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Gold/Mining/Energy : Winspear Resources
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To: Alfonso Agostino who wrote (4356)12/8/1997 11:28:00 AM
From: Walt   of 26850
 
Ah yes the great Canadian Weather Debates.
First off you have to remember that the NWT is one third of Canada, so what happens in the mackenzie valley, at yellowknife or out on the barrens can vary considerably. Its a little like comparing the weather from toronto to timmins.
There is a seasonal lag to the weather so the coldest months are Jan and Feb. They already have 22-28 inches at Lac du Gras so its not the barrens end but the tree line end that could be the problem. The usual ice road route is from Yellowknife out the ingram trail about 60km then north thru Gordon Lake to the barrens.
A little snow can cause alot of insulation so the first step of building a road is to either flatten or plough it off the ice. This allows more ice to form. The same can be done for drill set ups etc.
If worse case senerio the road could be delayed awhile, the trucks could be forced to taking lighter loads or fly alot of the stuff in.
The weather can vary alot year from year this year we have been a little milder then usual and have yet to have a real cold snap. One of the old timers in town recounts a year way back when when they had six weeks of minus 40. That is one mother of a long cold snap. From experience our technology begins to break down at minus 40. Things begin to fall apart and break down. Your rubber hoses snap, engines sucking in 40 below air dont run, turn a vehicle off and a half hr latter you cannt get it started, metal shatters etc.
It will no doubt get colder the road will go in the question is when..... also for a drill program they can always fly in one of the smaller drills and get started with it.
regards Walt
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