B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett has met with the federal government to support Taseko Mines’ proposed $1.5 billion New Prosperity mine in the Cariboo region.
At a meeting in Ottawa Monday, Bennett urged his federal colleagues to recognize the economic and social benefits the project would create for the local communities, according to a news release Tuesday from the provincial government.
The controversial proposal, an open pit gold and copper mine near Williams Lake, still requires the approval of both the federal and provincial governments to proceed.
Tiffany Crawford – Vancouver Sun – January 14, 2014.
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