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Equinox’s Greenstone Project targeting 2024 production
Equinox Gold is a growth-focused gold producer operating entirely in the Americas, with seven operating mines in the USA, Mexico and Brazil. As part of its vision to be a million-ounce gold producer, in April 2021 Equinox Gold bought a 60% interest in the Greenstone Mine in Ontario, Canada, with the remaining 40% held by Orion Mine Finance Group. Greenstone Mine will be one of the largest open-pit gold mines in Canada and will be Equinox Gold’s flagship asset when it commences production in 2024. Construction of the Greenstone Mine continues on schedule. Overall project progress, which includes engineering, procurement and construction, was 82% complete at the end of June 2023 and on track to achieve production in the first half of 2024. Greenstone Mine has reached the significant milestone of 4 million hours lost-time injury free and was awarded the 2022 Equinox Gold COO Safety Award, thanks to the Greenstone Mine workforce’s dedication to safety in the workplace. The mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation teams ramped up during Q2 2023 for final construction installations in the Power Plant and Process Plant. Over the next few months, the electrical team will pull and terminate kilometres of cable throughout site. The piping team will connect pipe required for fire suppression, glycol heating, compressed air and processing. The mechanical team will install grinding and screening equipment. The instrumentation team will install and program the various