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To: E. Charters who wrote (58428)	4/15/2008 2:56:45 AM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78421

So we're not that far apart, if at all, good ... there have been problems in the past, just like in pulp mills [you'd have a very hard time building one of those in BC now] ... got to do better - the original question i was replying to was, should mines be regulated, and i think yes, too much common water and air involved to have it otherwise ... and the regulators will have to be held accountable as well, quis custodiet ipsos custodes ... a simple thing like a ring road around a well over-engineered tailings setup, that's just basic, probably refraining from pumping tails into most lakes is basic too ... the regulations will be overdone at times of course, mines will have to do stuff that's not necessary or beneficial just because some guvmint twit says they do, well partly complying with that is paying for sins of the past, partly it's insurance, mostly it's just the way the world is now - you can get famous real fast nowadays, you want to make sure it's for the right reasons mlm.v - no cobalt yet in the 43-101, too bad [saw your comment on the other thread] ... up half a penny on 102k vol, how ridiculous, but it wouldn't matter what they had in this environment, companies might as well stockpile news for better times, no point in wasting ammo Too many posts on threads, can't catch up ... not here of course, with current speed of juniordom 'Copper: it's the new gold' - pffft, there ya go, short Cu/long Au - timesonline.co.uk

To: E. Charters who wrote (58428)	4/15/2008 3:06:15 PM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78421

Province to cap copper mine leaking toxic chemical into Tsolum River MARK HUME theglobeandmail.com April 15, 2008 VANCOUVER -- An abandoned copper mine that for four decades has leached a toxic mix into the Tsolum River on Vancouver Island, devastating salmon, trout and steelhead stocks, may finally get turned off. British Columbia Environment Minister Barry Penner announced yesterday that the government will spend $4.5-million to cap the mine with a pliable roofing-like material. Mr. Penner said the hope is that by sealing off the mine site from water, the toxic copper leachate can be stopped and a river that once had annual runs of more than 200,000 salmon can be brought back to life. "A number of interim measures and solutions have been tried over the past 20 years. They've had some success but we know the benefits have been limited," he said. A wetland that was built in 2003 as a natural bio-filter succeeded in removing some of the copper, but it is becoming saturated with contaminants and over the next five to 10 years is expected to stop working. "A longer-term solution was needed," Mr. Penner said. He said there is no guarantee of success, but capping the mine is the best hope for saving the once-productive salmon river, located in the Comox Valley near Courtenay. "I'm very optimistic that we can see a very strong recovery for the Tsolum," Mr. Penner said. "It has been devastated in the past by the leaching of copper sulphate." He said fish can be killed when copper sulphate gets above seven parts per billion in water. Some samples from the Tsolum watershed showed readings of 17,000 parts per billion. In 1983, about 2.5 million pink salmon were released into the river in the hopes of kick-starting the moribund salmon run - but not a single one survived. Starting in about 1987, the province began funding efforts to address the situation, and since then has spent approximately $1.6-million. Although the river showed some signs of recovery after the wetlands were built, the constant leaching of copper sulphate has made it impossible for significant numbers of fish to survive. "We've concluded ... we really need to hit this head-on and that means capping the old mine site, which is really festering like an open sore on the side of the mountain," Mr. Penner said. The open pit mine was built on Mount Washington in 1964 and abandoned in 1967. The Tsolum River Restoration Society has been pushing to cap the mine for years.