Premier calls northern Manitoba gold mine a generational expansion project – Winnipeg [Video]

Shovels are in the ground for what the provincial government says is Manitoba’s first new mine in more than 15 years.

The construction of a gold mine near Lynn Lake, more than 1,000 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday.

Two mine sites and a work camp are expected to be built over the next two years, creating 600 jobs while construction is underway and 450 steady jobs once the project is up and running.

Mining company Alamos Gold is working with Indigenous communities in the region, including a revenue-sharing agreement struck with Marcel Colomb First Nation in 2023, as well as providing training and job opportunities for community members.

Marcel Colomb Chief Delhia Hart called the agreement a historic one for the First Nation.

“After years of living in the outskirts of a mining town in our own traditional lands, it’s the first time our …