Stop this mine!

I am very concerned about the destruction of the trees, wetlands, and environment to, ironically, create batteries for electric vehicles.  This is a very environmentally sensitive area home to many animals.  Please don’t build a mine on their home.  Please look for other ways to obtain lithium and metals.

I am concerned that fish were caught to see what kind of fish live there.  Please switch to humane non lethal ways to identify animals.  I am very saddened that fish were killed to test for pollution.  Please stop lethal sampling and acute lethality testing of fish, frogs, birds, etc. Please switch to Non Animal Methods, or humane non lethal bio monitoring.  There are definitely effective non animal methods of ecotoxicology

Please do not build this mine.  It cuts right through the homes of Indigenous people, most of whom do not want their homes and traditional way of life destroyed by this proposed mine. The mine will also displace caribou and many other animals.  Additionally, mining involves a lot of animal testing, with acute lethality tests on fish, and lethal sampling of free roaming wildlife.  Already, a lot of fish were killed to study the effects on the environment.  This is not consistent with Canada phasing out animal testing.  https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consultation-strategy-replace-reduce-refine-vertebrate-animal-testing.html

Please stop this destructive project, and instead invest in recycling Rare Earth metals, and encourage people to stop throwing out their phones every time there is a new model.