Schaft Creek Mine Project
News Release
Schaft Creek Mine Project – Availability of $50,000 to Participate in the Environmental Assessment
OTTAWA – December 1, 2010 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is making available $50,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist groups and individuals to participate in the federal environmental assessment of the proposed Schaft Creek Mine Project in British Columbia.
To receive funding, successful applicants must participate in the federal environmental assessment of the project. This funding is intended to support public participation in two future public participation opportunities in the comprehensive study process; the public review of the Environmental Impact Statement and of the Comprehensive Study Report.
A funding review committee, independent of the federal environmental assessment process, will consider all applications and make recommendations on the allocation of funds. Applications received by the Agency by January 14, 2011 will be considered.
Information on the program, including the Participant Funding Program Guide, the application form and the contribution agreement, is available on Agency’s Web site. Information on the proposed Schaft Creek Mine Project and the environmental assessment is also available on the Agency’s Web site, in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, under reference number 10-03-57852 .
Copper Fox Metals Inc. proposes to develop an open pit copper-gold-molybdenum-silver mine, 60 kilometres south of Telegraph Creek in northwest British Columbia, with a proposed ore production capacity of up to 150,000 tonnes per day over a projected 15-year operation period.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process, which identifies the potential environmental effects of proposed projects and measures to avoid or mitigate those effects, in support of sustainable development.
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Media may contact:
Maxine Léger-Haskell
Communications Advisor
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Tel.: 613-957-0406
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