Sudbury mining testing centre to expand: Ottawa funds NORCAT's underground centre.

• Date: 01 September 2019
• Author: Gillis, Len

Ottawa is invested $1,395 million to expand the NORCAT research facilities in Levack, northeast of Sudbury.

The money will be spent to create a new 12,000-square-foot surface building located next to NORCAT's Underground Centre.

An additional $100,000 is being invested in the Revolution Mining Software company of Sudbury as part of the Women's Entrepreneurship Strategy.

The July 19 announcement was made at the NORCAT office on Maley Drive by Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre.

The new service and support building is designated to be used by mining technology companies to develop, test and demonstrate innovative mining technologies. The building will include shared spaces for offices, meeting rooms, workshops, protective equipment rooms, changerooms, showers and storage areas, said a FedNor news release.

NORCAT's underground centre has been used for several years for mining companies to test new and innovative mining equipment in a real-time mining environment.

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