Kamloops Councillor asks Premier to stop Ajax process
KAMLOOPS — It’s been over 7 years since Abacus Mining published their Preliminary Assessment Technical Report on the proposed Ajax Coper and Gold Mine located just outside the city of Kamloops, and in that time the issue has been as divisive as any the city has faced. Just last week Kamloops Councillor Denis Walsh sent a letter to Premier Christy Clark, asking her to suspend the permitting process for the mine, citing what calls the ‘completely unacceptable plan for a massive tailings pond’ located just above the city. Some on council have been critical of Walsh’s letter, and the fact he sent it of his own volition. We spoke with Walsh, as well as fellow councillor Arjun Singh, to find out more about the letter, and the backlash surrounding it.
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It’s the worst possible scenario for residents of Aberdeen, if the controversial Ajax Mine goes in: a tailings pond breach, like the one which happened just over two years ago at Mount Polley, and spilled the equivalent of 3,200 Olympic Sized swimming pools worth of tailings material into Quesnel Lake.