Cabinet Approves New Brunswick Tungsten Mine Plan in Salmon Habitat

The Trudeau Cabinet has approved a controversial tungsten mine project in New Brunswick, including two waterways that are habitats for endangered Atlantic salmon and other fish in toxic waste tailings.

The Cabinet's decision to take effect on June 25 is an important milestone for the mine project, which will also extract molybdenum for military aircraft and industrial motor manufacturing. The mine has faced fierce resistance since its supporters first planned the project in 2013.

The mine was developed by a company associated with Vancouver's resource giant, which also supports a controversial mine project in Alaska that also faces opposition to threats to fish habitats from Pacific salmon and other species.

On Saturday, June 22, two days after the summer recess of the House of Commons and the October federal elections, the Cabinet passed regulatory amendments to add two waterways to the list of nearly 50 lakes, ponds and waterways, with the impact of resource development mitigated and controlled under federal Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations.

The Ltd. project is located 60 kilometers north of Fredericton, in the centre of the forest-covered Nashwak River Basin, leading to the Bay of Fundy.

The company owns the Pebble Copper and Gold Mine project in Alaska. It is considered controversial because it poses a threat to watersheds including the Pacific Chinook salmon habitat, an important staple food along threatened Orca pods in southern BC. Coast. The project was rejected by former US President Barack Obama, but is now expected to continue under President Donald Trump.

Canadian Environment and Climate Change spokesman said that Sisson Mine could continue to store garbage to implement the compensation plan only after Environment Minister Catherine McKenna approved the fish habitat compensation plan and the company provided a letter of credit valued at $954,000 to pay for it.

Spokesman Veronica Petro said Sisson Mine would also be required to meet 40 approval conditions set by the New Brunswick Environmental Impact Agency and obtains other federal and provincial authorizations before starting mining operations.The Trudeau Cabinet has approved a controversial tungsten mine project in New Brunswick, including two waterways that are habitats for endangered Atlantic salmon and other fish in toxic waste tailings.

The Cabinet's decision to take effect on June 25 is an important milestone for the mine project, which will also extract molybdenum for military aircraft and industrial motor manufacturing. The mine has faced fierce resistance since its supporters first planned the project in 2013.

The mine was developed by a company associated with Vancouver's resource giant, which also supports a controversial mine project in Alaska that also faces opposition to threats to fish habitats from Pacific salmon and other species.

On Saturday, June 22, two days after the summer recess of the House of Commons and the October federal elections, the Cabinet passed regulatory amendments to add two waterways to the list of nearly 50 lakes, ponds and waterways, with the impact of resource development mitigated and controlled under federal Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations.

The Ltd. project is located 60 kilometers north of Fredericton, in the centre of the forest-covered Nashwak River Basin, leading to the Bay of Fundy.

The company owns the Pebble Copper and Gold Mine project in Alaska. It is considered controversial because it poses a threat to watersheds including the Pacific Chinook salmon habitat, an important staple food along threatened Orca pods in southern BC. Coast. The project was rejected by former US President Barack Obama, but is now expected to continue under President Donald Trump.

Canadian Environment and Climate Change spokesman said that Sisson Mine could continue to store garbage to implement the compensation plan only after Environment Minister Catherine McKenna approved the fish habitat compensation plan and the company provided a letter of credit valued at $954,000 to pay for it.

Spokesman Veronica Petro said Sisson Mine would also be required to meet 40 approval conditions set by the New Brunswick Environmental Impact Agency and obtains other federal and provincial authorizations before starting mining operations.

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