an update on JDS/Hatch involvement in the VGCX ";loss of containment".
I'm not anti mining but for sure am anti-pollution and somewhere in the assumptions, technology , modelling, material, and engineering something went wrong and caused a massive loss of containment at Victoria Gold.
This is not something that can just be glossed over, a comment by the JDS/Hatch c-suite on the cause, suspected or not, would be great. JDS/Hatch had an involvement in key areas and build out of the final mine design that changed significantly from the original.
"JDS is different from other project management companies, McLeod stated."
“One of the biggest failings of both mining companies and larger firms is the tendency to over-engineer and over-size projects,” he said. “The indirect costs, with bigger workforces, larger camps supporting gold-plated operations with marble floors, have rendered many good projects uneconomic.”"
https://www.miningandenergy.ca/read/stibbard-heads-jds-energy-and-mining-the-project-manager-with-a-difference
So here's a thought JDS/Hatch let the discovery and investigative process complete for Victoria Gold before off to the next mine proposal in the .Haida Gwaii.
Dry stack or not it's a significant hole and tailings issue. Previous workings and failings need to be reviewed first before jumping into the next one.
https://haidagwaiinews.com/jds-mining-proposes-gold-mine-on-haida-gwaii/
https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/taseko-sells-harmony-mine-in-b-c-to-jds-gold/