Category Archives: Mining
Community, First Nations leaders demand B.C. act to avert a second Mount Polley mine disaster
Mount Polley tailings pond breach, August 2014.
By Joanne Lee-Young, Vancouver Sun
Yes to Mother Earth ~ No to Mining
by Ancestral Pride, Oct 17, 2015
Crow and I have been engaged in a battle with the mining giant Imperial Metals for almost a decade now. We have been beat up by cops, harassed by cops, targeted at rallies, and been fierce in our no compromise stance against any mining in our territory and definitely no mining our sacred mountain Chitaapi! Read the rest of this entry
Video: Was Sen. John McCain Run Off the Navajo Nation?
Navajo protesters look on as McCain’s entourage flees. Photo: Indian Country Today.
by Indian Country Today, Aug 20, 2015
Reports, and a video, have surfaced claiming that protesters decrying the Oak Flat land grab and other disrespect to Indians allegedly perpetrated by John McCain ran his cavalcade off the Navajo Nation when he was there to celebrate Code Talkers Day on August 14.
“Water is life!” they changed in Navajo, waving banners painted with messages including “McCain = Indian Killer” and “McCain’s not welcome here.” Read the rest of this entry
Southern Ute Tribe Declares Disaster Over Mining Spill in Animas River
The Animas River, orange coloured as a result of contamination from gold mine waste water spill. Photo: CNN.
Indian Country Today, August 13, 2015
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the first to watch a 100-mile-long plume of toxic mining sludge flow through their reservation in the Animas River, has declared a state of local disaster.
“The cost and magnitude of responding to and recovery from the impact of the water contamination from the Gold King Mine Animas River Spill, caused by the EPA on August 5, 2015 is far in excess of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s available resources,” the tribe said in its declaration. Read the rest of this entry
Mount Polley restart ignores water concerns: First Nations
Mount Polley tailings pond breach, August 2014.
B.C. is allowing a partial reopening of mine that had catastrophic dam failure last summer
The T’exelc and Xatsull First Nations say they are extremely disappointed that the B.C. government has allowed Imperial Metals to partly restart the Mount Polley mine.
The First Nations contend that allowing the gold and copper mine to reopen is premature, ignores their concerns and could place their and other communities at risk.
Red Chris Mine gets green light from B.C. government
Tahtlan, members of Secwepemc delegation and comrades from Yuct Ne Senxiymetkwe Camp blockade Red Chris Mine site, Sept 29, 2014.
Mine is owned by same company that operates Mount Polley
The Canadian Press, June 19, 2015
A gold and copper mine in northwestern B.C. that still faces angry opposition from its neighbours in Alaska has received approval for a full operating permit from the provincial government.
B.C. Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett announced Friday that the Red Chris Mine, owned by Imperial Metals, will soon be in full production, despite environmental concerns from First Nations, environmental groups and Alaskans, who are downstream from the mine site. Read the rest of this entry
Noisy ‘welcome’ for Imperial Metals shareholders
Photos by Murray Bush, Flux Photos.
OAST SALISH TERRITORY – Imperial Metals, the mining company responsible for the Mount Polley Mine tailings disaster, held its Annual General Meeting in downtown Vancouver today.
The meeting had to be held behind police lines to keep shareholders from hearing directly from opponents of their mining plans – environmentalists, community members, activists and peoples of the Secwepemc, Tahltan, Wet’suwet’en, Ahousaht, and Tla-o-qui-aht nations. Read the rest of this entry
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