Kaminak Gold Announces New Access Road Route for Coffee Project

Kaminak Gold (TSXV:KAM) has announced a new, northern access road route to its Coffee gold project in the Yukon. The route has been endorsed by the local Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation.
As quoted in the press release:

This route was selected as the best option for Kaminak as it results in the least amount of new road construction, land disturbance and overall environmental impact.  Moreover, this route also offers the potential to maximize economic benefits to the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (“TH”) on whose Traditional Territory the Coffee Project is situated, and their home community of Dawson City. The road would be 100% located within the Traditional Territory of TH, sections of which may be located within the Overlapping Area of Selkirk First Nation and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun.

The proposed northern access road route is approximately 190 km in length, more than 160 km of which already exists as public road with select portions requiring upgrading to meet the proposed Coffee mine transportation and safety specifications. Both the Stewart and the Yukon rivers transect the route and will be crossed via ferry during months when the river is flowing and via ice bridge during freeze up, which is an established practice at the Minto copper mine located, 114 km southeast of Coffee.  A proposed 1300 m airstrip will also service the site principally for transportation of personnel, but also during the shoulder seasons when the river crossings are inaccessible.  Traffic to and from the proposed Coffee mine during operations is expected to consist of approximately four B-Train trucks a day, to supply fuel and other consumables.  Gold doré will be transported from site by air.

Kaminak CEO, Eira Thomas, said:

The proposed northern access route from Dawson City ticks all the boxes for us.  It is the shortest route, it requires little new construction, thereby, limiting new land disturbance and environmental impacts,  and it is largely routed through the traditional territory of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, our partner and a key stakeholder in the future development of Coffee.

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