Development of the New Afton Copper Gold Mine on a former minesite in the Agricultural Land Reserve, Kamloops, B.C.
New Gold Inc. is developing the underground New Afton Copper-Gold Mine on the site of the former Afton open pit mine. The Project is located 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C. in the traditional territory of the Secwepemc Nation. Development of the mine involves construction of a new mill and tailings dis...
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ftunivbritcolcir:oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/9280 2023-05-15T16:15:45+02:00 Development of the New Afton Copper Gold Mine on a former minesite in the Agricultural Land Reserve, Kamloops, B.C. Schmitt, Rolf Ames, Susan Eveline Stoopnikoff, Dianna British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering 2008 422477 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9280 eng eng Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation CC-BY-NC-ND Text Conference Paper 2008 ftunivbritcolcir 2019-10-15T17:47:59Z New Gold Inc. is developing the underground New Afton Copper-Gold Mine on the site of the former Afton open pit mine. The Project is located 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C. in the traditional territory of the Secwepemc Nation. Development of the mine involves construction of a new mill and tailings disposal facility separate from the former mining infrastructure. Because the amount of land to be disturbed fell below the EA threshold, the Project was not a reviewable project under the Environmental Assessment Act. Although deemed non-reviewable, the Project’s review and approval as a major mine under the Mines Act required First Nations and public consultation as well as extensive environmental studies. The review process was coordinated through the regional multi-agency South Central Mine Development Review Committee, a committee of government agencies and First Nations who guided the Terms of Reference and consultation process. The property is located in the ALR such that one focus of the reclamation and closure plan is to return the land to an agricultural potential to support agricultural production. Non UBC Unreviewed Other Conference Object First Nations University of British Columbia: cIRcle - UBC's Information Repository |
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New Gold Inc. is developing the underground New Afton Copper-Gold Mine on the site of the former Afton open pit mine. The Project is located 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C. in the traditional territory of the Secwepemc Nation. Development of the mine involves construction of a new mill and tailings disposal facility separate from the former mining infrastructure. Because the amount of land to be disturbed fell below the EA threshold, the Project was not a reviewable project under the Environmental Assessment Act. Although deemed non-reviewable, the Project’s review and approval as a major mine under the Mines Act required First Nations and public consultation as well as extensive environmental studies. The review process was coordinated through the regional multi-agency South Central Mine Development Review Committee, a committee of government agencies and First Nations who guided the Terms of Reference and consultation process. The property is located in the ALR such that one focus of the reclamation and closure plan is to return the land to an agricultural potential to support agricultural production. Non UBC Unreviewed Other |
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Development of the New Afton Copper Gold Mine on a former minesite in the Agricultural Land Reserve, Kamloops, B.C. |
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Development of the New Afton Copper Gold Mine on a former minesite in the Agricultural Land Reserve, Kamloops, B.C. |
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Development of the New Afton Copper Gold Mine on a former minesite in the Agricultural Land Reserve, Kamloops, B.C. |
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Development of the New Afton Copper Gold Mine on a former minesite in the Agricultural Land Reserve, Kamloops, B.C. |
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