Investors in the former Ajax mine have a superintendent as they seek to revive the controversial mining project.
Michal Wypych has joined KGHM International while the company and its spouse Abacus Mining
In an investor newsletter on September 1, Abacus President and CEO Paul Anderson stated that Wypych’s duties would first focus on engaging the First Nations, network and government to advance the allocation with the application 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 re-sought a workspace in Kamloops for the presence of the project network.
“Ajax remains 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.assignment, 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 Mines Minister Michelle Mungall said that the open pit mine would have significant negative effects outweighed through potential benefits, including effects on Aboriginal heritage and classical land uses, as well as human health, air quality, and grasslands. 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 potentially re-file the environmental application.
At the time of the initial rejection, KGHM and Abacus had the opportunity to appeal the ruling at the Supreme Court level, but did not.
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 Stk’emlupsemc Nation Te Secwépemc, which represents The First Nations Tk’emlups and Skeetchestn, raising the effects of the project in Jacko Lake, which it considers a cultural heritage site.
In 2017, the board voted to oppose Ajax, but did so with three 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 previous agreement with KHGM regarding 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 amounted to $87 million during the mine’s 23-year projected lifespan, is meant to be used for things like an independent tracking program, a local health care program, a refund for affordable housing, media investment, and social services.. Array to compensate for heavy industry taxes and maintenance of canopy roads.