Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. Addresses Inconsistency with Provincial Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Policy as per the Recommendations of the Executive Director’s Report
Vancouver BC, November 22, 2012: The Ministry of Energy and Mines (“MEM”) expressed concerns
with respect to the Company’s compliance with the Provincial Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage
(“ML/ARD”) Policy. The ML/ARD Policy provides for a variety of mitigation strategies that are available
to prevent the impacts of ML/ARD. These include avoidance, underwater storage, blending of
Potential Acid Generating and Non-Potential Acid Generating materials, covers, collection and
treatment.
The Company’s strategy, as per the Feasibility Study, was to store waste rock on land adjacent to the
open-pit, in the natural catchment draining into the pit. On closure an engineered low permeability
cover was proposed and the seepage from the waste rock dump and pit-walls would be collected and
treated. The collection and treatment of ARD is not the preferred choice, however, it is acceptable as
per the ML/ARD Policy, ML/ARD Guidelines and precedence set by other projects. It can be a highly
effective and reliable means for protecting the environment.
http://pacificbooker.com/news.htm
Related Posts
Tags
Share This
