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What method of mining will be used underground?

The mining method is called both “cut and fill” or “drift and fill”, which means that part of the deposit will be mined out (cut) and a paste backfill of mill tailings will be placed in that opening. This reduces the amount of tailings that are stored at surface by half, as approximately half of the tailings will be placed back underground as paste backfill. Tintina is evaluating various scenarios to minimize the amount of tailings to be stored at surface.