[Zipperfish]

The use of natural lakes as tailings impoundment areas is a real step back environemtnally. The mining lobby groups are pushing this hard in Ottawa. They argue that a lake is a geologically stable location to store mine wasyes, ensuring that there will be no acid rock drainage. It also saves them millions as (so I've been told) the cost in electricty alone for mine effluent pumps can be about $1000/day per pump.

On the plus side, the last attempt in BC (Kemess North by Northgate Minerals wanted to use Duncan Lake in northern BC ) failed to get environmental approvals, and so will not proceed. That was a good precedent.

[tritium]

RUEZ RUEZ:

tritium tritium:

Sorry RUEZ I just can't take that statement at face value, as you are the one who states that Canada's economy and vast amount of jobs available are all because of the Tory Gov't and NAFTA.

You show me where I've said this and we'll continue this discussion.

oh come on RUEZ, you are a strong supporter of Harper's policies, are you going to deny this??

I am not going to surf 1000's of posts to find a few comments, it's well know you lean to the right.

LOL Searched "RUEZ Haper JOb Economy" and the forum froze up.

[LightStarr]

RUEZ RUEZ:

LightStarr LightStarr:

Those are important issues as well Ruez, but something has to be done about the way waste like this is dealt with. And dumping it into our fresh water lakes is not the way to do it. Oh, my earlier comment was meant to stave off the stabbing at each other politically because we all know something like this cannot happen to our water.

I agree, Kenmore just brings out the worst in me. This article actually surprises me because just last year a mine was refused permission for this very reason, in northern BC. They wanted to use a lake as a tailings dump.

I'm thinking it was this place, Kemess North - Duncan Lake. It also says Rejected to. The article has a list of the proposed lakes on the side.

Oh Zipper all ready pointed this out. I'm leaving it here twice because this is important. I'm proud of B.C. for refusing the tailing dump.

[tritium]

B.C.:

Kemess North - Duncan Lake - REJECTED.
Kutcho Creek - Andrea Creek.
Ruby Creek - Ruby Creek watershed.
Prosperity - Fish Lake.
Red Chris.
Mount Milligan.

Manitoba:

Bucko Lake.

Newfoundland and Labrador:

Duck Pond Mine - Trout Pond and Gill's Brook.
Carol Mine - Wabush Lake.
Wabush Mine - Flora Lake.
Long Harbour - Sandy Pond.

Northwest Territories:

Winter Lake.

Nunavut:

Doris North Project - Tail Lake.
Meadowbank - Second Portage Lake.
High Lake

[LightStarr]

Good work Tritium, I couldn't get it to do it right without a whole lot of copy and paste. I got frustrated.

[Hyack]

Thank you Highland Valley Copper.

[Katz]

First they cry there will be water shortages and now this.

I find it difficult to believe anything the Government says.

We pay their wages and all they do is lie to us.

[Zipperfish]

LightStarr LightStarr:

RUEZ RUEZ:

LightStarr LightStarr:

Those are important issues as well Ruez, but something has to be done about the way waste like this is dealt with. And dumping it into our fresh water lakes is not the way to do it. Oh, my earlier comment was meant to stave off the stabbing at each other politically because we all know something like this cannot happen to our water.

I agree, Kenmore just brings out the worst in me. This article actually surprises me because just last year a mine was refused permission for this very reason, in northern BC. They wanted to use a lake as a tailings dump.

I'm thinking it was this place, Kemess North - Duncan Lake. It also says Rejected to. The article has a list of the proposed lakes on the side.

Oh Zipper all ready pointed this out. I'm leaving it here twice because this is important. I'm proud of B.C. for refusing the tailing dump.

ACtually it was a joint BC/federal decision. The Conservatives had the option of overruling the Panel on the issue and the letting the lake be used as a taings pond, but they didn't.

[ziggy]

For fucks sakes,they drain the lake,remove all the fish,put a frozen earthen core dam around it and it become's a settiling pond,mines need these so they can contain anything they use in the leaching process to extract gold instead of it hitting the watershed,you guys that scream and yell about this shit wouldnt like the alternative which used to be letting it drain right in the watershed.


This looks more like a con slam fest for the usuall that dont have a clue and buy everything the media says.

Three rolly eyes for all the posters that jumped on the anti Con bandwagon....pathetic!

[ziggy]

That's one of the thing's I was doing in the Arctic was draining a lake and setting up a frozen earthen core dam around it to be a tailings pond.
Anyone who think's there's a water shortage should fly over that country and see the worlds largest fresh water supply.

Major amount of misinformed people here on this thread but it's a chance for some to slam the cons I guess and some will take what they can get.

[DerbyX]

ziggy ziggy:

For fucks sakes,they drain the lake,remove all the fish,put a frozen earthen core dam around it and it become's a settiling pond,mines need these so they can contain anything they use in the leaching process to extract gold instead of it hitting the watershed,you guys that scream and yell about this shit wouldnt like the alternative which used to be letting it drain right in the watershed.


This looks more like a con slam fest for the usuall that dont have a clue and buy everything the media says.

Three rolly eyes for all the posters that jumped on the anti Con bandwagon....pathetic!

Can we do this in urban facilities far from natural habitats?

Can we create wastewater treatment plants safely and cleanly in urban environemnts?

[ziggy]

DerbyX DerbyX:

ziggy ziggy:

For fucks sakes,they drain the lake,remove all the fish,put a frozen earthen core dam around it and it become's a settiling pond,mines need these so they can contain anything they use in the leaching process to extract gold instead of it hitting the watershed,you guys that scream and yell about this shit wouldnt like the alternative which used to be letting it drain right in the watershed.


This looks more like a con slam fest for the usuall that dont have a clue and buy everything the media says.

Three rolly eyes for all the posters that jumped on the anti Con bandwagon....pathetic!

Can we do this in urban facilities far from natural habitats?

Can we create wastewater treatment plants safely and cleanly in urban environemnts?

You can do that anywhere,Canada has the technology to turn piss into water,I'm talking about a tailings pond that gold mines use to send their conatminated water to. They use cyanide in the leeching process.

[ziggy]

Thats how we make the gold your wife or x has on her finger,we use cyanide,

[hurley_108]

ziggy ziggy:

That's one of the thing's I was doing in the Arctic was draining a lake and setting up a frozen earthen core dam around it to be a tailings pond.
Anyone who think's there's a water shortage should fly over that country and see the worlds largest fresh water supply.

Major amount of misinformed people here on this thread but it's a chance for some to slam the cons I guess and some will take what they can get.

Yea, but all that water's in a different basin. Inter-basin transfers are risky environmentally, and politically, and presently not allowed for those reasons. That waters just going to stay up there. If people want access to it, they can move themselves to the water.

[novachick]

ziggy ziggy:

Thats how we make the gold your wife or x has on her finger,we use cyanide,

And people wonder why I won't get married