$2.4 billion in planned spending will rebuild Hope Bay's Doris North mine and create about 2,000 jobs, including 800 construction roles, but Agnico Eagle has not set a specific Inuit hiring target.
11% of Agnico Eagle's Nunavut workforce was Inuit last year, and executives said raising that share will depend on more training, school-to-trades programs and local contractors hiring from nearby communities.
The company pointed to existing benefits as it seeks support: more than $1 billion went to Inuit suppliers last year, Inuit associations will receive 1% of Hope Bay royalties, and payments to Nunavut Inuit groups and the territorial government reached $90 million in 2024.
By 2030 at the earliest, the reconstructed mine is expected to restart production for at least 11 years, yielding 400,000 to 435,000 ounces annually, with a federally backed wind project supplying nearly half its power.
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