Detour Gold Corporation fka DGC

[gsfl]

Detour Gold’s Transmission Line for Detour Lake Mine Connected to Ontario Grid

Detour Gold Corporation (TSX: DGC) (“Detour Gold” or the “Company”) announced today that the first segment of its transmission line of 135 kilometres from the Detour Lake project site to the Island Falls power station has been successfully connected to the provincial electrical power grid.
The transmission line will carry 115 kilovolts (kV) of current, which is well beyond what is required to support mine construction, and will provide significant savings as Detour Gold will no longer need to rely on the more expensive diesel power. Detour Gold received approval last August from the Ontario Energy Board to proceed with the construction of the second segment of the transmission line of 45 kilometres from Island Falls to Pinard transformer station (west of Fraserdale). Construction is scheduled to start in late 2011 with grid connection to follow in the second quarter of 2012, well ahead of the start of commissioning. At the completion of the second phase, the line will operate at 230 kV and deliver more than 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity during the operation of the Detour Lake mine.
The construction contract is with Detour Lake Constructors, a partnership led by Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co. ("Kiewit"), with Moose Cree Constructors Inc. (Moose Cree First Nation), New Post Constructors LP (Taykwa Tagamou Nation) and Wahgoshig First Nation as Partners. Kiewit is responsible for the construction management and execution of the contract and PowerTel Utilities Contractors Limited is the transmission line subcontractor.
Senior Management Appointment
Drew Anwyll has been appointed Director of Operations for the Detour Lake mine. Drew will be responsible for planning and organizing the start-up of the operations scheduled for the first quarter of 2013.
Drew Anwyll, a mining engineer professional, brings over 20 years of international experience in operations start-up, construction and project management of both open pit and underground mines. Prior to joining Detour Gold, Drew worked for Allied Gold as General Manager Operations at the Gold Ridge gold mine where he led the recommencement and expansion of the mining operation. The vast majority of his career was with Barrick Gold Corporation and Placer Dome Inc. where his work included working at the open pit and underground Porgera gold operations (Papua New Guinea), the South Deep mine (South Africa), the Dome mine (Ontario) and the Campbell mine (Ontario).
Detour Gold has promoted Rachel Pineault from Director to Vice President Human Resources and Northern Affairs and Jim Robertson from Director to Vice President Environment and Sustainability. Since joining the Detour Gold team, both Rachel and Jim have shown strong leadership in their respective departments. Their wealth of experience will be a tremendous asset toward the future success and growth of the Company.