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Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Mt. Milligan Copper-Gold Project
October 29 2008 | Media Releases
Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Mt. Milligan Copper-Gold Project
Open for Comment and Open House
Terrane Metals Corporation (the ‘Proponent’) is proposing to develop an open pit copper-gold mine approximately 90 km northeast of Fort St. James, B.C. The Project would produce an average of 60,000 metric tonnes of ore per day. The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act and the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The Proponent has made an application (the ‘Application’) to obtain an environmental assessment certificate which is required before any work can be undertaken on the Project.
There is a 45-day public comment period during which the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) will accept comments on the proposed Project. The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the Project are identified for consideration by the Proponent and the EAO as part of the assessment process.
The comment period will begin on Oct 2, 2008 and ends at midnight on November 16, 2008. All comments received during this comment period will be considered. In order to provide information to the public about the Application, and to receive comments from the public, the EAO invites the public to attend Open Houses to be held at the following locations:
Fort St. James Seniors Recreation Hall
250 Simon Fraser Avenue
Fort St. James, B.C.
On: Nov. 3, 2008
From: 3 to 8 p.m.*
Prince George Civic Centre
808 Civic Plaza
Prince George, B.C.
On: Nov. 4, 2008
From: 3 to 8 p.m.*
Mackenzie Recreation Centre
400 Skeena Drive,
Mackenzie, B.C.
On: Nov. 5, 2008
From: 3 to 8 p.m.*
McLeod Lake Indian Band
Gymnasium
61 Sekani Drive
McLeod Lake, BC
On: Nov. 6, 2008
From: 3 to 6 p.m.
*presentations at 6 p.m.
Please submit your comments at the Open House or send your comments to:
Graeme McLaren
Project Assessment Director
Environmental Assessment Office
PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, B.C. V8W 9V1
Fax 250 387-2208
Comments by e-mail may be directed to
An electronic copy of the Application and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca.
Copies of the Application are available for viewing at these locations:
Fort St. James Public Library
425 Manson St., Box 729
Fort St. James, B.C.
Mackenzie Public Library
40 Skeena Drive
Mackenzie, B.C.
Vanderhoof Public Library
230 E Stewart Street
Vanderhoof, B.C.
Prince George Public Library
887 Dominion Street
Prince George, B.C.
NOTE: All submissions received by the EAO regarding this Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website. If you do not want to have your address and/or email address and telephone number posted to the EAO website, please indicate this with your comments.
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