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NO! to Proposed New Prosperity Mine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW PROSPERITY MINE REJECTION - FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Today the Minister of the Environment, Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, issued a decision statement regarding the proposed New Prosperity Mine in British Columbia's Chilcotin district, concluding that “the New Prosperity Mine ...Posted by: Admin. Sunday Mar 02, 2014 15:06
Categories: Prosperity | Tags: Chilcotin, Fish Lake, Mining, Prosperity Mine, Teztan Biny, Tsilhqot'in
CEAA Panel Hearing Reports funded by FONV
Here are links to the reports that FONV funded and presented to the 2013 hearings re "New Prosperity" mine. These cover implications of the proposed mine to: grizzly bears; cultural and social-ecological impacts on the region surrounding Teztan Biny; cumulative effects, watershed ...Posted by: Pat Swift Wednesday Aug 28, 2013 11:05
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: CEAA, ecosystem, environment, habitat protection, Mining, Prosperity Mine, rights and title, Teztan Biny, water, wildlife, Xeni Gwet'in
Government Concerned about New Prosperity Mine Proposal
Both federal and provincial government experts have deep concerns with the New "Prosperity" Mine proposal. The issues raised by these experts during the CEAA Panel hearings are in regard to the deteriorating Fish Lake water quality and unproven "aquarium" lake ...Posted by: Admin. Monday Aug 19, 2013 16:50
Categories: Prosperity | Tags: CEAA, Chilcotin, environment, Fish Lake, Mining, Prosperity Mine, Teztan Biny, water
Fish Lake will be Dead in 10 Years if Mine Proceeds
So says Dr. John Stockner from the UBC Fisheries Centre. The Tsilhqot'in National Government today issued a News Release with this dire warning. "I feel like a town cried because what I have to tell you after considerable thought, I am of the firm opinion that within a decade, Fish ...Posted by: Admin. Monday Aug 19, 2013 16:13
Categories: Prosperity | Tags: Fish Lake, Mining, Teztan Biny, Tsilhqot'in
Federal and Provincial Departments Refute Proponent's Claims Mine Bid is Environmentally Sound
Williams Lake, B.C. August 1, 2013: Evidence from federal and provincial mining, environment and fisheries officials has raised serious concerns about Taseko Mines Ltd's revised submission for a massive open pit low-grade ore mine at Teztan Biny, Fish Lake.
As the Federal Review ...Posted by: Admin. Thursday Aug 01, 2013 09:11
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: CEAA, environment, Mining, Prosperity Mine, Teztan Biny, water
Study says New Prosperity Mine Would Cost Taxpayers Millions in Road Costs
FONV issued a News Release today to inform the public that a study commissioned by FONV estimates that road up-grades and additional maintenance costs would cost taxpayers at least $42.2 million over the projected twenty year life-span of the proposed New Prosperity Mine in B.C.'s Chilcotin ...Posted by: Admin. Monday Feb 04, 2013 10:14
Categories: Taseko | Tags: environment, Mining, Prosperity Mine, Research
Proposed New Prosperity Mine puts Grizzlies at Risk.
381 grizzly bears were shot in B.C. in 2011.
Faisal Moola, director of terrestrial conservation for the David Suzuki Foundation, said the increase in grizzly deaths occurs while the species' habitat is at risk from massive private-sector development projects.
He singled out Taseko's New ...Posted by: Admin. Friday Mar 30, 2012 13:45
Categories: Grizzly | Tags: bears, Chilcotin, Mining
Canada Water Week
Real and potential threats to our water resources are increasing by our own government's weakened environmental protection regulations. It's somewhat ironic that Canada Water Week ends with it the Wilderness Committee's response to the law suit against them made by Taseko Mine.
On filing their ...Posted by: Admin. Friday Mar 23, 2012 11:37
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: Fish Lake, Mining, water
Taseko files a Civil Claim against the Wilderness Committee
From the Winnipeg Free Press:
B.C. mining company sues environmental advocacy group for defamation
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX:TKO) has filed a lawsuit against a vocal critic of one of its mining projects over what the company alleges are misleading and defamatory statements.
Taseko ...Posted by: Admin. Thursday Mar 01, 2012 19:11
Categories: Taseko | Tags: Mining, Prosperity Mine
First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM) supports letter to Credit Suisse re new Prosperity Mine bid.
INVESTORS URGED TO ENFORCE THEIR OWN RULES AGAINST BAD MINE PROJECTS FNWARM supports letter to Credit Suisse re new Prosperity Mine bid March 7, 2011: Toronto: As delegates around the world mingle here this week at the planet’s largest mining conference, BC’s First Nations Women ...Posted by: Wolfgang Zilker Monday Mar 07, 2011 15:39
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: FNWARM, Mining
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