Bucko Lake Mine
Encyclopedia
Bucko Lake Mine is a nickel
mine
near Wabowden
, Manitoba
, Canada
, it is owned by Crowflight Minerals
. Production began on 10 June 2009.
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile...
mine
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
near Wabowden
Wabowden, Manitoba
Wabowden is a community in northern Manitoba. It is situated on Provincial Trunk Highway #6, which is the main route between Thompson and the provincial capital, Winnipeg....
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, it is owned by Crowflight Minerals
Crowflight Minerals
CaNickel Mining Limited is a junior mining company, headquarterd in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Crowflight Minerals is currently in the process of opening the Bucko Lake nickel mine near Wabowden, Manitoba, which would produce 1,000 tonnes per day of ore, which will be concentrated to 11.1 million...
. Production began on 10 June 2009.