Tulsequah Chief mine's future is borderline
Redfern Resources has installed treatment system for acid mine drainage; mine development plans on hold due to economic difficulties
Last updated 7/24/2005 at Noon
Environmentalists and indigenous groups have long been calling for a clean-up of the acid mine drainage at the former Tulsequah Chief zinc-copper-silver-gold mine in British Columbia, just across the border from Juneau. Vancouver-based Redfern Resources wants to do a full clean-up of the site, but only if it can reopen the mine. So mine critics find themselves in the dilemma of opposing the ver...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)