In the first half of 2025, our team at the Côté Gold Mine in Northern Ontario welcomed several groups of students and young professionals for mine site tours. Our guests experienced the sights and sounds of our bustling Côté Gold mine, seeing first-hand the day-to-day operations of a modern mining site.
During each visit, the groups had the chance to explore the control room, tour the mill, view the pit, and get an up-close look at our autonomous trucks and cutting-edge technology. Some even stayed overnight at our mine camp, getting a full camp life experience.
Our recent visitor groups included:
“This Is Mine Life” Student Tour – The Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) partnered with the Ontario Mining Association to bring students in engineering, geology and earth sciences from several Ontario universities to mine sites in Northern Ontario, including Côté Gold, where they spent a night at our mine camp.
Dev Fest Winning Team “The Alpha Nova” – We hosted the winning team of the Côté Gold Blast Captain DevFest Challenge. The Challenge, led in part by Côté staff, had participating teams employ AI to create a qualitative evaluation of an open pit blast, using drone video footage of actual blasts. Results were presented early this year at the annual Dev Fest in Sudbury, and the recent tour was a perfect wrap to this exciting initiative.
IAMGOLD is committed to fostering educational partnerships and helping the next generation of professionals by providing first-hand experiences like site tours.
We hope the tours sparked students’ curiosity and inspired them to consider the exciting array of science and technology careers that the mining industry has to offer.