Manh Choh project now under construction Photos Courtesy Kinross Alaska Alaska mining legend Roger Burggraff shares a gold nugget with Kinross Gold Corporation’s Paul Rollinson at the Manh Choh groundbreaking in August.
royalties. More than 100 people gathered for the groundbreaking including Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Kinross President and CEO Paul Rollinson was at the groundbreaking along with Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, president and CEO of Contango Ore, which owns 30% of the project with Kinross at 70%. Tetlin chief Michael Sam was also at the ceremony.
Manh Choh will be the state’s sixth-largest metal mine after it be- gins production in 2024. The mine will support 500 to 600 jobs and will be a major employer in the region and drawing workers from Tetlin vil- lage as well as other communities in eastern Interior Alaska. Ore from the Manh Choh Mine will be trucked about 240 miles to Fair- banks and to the Kinross Fort Knox mine northeast of the city.
Mine will be state’s sixth-largest after beginning production Kinross Alaska officially start - ed construction Aug. 29 at the new Manh Choh mine at Tetlin, east of Delta. The project is on the Tetlin Reserve, which means the Native Village of Tetlin, the local tribe, owns the land and will receive the
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