Canadian Zinc pleased with court road ruling
Mine in NWT was nearly completed in 1982 before silver market collapsed, and contains silver, zinc, lead and copper
Last updated 5/22/2005 at Noon
The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories has ruled that Canadian Zinc Corp. can reopen a winter road to its Prairie Creek mine without a new environmental review process, saying the road was already in operation well before new environmental rules were instituted in 1984.
The territory's high court made its ruling May 6, overturning a decision by the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board. Th...
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