Proposed New Prosperity Mine rejected
Posted February 26, 2014 7:08 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A proposed billion-dollar, gold-copper mine in the Cariboo has been rejected by the federal government.
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq says in a release that the New Prosperity Mine would likely cause significant adverse environmental effects that can’t be mitigated, so the project can’t proceed.
The announcement follows a similar finding in November 2013 by the Canadian Environmental Agency, which ruled the mine would have significant environmental effects on water quality, fish and fish habitat in a lake significant to First Nations.
The federal ministry also rejected the project in 2010 because Taseko Mines Ltd. planned to drain a lake for a tailings pond.
The mine was to be built 125 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake, BC, at the tenth largest undeveloped gold-copper deposit in the world.
Aglukkaq says the government invites the company to submit another proposal that meets its concerns.
