap Leach facilities. Power is supplied from the regional grid via a 29-mile power line. The mine was originally permitted in 1994, and operates 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. As of the end of 2020, FGMI employed 655 people. Fort Knox produced 200,263 gold equivalent ounces in 2020.
Permits, Approvals and Authorizations
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Plan of Operations
Reclamation and Closure
- Millsite Lease ADL 233700
- Fort Knox Mine Reclamation Plan Approval F20209852RPA (3/25/2020) PDF
- Certificate of Approval to Construct a Dam PDF (issued 7/3/07)
- Millsite Lease ADL 414960 and 414961
- Change 1 to Third Amendment to Mining Millsite Lease ADL 414960 and 414961 PDF (issued 5/17/2019)
- Third Amendment to Mining Millsite Lease ADL 414960 and 414961 PDF (issued 7/6/2018)
- Second Amendment to Millsite Lease ADL 414960 and 414961 PDF (issued 6/2/2011)
- First Amendment to Millsite Lease ADL 414960 and 414961 PDF (issued 12/31/2007)
- Addendum to the Fort Knox Millsite Lease PDF (signed 7/3/07)
- Amended and Restated Millsite Lease ADL 414960 and 414961 PDF (issued 7/8/2002)
- Millsite Permit ADL 414960 and 414961 PDF (issued 2/15/1994)
- Upland Mining Lease ADL 535408
- Water Rights
- LAS 13986: Fish Creek Water Reservoir for millsite 9,257.57 AFY PDF
- LAS 13987: Interceptor well system for dam 724 AFY LAS 13988: Fish Creek TSF 5,245 AFY PDF
- LAS 21760: Dewatering well field for open pit mining 1,600 AFY PDF
- LAS 28161: Mining, milling, heap leach operations 15,326 AFY PDF
- LAS 28160: Interceptor well system for dam 3,000 AFY
- LAS 28159: Fish Creek water reservoir for millsite 9,258 AFY
- LAS 28158: Dewatering well field for open pit mining 4,045 AFY
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
Waste Management
- Waste Management Permit 2020DB0002 Cover letter (3/25/2020) PDF
- Waste Management Permit 2020DB0002 (3/25/2020) PDF
- APDES Permit (AK0053643) (PDF) (Issued 8/15/2015)
Support Documents
- Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc. Fort Knox Mine Plan of Operations & Waste Management Permit Renewals Facility Description (January 2020, Revision 1) PDF
- Tailings Storage Facility NID ID# AK00212 Operations & Maintenance Manual Rev. 8 (August 2019) PDF
- Walter Creek Valley Fill Heap Leach Pad Operations & Maintenance Manual Revision 15 (March 2019) PDF
- Fort Knox Gold Mine Monitoring Plan (August 2019) PDF
- Fort Knox Mine Solid Waste Management Plan (August 2019) PDF
- Fort Knox Mine Reclamation and Closure Plan (January 2020) PDF
- Fort Knox Pit Lake Evaluation, 2019 Update by HydroGeoLogia dated May 7, 2019 PDF
- Environmental Compliance and Management Systems Audit Fort Knox Gold Mine by SRK Consulting, Inc. dated February 2019 PDF
- Method Detection Limit Study by ACZ Laboratories, Inc. conducted from January 24 through February 1, 2019 PDF
Archive of Applications, Draft Project Authorizations, and Public Process
Five-Year Environmental Audits
February 2019
Environmental Compliance and Management Systems Audit Fort Knox Gold Mine
Annual Meetings and Annual Reports
FGMI 2021 Annual Meeting
Time:
Location:
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Via Zoom
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://kinross.zoom.us/j/98048539590?pwd=S3JkbUlDQVZPZE9GMk0vNnMrYzhSdz09
Meeting ID: 980 4853 9590
Password: 756332
Canada: +1 647 558 0588
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656
Canada/US Toll Free: +1 855 999 9116
Meeting ID: 980 4853 9590
International numbers available: https://kinross.zoom.us/u/acTnx3miAW
SIP: 98048539590@zoomcrc.com
Password: 756332
Annual Reports
Fort Knox Annual Activity Report 2020 PDF ADF&G Technical Report No. 21-01: Fish & Water Quality Monitoring 2020 PDFFor More Information Contact:
State of Alaska Large Mine Permitting Team
Ashlee Adoko
Associate Director
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Office of Project Management and Permitting
Phone:(907) 269-8732
Fax: (907) 269-5673
Email
Mail to:
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1430
Anchorage, AK 99501
Visit at:
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1430
Anchorage, AK 99501