Interveners Line Up for Judicial Review. By Peter JAMES / Prince George Citizen
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The outcome of two ongoing judicial reviews into the proposed New Prosperity copper and gold mine could define the future of mining in the province, according to a quartet of interested industry groups.
Four mining associations have filed applications to become interveners in Federal Court proceedings that will determine the fate of the proposed and contentious open pit mine near Williams Lake.
"Uncertainty regarding the environmental-assessment process and regulatory decision-making procedure will have an immediate and negative impact on the economic climate and the ability to attract global exploration investment to British Columbia and to Canada," Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia CEO Gavin Dirom wrote in an affidavit urging the court to allow his group to become an intervener in the process. "The potential implications of the decision in this case will affect the prospecting, mineral exploration and development industry in British Columbia and potentially throughout Canada." ...
... In addition to the provincial mineral exploration group, the Mining Association of Canada, the Mining Association of British Columbia and the Mining Suppliers Association of British Columbia have all filed requests to be interveners in the judicial review of environmental assessment report. The court has yet to rule on whether or not it will accept the groups as interveners.
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