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Mount Polley to restart - with caveats

British Columbia has authorised a conditional restart of the Mount Polley mine, almost one year after a breach of the tailings impoundment released about 25 million m3 of tailings and overburden into the west basin of Quesnel Lake.

Nadav Shemer
Mount Polley was the site of an environmental disaster last August

Mount Polley was the site of an environmental disaster last August

“This conditional restricted permit to re-start operations is the first of three significant steps the company needs to continue operation and does not include the ability to discharge water off the site,”...

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