Investors at the former Ajax mine have a superintendent as they seek to revive the debatable mining project.
Michal Wypych joins KGHM International as a company and spouse of Abacus Mining
In an investor newsletter on September 1, Abacus President and CEO Paul Anderson stated that, as Ajax superintendent, Wypych’s duties will first focus on engaging first nations, the network, and the government to advance the allocation and resubmit the request to the government.
KTW is waiting for a return call from Wypych, a Kamloops resident who was involved in the past in the Ajax project.
KGHM also again sought a work area in Kamloops for the presence of the project network.
“Ajax remain a precedent for Abacus and our spouse, and we are pleased to see that Ajax’s assignment will once again have a presence in netpaintings,” Anderson said in the statement.”We who our spouse have paintings to make to revitalize the task, and we welcome this first step.”
KGHM, based in Poland, owns 80% of the project, while Vancouver-based Abacus owns 20%.
The proposed open pit gold and copper mine south of Aberdeen will have to be approved through provincial and federal governments, but in December 2017 the application was rejected through the provincial government of the NDP.
At the time, Environment Minister George Heyman and Mine Minister Michelle Mungall said the open pit mine would have significant negative effects offset through potential benefits, including effects on Aboriginal heritage and classic land uses, as well as human health, air quality and meadows.Ecosystems.
Heyman described the environmental review procedure as “substantial, thorough and fair,” emphasizing the point of engagement.
Anderson stated that despite this failure, KGHM, in consultation with Abacus, continued to paint to advance the project, adding comparison methods to eventually re-file the environmental application.
At the time of the initial rejection, KGHM and Abacus had the opportunity to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court level, but did not do so.
Ajax has divided many Residents of Kamloops, some of whom strongly and others categorically in favor of the project.
The First Local Nations opposed and continue to oppose the proposed mine, along with the Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwépemc Nation, which represents the First Nations Tk’emlups and Skeetchestn, raising the effects of the project on Lake Jacko, which it considers a cultural heritage site.
In 2017, the council voted to oppose Ajax, but did so with 3 of its vacant seats: Arjun Singh, Denis Walsh, Donovan Cavers, Dieter Dudy and Tina Lange voted to oppose the mine; Pat Wallace voted against the opposition to Ajax.
Despite the position, the city had reached a tentative agreement with KHGM related to a network benefits agreement, in which Kamloops would get $3.8 million annually from the company if Ajax approved it.
The cash, which would have reached $87 million over the mine’s planned 23-year lifespan, was intended to be used for parts such as an independent tracking program, a local physical care program, the payment of affordable housing, media and social services.industry taxes and maintenance of canopy roads.