New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project

The Project consists of an open pit mine development and a 70,000 tonne per day concentrator facility with an average annual production of 108 million pounds of copper and 247 thousand ounces of gold production over a 20 year mine life. The project mine site, which includes the open pit, concentrator facility, support infrastructure, and associated tailings and waste rock areas, is approximately 125 km southwest of Williams Lake, British Columbia. The Project also includes an approximately 125 km long power transmission line corridor, an existing concentrate load-out facility at Macalister, BC, and existing access from Williams Lake with construction of 2.8 km of new mine road.

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February 26, 2014 - The Minister of the Environment issued the environmental assessment decision statement.

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Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
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Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
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  • Location

    • Fish Lake (British Columbia)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Mines and Minerals

  • Assessment Status

    Completed

  • Start Date

    2011-11-07

  • Proponent

    Taseko Mines Limited

  • Authorities

    • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

  • Assessment Type

    Environmental assessment by Review Panel under CEAA 2012

  • Reference Number

    63928

Nearby assessments

...within 200 kilometres
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