[1] Situated near Flin Flon, the mine is located about 800 kilometres (500 mi) northwest of the provincial capital city of Winnipeg.

In 1923, deposits of copper-zinc sulphides were staked on the east shore of Kississing Lake, which were developed into the Sherritt-Gordon Mine.

[1][4] The mine operated from 1931 to 1951 producing zinc and copper with low amounts of gold and silver.

[2] On August 13, 1947, workers at the mine went on strike after pay negotiations with Sherritt International failed to make progress.

[5] The mine and produced 7.7 mega tons of ore[2] which were dumped over an area covering 47 hectares[6] including next to Camp Lake.