Mount Polley Mine’s tailings pond breach of five million cubic metres of contaminated waste called ‘massive environmental disaster’

The tailings pond of the Mount Polley mine, southeast of Quesnel, was breached, discharging waste water into Hazeltine Creek (shown ) on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Photo, courtesyTHE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Cariboo Regional District

Mount Polley Mine’s tailings pond breach of five million cubic metres of contaminated waste called ‘massive environmental disaster’

Denise Ryan, National Post/Postmedia News | August 5, 2014

As far back as 2011, concerns were raised about the tailings pond at the Mount Polley Mine. Brian Olding and Associates, an environmental consulting firm, prepared a detailed report that was submitted to the provincial Ministry of the Environment.

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