The Record Ridge mine near Rossland, B.C., is set to go ahead without an environmental assessment certificate, with a B.C. Supreme Court jud
The Record Ridge mine near Rossland, B.C., is set to go ahead without an environmental assessment certificate, with a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejecting a lawsuit filed by local residents calling for more scrutiny. The Save Record Ridge Action Committee Society (SRRACS) and Sinixt Confederacy were opposed to the open-pit magnesium mine in the West Kootenay, owned by Calgary-based West High Yield (WHY) Resources. SRRACS filed a lawsuit after the province's Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) had ruled that the mine wouldn't require an environmental assessment certificate as WHY's stated intended production capacity — of 63,500 tonnes of ore per year — was below a threshold that automatically triggered the environmental assessment process.
Read more.
Tagging: @newsfromstolenland
