Agnico Eagle’s Meliadine Mine is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, about 25 km north of Rankin Inlet and 290 km southeast of Meadowbank mine. Meliadine includes seven gold deposits, six of which are part of the current mine plan. There are 1,451 employees and contractors working at Meliadine mine with employees from all over Canada, including from 7 communities of the Kivalliq region, mostly working on a fourteen-day fly-in, fly-out rotation.  

Commercial production began at Meliadine in May 2019. The company anticipates that mining at Meliadine will be carried out through several underground mining operations and open pits over a mine life extending to 2032.