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B.C. rejects Pacific Booker's mine plan over salmon concerns
10/1/2012 6:43:38 PM | Stockhouse Editorial
The government’s environmental assessment of the project found the mine could affect sockeye salmon populations as well as water quality, a CP report says.
(The Canadian Press) VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has rejected plans for a copper and gold mine in the province’s northwest, saying the project could endanger salmon in the Skeena River.
Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (TSX: V.BKM, Stock Forum) had proposed the mine at Morrison Lake, a 15-kilometre-long lake surrounded by Crown land near Smithers.
Trading at $14.95 on Monday, Pacific Booker has a market cap of $183.5 million, based on 12.3 million shares outstanding. The 52-week range is $15 and $7.10.
The lake is at the headwaters of the Skeena River, which produces the second-largest amount of sockeye salmon in B.C.
The government’s environmental assessment of the project found the mine could affect sockeye salmon populations as well as water quality in the lake, and the long-term environmental risks of the mine outweighed the potential benefits to the province.
Pacific Booker had planned to dig out 30,000 tonnes of copper and gold ore from the site each day over 21 years.
The nearby Babine Lake First Nation had earlier raised concerns about conservation of habitat and fish in the area if the mine was approved.
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