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March 5, 2015

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (TSE:AEM) joined the top 10 listed gold producers in the world last year.

Gold output jumped by staggering 30%, from 1.1 Moz in 2013, to 1.43 Moz in 2014, thanks to new mines coming on stream, including Goldex in Canada and La India in Mexico, as well as the acquisition of a 50%-share in the Canadian Malartic mine from Osisko.

Now another project – one of the Toronto-based company’s largest in terms of reserves and resources – has passed a major milestone.

The Nunavut Impact Review Board on Thursday gave Agnico Eagle the green light for a second mine in Nunavut in Canada’s far north, issuing a project certificate for the company’s Meliadine project certificate.

Read More: http://www.mining.com/agnico-eagle-reaches-another-arctic-milestone-97932/