RE: RE: RE: This is a good direction for ABMCINDY__Only 10% of the gravel at Susan Lake has been used you say!!!!!!!
Now what colour have your rose coloured glasses changed to?????????
Several more years left certainly doesn't jive very well with only 10% gone now does it.
Here are the REAL facts right from the ABM/AMI Information Circular________
Currently, there are two major sources of aggregates in the region, the Poplar Creek Gravel Pit and the Susan Lake Gravel Pit, both managed by AMI. With the exception of sand, Poplar Creek is running out of gravel. AMI estimates that the gravel in this pit will be depleted by the end of 2008.
Management of AMI estimates the gravel in the Susan Lake Gravel Pit will last for several more years at current rates of consumption.
Studies by OSDG and the Government of Alberta indicate that currently known sources of sand and gravel are insufficient to meet the long-term growth requirements of the oilsands industry. In addition, oilsands companies have been actively drilling their sites to establish their oilsands reserves. As a result of these drilling activities, they have discovered new sand and gravel deposits.
Although additional deposits have been found recently, management of AMI believes they are small
deposits that are inadequate to assure a long-lived supply for the construction and operation of oilsands mining and in-situ projects.