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Lessons learned after Mount Polley

At a tailings-focused session at the Society for Metallurgy, Mining and Exploration (SME) 2020 annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on Monday Anglin and Associates founder Lyn Anglin addressed a topic top of mind for many over the past half-decade: the Mount Polley dam spill

Donna Schmidt in Phoenix, Arizona, US
The Mount Polley tailings dam failure took place on August 4, 2014

The Mount Polley tailings dam failure took place on August 4, 2014

Lyn Anglin, who spoke to a sizeable crowd at the Phoenix Convention Center, said she came before the group to share her findings as someone who wished to show what Mount Polley owner Imperial Metals and...

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