Giant Mine blasting could continue into mid-December

Crews remediating Giant Mine could be blasting just outside Yellowknife until mid-December, the project team managing the work says.

Blasting for quarry rock is happening a few kilometres north of the city near the Ingraham Trail.

That blasting began in mid-October, the Giant Mine Remediation Project said in a notice issued on Tuesday, “and could extend to mid-December.”

Expect delays of up to 10 minutes around kilometre four of Highway 4, the notice stated.

Giant Mine is the toxic site of a former gold mine that is now a $4-billion federally led remediation project.