Similkameen Leader Questions Hudbay About Copper Mountain Mine Spills, Says No Consent for Expansion

Similkameen leader questions Hudbay about Copper Mountain Mine spills, says no consent for expansion

Lower Similikameen Indian Band (LSIB)’s chief asked a mining executive to “present the facts and the truth” about waste spills from the Copper Mountain Mine as the company seeks to expand its operations in smǝlqmíx homelands.

Hudbay says no danger from spills at Copper Mountain Mine near Princeton

The mine has been the site of concerns in the past over its tailings facility by local residents and First Nations

Similkameen leader questions Hudbay about Copper Mountain Mine spills, says no consent for expansion – Indiginews

Wolfe Creek, downstream from the Copper Mountain Mine’s tailings dam, pictured in smǝlqmíx homelands on Sept. 27, 2024. In 2021, the mine at one point exceeded the legal limit of copper waste discharged from its tailings pond into the creek by more than 4,500 per cent. Photo by Aaron Hemens Lower Similikameen Indian Band (LSIB)’s chief asked a mining executive to “present the facts and the truth” about waste spills from the Copper Mountain Mine …