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AJAX MINE: Tailings storage, First Nations and other delays
KAMLOOPS – The environmental application is finally submitted and now the reading, reviews and scrutinizing…
AJAX MINE: What the air quality and human health studies say
‘THEY HAVE GIVEN US CONFIDENCE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AJAX WITHOUT HAVING ANY SIGNIFICANT…
Public comment period and open houses announced for Ajax Mine project
KAMLOOPS – If you have an opinion or want more information before making up your…
Presentations, Q&As and displays to be part of Ajax Mine open house
KAMLOOPS – A series of environmental assessment open houses are on the way for the…
Ajax Mine project gets support from provincial organization
KAMLOOPS – It may come as little surprise to many, but a provincial association representing…
Report on Ajax Mine impacts raises concerns about air quality
KAMLOOPS – The independent experts hired by the anti-Ajax coalition have released their first report,…
Ajax Mine comment period ends today
KAMLOOPS – It’s the last day for public comments on the proposed copper and gold…
Assessment agency finds deficiencies in Ajax Mine application
REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY EFFECTS KAMLOOPS – Based on comments from agencies and…
Temporary suspension for Ajax Mine application approved
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office has agreed to suspend the application process for…
Additional public comment period turned down for proposed Ajax Mine
KAMLOOPS – The proposed Ajax Mine will not be getting another public comment period during…
Council lifts self-imposed gag order on Ajax delegations at meetings
KAMLOOPS - It took nearly an hour of back and forth between council members, but a vote allowing the public to again be able to speak about the proposed Ajax Mine during council meetings has passed. A moratorium was put in place on delegations and public enquiries regarding the proposed mine during council meetings after...
Slight delay in Ajax Mine application
KAMLOOPS - The application was expected to be officially submitted to the province in the first week of January, but now the company behind the proposed Ajax Mine says it will be in ‘no later than the end of January.' With the holiday season underway, the company says it wants to give all parties more...
Ajax Mine application accepted as complete; review period to begin in new year
KAMLOOPS - The province has officially accepted the environmental application for the proposed Ajax Mine as being complete and the company intends to submit the full application early in the new year. The Environmental Assessment Office accepted the application for a detailed review today, Nov. 20. KGHM is responsible for distributing all necessary application copies...
Ajax Mine application for evaluation extended
KAMLOOPS - In an effort to give local First Nations a chance to better review the environmental application for the proposed Ajax Mine, KGHM has requested an additional 38 days. KGHM submitted its application on Sept. 14 and today, Oct. 9, requested time beyond the normal 30 days allowed for evaluating the completeness of the...
Public consultation process goes to consultation
HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A lot of people have recently expressed concerns over how the environmental assessment process works and now the provincial government is asking for input on how to improve the public consultation portion of the process. The B.C. Government's Environmental Assessment Office is asking the public...