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Mount Polley disaster Imperial Metals

Imperial Metals: April Fools?

Clayoquot Action is watching closely how Imperial Metals handles their Mount Polley Mine disaster. Why? Because the same company has plans for 2 new mines right here in Clayoquot Sound. On April 1st an application

Dan April 17, 2015
Dan Lewis at the Mount Polley tailing breach

Mount Polley eyewitness

(This year on BC Day, in the wee hours of the morning, the tailings dam at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine burst. Twenty-five million cubic metres of toxic effluent poured out into Polley Lake, and

Dan October 2, 2014

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