A four-hour town-hall meeting is only the start of a City of Kamloops public-consultation plan for the proposed Ajax mine. At a special workshop on Tuesday, city council voted to hold at least five meetings — some open houses, some special meetings of council — to help it review KGHM Ajax’s environmental application, due to be submitted to the province at the end of the summer.
The city plans to hire SLR Consulting to review the various studies and reports that will predict how the copper and gold mine south of Aberdeen would affect the environment and the citizens of Kamloops.
Earlier this summer, council agreed to ask KGHM Ajax to pay some or all of the estimated $300,000 cost of the review. The Kamloops Area Preservation Association (KAPA) which opposes Ajax, was also asked to chip in.
Andrea Klassen – Kamloops this Week – August 18, 2015.
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