Galore Creek Mine Gets Green Light From BC

Saturday, February 24, 2007 04:30 AM

The future may be paved with gold for residents looking for work in the northwest of the province.

Vancouver-based NovaGold has received a provincial environmental assessment certificate for its proposed Galore Creek gold mine, northwest of Stewart. The capital costs, alone, for the new mine are pegged at $1.6-billion dollars.

Prince George-Omenica MLA John Rustad says, "Having that project come online will create hundreds, if not thousands of jobs and the rippling effect throughout the north and northwest sector of the province is going to be phenomenal."

Construction is expected to take more than three years and, once in production, the mine is expected to operate for more than 20 years. Production capacity is expected to be up to 65,000 tonnes per day.

The project is still awaiting federal approval, but Rustad says there is lots of support from area stakeholders for the project. NovaGold reached a Participation agreement with the Tahltan Nation on the proposed mine last year.

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Posted by: acrider54 on February 24 2007 5:45 AM

You'll find later that the Tahltan Nation made a bad deal and blockads will be set up and so on.

Posted by: metalman on February 24 2007 9:01 AM

Of course. Contract are made to be broken, right? Maybe the gov't should renege on a few treaties, fair is fair.
metalman.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on February 24 2007 10:49 AM

Again,more spin from the politicians on what a great thing all this mining will be.As John Rustad knows,the push is on for as much mining as possible considering the fact that our forest industry will be toast in a few short years.They just don't like to talk about that much.

Mining in itself is fine if it is set up properly, but Campbell and the boys seem to be rushing it a bit.We will hear more of the gory details regarding forestry in B.C.over the next couple of years.They can't hide it for much longer and Campbell and his puppets like John Rustad know that all to well.

Our First Nations know it too.They also know the incredible power it will give them.Maybe that explains some of sweet deals Gordo has been making in regards to land claims?I don't be-grudge them anything but, I would like to see the government(NDP&Liberal)have to answer for their screw ups and the crap they have tried to hide from us!!(and this government wants a RAISE??)

Posted by: giterdun on February 24 2007 1:22 PM

ON THE POSITIVE SIDE...

THIS IS THE LARGEST DEPOSIT OF COPPER GOLD IN NORTH AMERICA AND ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAVE HAD A PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE IN B.C. THE SPIN OFF FROM THIS WILL BE A HUGE BENIFIT TO NORTHERN B.C. OVER 1000 WORKERS EXPECTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.

Posted by: caranmacil on February 24 2007 3:23 PM

Anyone who wants to know and understand all the 'gory details' can do so as the information is available from the ministry of forests. They publish forcasts and 5 year plans and the timber supply projectiona are all there. TO suggest that the govt. is to blame for the pine beetle or that they are hiding forstry information is , well baloney. There are a lot of us backseat managersout there. However, it takes morethan just saying the govt sucks to qualify as having valuable input. How about some specifics? How about some suggestions? As for the mine, well i am glad to hear we are back in the business of working up here in the north. A 1.6 billion dollar developement is all good if you ask me. The native part of the deal no doubt mimics other deals which have been worked out with other bands by the oil and gas industry. I hope this is so and that they work out as well. I think that when the accomodations made are real and of more value than just pouring some money into the tribal govt. then they have a good chance of achieving their goal of making everyone benefit.

Posted by: charles on February 24 2007 6:12 PM

This is a good news story for B.C. This deal sets an example for other areas of the province to follow. ie. When the first nation peoples, government, and industry agree on this kind of a proposal everyone in our province wins. This mine will create a lot of extra wealth in B.C.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on February 24 2007 6:48 PM

Sorry,but I don't buy it.And if it comes from the Ministry of Forests,then it might as well come from the politicians.Forecasts can be changed and so can timber supply projections.I will wait 5 years and see what our forest industry looks like then.And I think we are BIG trouble.Obviously some people think that a bit of mining will replace lost revenue from forestry.It won't.