- SMDI #
- 2880
- Current Showing Name
- Bethune Mine
- Historical Showing Names
- Bethune Mine, Bethune Potash Mine
- Company Name
- K+S Potash Canada
- Project Name
- Bethune Potash
- UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
- 473250.0000
- UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
- 5610730.0000
- NTS Sheet
- 072I11
- TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
- 19-25-2
- Primary Commodities
- Potash
- Associated Commodities
- Discovery Type
- Water/Brine
- Status
- Deposit: Production
- Geological Details
- Formerly Legacy Project; K+S Potash Ltd. permit areas KP 355 & KLSA 009 northwest of Regina. Solution mining development project. Middle Devonian Prairie Evaporite Formation.
- Geological Domain
- Diefenbaker
- Host Rocks
- Host Minerals
- Indicators
- Exploration History
- 12/1/2023
Citing market forces as the main driver, K+S Potash Canada (KSPC) announced a long-term growth plan for its Bethune solution mining operation, aiming to double production capacity over the next 20 years. The company plans to incrementally increase the output to 4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) through additions to the mining operation over the two decades as the project begins to incorporate more secondary mining into the life cycle of the mine.
(Saskatchewan Exploration and Development Highlights 2023, p.14)
12/1/2024
K+S Potash Canada plans to incrementally increase output at its Bethune solution mine to 4 Mt per year and has a goal of doubling production capacity over the next 20 years.
(Saskatchewan Exploration and Development Highlights 2024, p.6)
8/19/2013
- Production History
- Reserves and/or Resources
- 2011-01-01
NI 43-101-compliant
Measured Resource: 64 million tonnes (Mt) K2O.
Indicated Resource: 180 Mt K2O.
Inferred Resource: 701 Mt K2O.
(www.sedar.com).
Summary:
Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 64,000,000.00 tonne
- Potash: 64,000,000.00 tonne
Indicated Mineral Resource of 180,000,000.00 tonne
- Potash: 180,000,000.00 tonne
Inferred Mineral Resource of 701,000,000.00 tonne
- Potash: 701,000,000.00 tonne