A local Indian band is petitioning the provincial government for an environmental assessment of development at Copper Mountain Mine, potentially interrupting plans of the facility’s new owner, Hudbay Minerals.
The band’s application asks Ingerbelle be designated as a new project and therefore subject to environmental assessment, a process that could take between three and five years.Many of the concerns brought forward by the LSIB centre on the protection of the Similkameen River.“We are not anti-mining. You know we will support the mine if they can meet the water quality standards that we want to see. They can work with us to make sure the environment is protected as much as they can.
According to Princeton Mayor Spencer Coyne, who is a member of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band , the municipality supports the Ingerbelle expansion and will make an official submission to that effect. “The Copper Mountain main pit already has a long life and a sizable resource, and if New Ingerbelle is delayed, we will evaluate alternative mine plans to ensure continuous and sustained long-term operations at Copper Mountain,” stated Candace Brule.
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