Mining company says Nova Scotia approves bid to raise tailings dam at gold mine – RisePEI
The house owners of the Touquoy gold mine in Nova Scotia say they’ve acquired approval from the provincial Setting Division to boost the peak of the wall of its present tailings waste pond.
Australian-based St Barbara’s proposal to boost the tailings wall has been opposed by environmental teams, such because the Ecology Motion Centre, which have voiced considerations concerning the potential for a dam breach.
St Barbara says modifications to its industrial allow will enable it to proceed with building “within the coming weeks.”
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The corporate has mentioned it must droop the open pit operation in Moose River, N.S., if its software wasn’t authorised by early August.
Firm CEO Craig Jetson says the end result was the results of improved “co-ordination and communication” with the provincial and federal governments.
The Setting Division was not instantly accessible for remark.
“I’m eager to proceed to develop the brand new collaborative strategy with the federal government which helped with the supply of immediately’s allow,” Jetson mentioned.
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The corporate added that the choice will lengthen gold manufacturing on the mine website till December 2024.
In Could, Setting Minister Tim Halman gave St Barbara’s Canadian subsidiary, Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia Inc., one 12 months to submit extra info on the environmental results of a separate software to retailer Touquoy’s tailings in an open pit as soon as mining is accomplished.
St Barbara says it needs to develop three different proposed gold mines positioned close by which are presently in varied levels of the regulatory course of.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Aug. 10, 2022.
