East Malartic 2-10 stope: First gold open pit in Quebec

Decision made to make access to stope 2-10 from behind the mill

                                                south side of the fault: greywacke

                                                Direction of movement along the fault was
                                                very steep towards the east

Stripping starts

                                                removing overburden on section 2750 E

Ore zone is south of the fault in greywacke

greywacke breaks in big blocks

                                              The fault has a very smooth surface: tremendous
                                               amount of movement along it
    

                                                 Greywacke breaks into big blocks
           

Very smooth surface

                                               Operations continued in winter

North side of fault: porphyry exposed to surface (white)