Prosperity Mine/Fish Lake

Synopsis

Taseko Mines Ltd. is proposing an open-pit gold-copper mine at Teztan Biny (Fish Lake), 195 km SW of Williams Lake in the Chilcotin. The mine would destroy Fish Lake, and its estimated 85,000 rainbow trout. The mine plan would create a dam for the waste rock and tailings just above Fish Lake on Fish Creek. On July 2, 2010, a federal panel reported that the project would have significant environmental effects. The federal government will render a decision in late summer, 2010.

Category Mining

Type Mine

Prov BC

Region Chilcotin

Posted 22Sep09

Updated 21Jul10

Status

Fish Lake is not a tailings pond, David Williams, March-April 2009

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society, Diana French, Chair, dianafr(at)shaw.ca

Council of Canadians, Williams Lake Chapter, John Dressler, President, thedresslers(at)hotmail.com, 250-392-9580

Friends of Nemaiah Valley, David Williams, email form, www.fonv.ca, 250-592-1088

Protect Fish Lake, Wolfgang Zilker, email form, www.protectfishlake.ca

PROVINCIAL
REGIONAL

RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs), www.raventrust.com, Susan Smitten, email form
- http://www.raventrust.com/projects/fishlaketeztanbiny/issuesofconcern.html

GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES

Prosperity Mine site at the BC Environmental Assessment Office, Graeme McLaren, Project Assessment Director, Graeme.McLaren(at)gov.bc.ca, 250-387-1447. The project received its EA approval on 14 Jan 2010.

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Colette Spagnuolo, Panel Manager, prosperity.review(at)ceaa.gc.ca, http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/details-eng.cfm?evaluation=44811, Media contact: Lucille Jamault, 613-957-0434. Hearings begin in Williams Lake and affected communities on March 22, 2010. Schedule here.

ABORIGINAL
GROUPS

Esketemc First Nation (Alkali), Beth Bedard, Research, Esketemc Land Settlement, esketemc(at)midbc.com, 250-440-5611

Stswécemc/Xgat'temc (Canoe Creek/Dog Creek Indian Band), Marilyn Camille, Chief, 250-440-5645, General Delivery, Dog Creek, B.C., V0K 1J0

Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) National Government, Roger William, TNG Director of Lands and Stewardship, 253 Fourth Avenue North, Williams Lake, BC V2G 4T4, 250-392-3918 

Xeni Gwet'in First Nations (Nemiah), Marilyn Baptiste, Chief, www.xenigwetin.com, c/o Tsilhqot'in National Government (see previous)

PROPONENT

Taseko Mines Ltd., , http://www.tasekomines.com/tko/Prosperity.asp, 778-373-4533, 800-667-2114

More information

Location

Teztan Biny sounds like "Tawtawn Bee" or "Tetawn Bee", with the first syllable short, and the second syllable drawn out.

Xeni Gwet'in sounds like "Honey G'teen"

Federal Review Panel Issues Environmental Assessment Report for Proposed Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project
News Announcement, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, July 2, 2010

Executive Summary - Report of the Federal Prosperity Review Panel

Full Report of the Federal Prosperity Review Panel