Project Overview.
In 2019, the Ekati Diamond Mine began a series of mill improvement projects to support the extention of the life of mine. The original eight primary heavy media cyclones were being replaced with new cyclones to increase capacity. Giffen was retained by JDS Energy & Mining Ltd. to design new overflow and underflow chutes to support the new equipment geometry. A site visit validated the design and platework drawings that were developed.
Burgundy Diamond Mines owns and operates the Ekati Diamond Mine. The mine is located in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories in Canada, approximately 300 km northeast of Yellowknife.