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Taseko Mines halts exploration on New Prosperity in face of disputes

Fish Lake, site of the proposed New Prosperity Mine by Taseko.
by Derrick Penner, The Province, August 14, 2017
Taseko Mines has suspended plans for exploration work around its proposed New Prosperity copper-gold mine in the Cariboo Chilcotin in the face of legal disputes, a company official said. Read the rest of this entry
Taseko mine near Fish Lake rejected by federal government
APTN National News, Feb 27, 2014
The Harper government has again rejected a proposed open-pit gold and copper mine in British Columbia that threatened to destroy a lake sacred to the Tsilhqot’in nation. Read the rest of this entry
Taseko Mines’ PR Campaign Will Not Save Teztan Biny
The Tsilhqot’in Nation has rejected claims by Taseko Mines Ltd. (TML) that TML’s New Prosperity Project will “save” Teztan Biny (Fish Lake). The Tsilhqot’in Nation has no doubt that this “new” mining plan merely puts the lake on temporary life support and would result in the same devastating cultural and environmental impacts that prompted the Federal Government to reject the original Prosperity Mine proposalin 2010. Read the rest of this entry
Update on Taseko’s Proposed ‘New’ Prosperity Mine in Tsilhqot’in Territory
Two corporate news articles on Taseko Mine’s proposed Prosperity Mine in central BC, which has been opposed by the Tsilhqot’in and environmentalists.
Taseko to begin work at New Prosperity after injunction overturned
The Canadian Press/Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 27, 2012
Taseko said Tuesday that the injunction, granted in December, was vacated by court order.
The mining company said it plans to begin preliminary work on Tuesday to obtain information it needs in advance of a federal environmental assessment.
The company has 12 months to complete the necessary work at the site needed for a second federal government environmental process, but has said the band refused to allow workers on the land. Read the rest of this entry