Massive gold mine near Alaska border receives Canadian environmental approval
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [ADN] by Pat Forgey- Dec 22, 2014
JUNEAU -- Top Canadian environmental officials have rejected calls from Southeast Alaska for a new, more thorough environmental review of a mine that may threaten jointly targeted salmon stocks.
The massive Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell mine being developed by Seabridge Gold already won approval from the province of British Columbia, but Alaskans, with fishing, Native and environmental groups leading the way, called for a more stringent "panel review" at the Canadian federal level.
But Friday, Canada's environment minister and other officials announced they'd concluded that no further review was necessary.
The KSM mine "is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects when the mitigation measures described...
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