The company behind the proposed Ajax mine has agreed to fund as much of a city-led review of its environmental application as it is asked to. KGHM Ajax senior communications strategist Robert Koopmans said the company’s senior management team met with the city on Wednesday and agreed to pay “whatever the city asks” for in completing the independent review.
The city plans to hire SLR Consulting, a company that has no ties to KGHM, to review the various studies and reports on the copper and gold mine’s potential impacts if it is built south of Aberdeen. Estimates have put the cost of the review at $300,000.
“There was discussions at council table where some on council felt we should be paying for anywhere from half to none to all, so we felt it was best to let the city reach its decision in terms of what it required — and agreed to respect that,” Koopmans said.
Andrea Klassen – Kamloops This Week – August 27, 2015.
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