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ANOTHER COMPANY has surfaced with a plan to extend

‘the B.C. Hydro power grid from where it now stops at Mezi- -

adiri Junction cn Hwy37 North up to its planned mine site.
‘Ian Smith from beMetals said Jast week it can’t wait any
longer for. other power sources if it is to go ahead with its
planned Red Chris copper and gold mine,
The site is about 18km southeast of Iskut and is east of the
Fiws37 North corridor.

: The planned 138kV line would be approximately 250km

in length, said Smith.
bcMetals has had federal and regulatory approval to de-
* velop its mine since the middle of 2005 but it can’t proceed
until it has power at the site.
We are a permitted mine aind we're ready’ ‘to go but we

“tieed power,” said Smith last week of Red. Christ which has

~an estimated life of 20 years.

bcMetals has filed its plan with the provincial environ-
mental assessment office (EAO) but it’s not yet know how
_ long the power line plan will take to be reviewed or what
. form the review will take. 7

Lack Of‘reliable and sizeable quantities of power north
‘ of Meziadin Junction have slowed down development, lead-
* ing to a call by politicians and. industries for the province to
_extend the provincial power ‘grid. . —_

The. only power now generated north of Meziadin June-
“tion comes from diesel generators but they can’t deliver the

_ Kind of power needed for potential mines and the cost would 7

' be.too expensive. ~ .
“This will just be a line for Red Chris. There v won’t be any

- other room for-any other large users, but little users such as ’

~-Iskut can tie in if they want,” said Smith.

“We're a mining company and we want to stay a mining.
- company. We want the power for the mine. That’ s all we
, want,”

»Smith said ‘B. Cc. ‘Hydro, ‘who would sell the power to be-
. Metals, i is well aware of his company’s plans.

TERRACE STANDARD

' It could get crowded along Hwy37 North because Nova-

» Gold Resources, which wants to develop the Galore Creek
copper and gold mine, also wants to build a 138kV | power
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This line stems from. ‘NovaGold’s purchase of Coast

~ Mountain Power, a company that wants to produce. ‘hydro
‘Power by diverting Iskut River water through generators.

Coast Mountain’s original plans were to run a'line from’

“the generators down south: Hwy37 and sell ‘power to B.C.
Hydro by connecting up at Meziadian Junction.

- That will still happen but Coast Mountain will also build»

aline from its generators to the Galore Creek mine site.

It means Coast Mountain will still sell to B.C. Hydro but

! ‘NovaGold will now buy from B.C. Hydro to service the Ga-
- lore Creek mine.

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