Sudbury’s NORCAT is set to open a leading-edge mine safety training facility in northeastern Nevada this fall.
The Northern Ontario mining training and technology innovation centre teamed up with Great Basin College last June to get into the training business in a state that’s been a target market for Sudbury and Northern Ontario mining industry supply and service vendors.
Labelled as the GBC-NORCAT Mine Skills Training facility, this centre in Elko is being promoted as a catalyst for growth in the state’s mining sector and its 1,150 jobs. The college is on the hunt for a director to run the facility.
While no specific date was set for an official ribbon cutting, in a Sept. 25 social media posted news release, the two partners took the opportunity during the MINExpo International Conference in Las Vegas to re-announce the US$832,000 in funding, first revealed last July, from the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) that’s earmarked for this facility.
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