Page A2- The ‘Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 2, 1993 Firms want crack at Cassiar project TERRACE =~ An Australlan- Canadian joint venture hopes to Teclaim asbestos from a huge tail- ings pile at Cassiar. The pile containing waste from four. decades of asbestos mining by Cassiar. Mining Corporation . could provide up to 10 years work, an official from Minpro, an Australian company said last week. ‘We're ‘hoping to reach an agreement with.the government of B.C. for an option to do an in- tensive study,” said Minpro managing director Jerry Lees. - Speaking from his Australian office, Lees said he is coming to Canada this week to speak with government officials. The mine dnd community closed last year when .Cassiar Mining Corporation went . into receivership afier the provincial govemment: declined to provide the company with financing. That put-400 people out of work and Jead fo-an exodus from the community located off of Hwy37 south of the Yukon border. “Minpro wants to use a wet pro- cesg it developed for coal mining while its two partners, Black Hills - Properties: of Australia‘ and Cliff Resources of Toronto will pro- vide the financing. © Mining experis indicated be- tween.three and four per cent of the tailings pile contains. asbestos that could be recovered, © *- “We contemplate, if everything goes well, reclaiming’ 30,000, to 40,000 tonnes of - asbestos a year,”’ said Lees, - That’s less than-the more ‘than 100,000: tonnes a year Cassiar Mining © Corporation produced toward the end.. Lees said it was too early to talk about the mumber of jobs . that might be created or what kind of _ living - arrangements will ‘take place. with some people ¢ on site, All of this depends, upon t the study,” he said. | 7 ‘ Lees doubted that a full service . be Rut in place , commupily. Wd Deesuse of the costa; «1:2. “iat But he did say a ‘successful reclaiming project could Jead to the possiblity. of starting 2 full seale operation again. . - The closure of Cassiar was due to Cassiar Mining Corporation’s . financial problems, not. from . the price, quantity .or quality of the asbestos body. : Lees worked in Cassiar between 1968 and 1971 and became inter- Fire worries. TERRACE - — Sun worshippers may not have. been complaining about the hot spell, but those in- volved in forestry hope weekend showers .are a sign. of things - to coms." - Speakin: :fom.. the :Kalum Forest District's forest ‘fire “war room"? Friday afternoon, Kazimir Koptc said the fire danger had al- ready -hit high: from. Rosswood north into the Nass Valley, . | - The same applied to the Bell I and.Bell II areas further north, Terrace was still rated moderate though likely to dry out quickly if there was no break in the weather, «2 Continued |: hot and sunny weather could lead: to. early shift requirements | on bust operations, : said Kopec..- Kopec ‘said ‘he couldn't recall seeing so little snow on Thornhill Mt. at the end of May. Weather office - statistics _ ap- peared to back. up that suggestion. Forecaster. Harry .Barle: noted _ the record highs of May 24 and 25 broke 35-year-old marks, The ofd records held for the fol- lowing two days but again, you had to go back to 1958 to find one hotter 0.0: Barle said: there are indieations of tefotming: of the high pres- | sure ‘ridge’ that brought ‘last week’s:-hot temperatures. « ‘Kepec said there had been only three forest fires: In the district as of Inst Friday, none Berlous,:") Of "those two-. were lightning strikes ard ”:' tho ....thind “hatigover” log landing fire from i tPoopie are bélag reall je are Tea y care- -ful,”! Kopee sald, “ne the Pete Uc is better educated. > - ested in the tailings pile upon hearing news that the mine had closed. The company last year pur- chased some of the mine’s mill buildings in anticipation of get- ting approval to work the tallings pile, Minpro’s process resulted from six to seven years of research, said Lees, He said the high cost of pur- chasing the town site and mine last. year prevenied it from making an offer for the complete package when receivers named by the provincial government were looking for buyers. A successful project will result in the asbestos being trucked to Stewart for loading onto ships. The joint venture possibility has for the moment put on hold provincial government plans to . TERRACE — With campers and day visitors already flock- ing to Lakelse Lake (Furlong Bay), the parks branch is geat- ing up for another busy. sum- mer. And, if last year’ s ; Figures are repealed, nearly a quarter of a million visits will have re- corded there by the end of sea- som. Greg McDonald has success- fully bid for a second year run- spend between $3.and $5. million, J. 2. cement to reclaim the townsite and tail- ings pile. That - work would involved bulldozing what’s left of the town and contouring the. tailings pile and then seeding it: The province took on responsi- bility for reclamation because Cassiar Mining Corporation had posted only a $60,000 reclama- tion bond, ATTENTION DENTURE] WEARERS Trust Your Smile To Experience and The Eck-Tech Denture Technique We specialize in quality dentures with natural looks, Ultimate function, stabllity and comfort. Our clinics offer 24-hour, new denture service, with same-day service for relines, rebases and repairs. There are no charges for adjustments. All dental plans are accepted. In-home and ning the program which fea- tures and informative sessions ona varlety of subjects. McDonald begins his pro- gram this weekend with Satur- Gay sessions untll the end of the month. 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