Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 30, 1993 The proposed Tatshenshini-Alsek provin- cial park means the north- western corner of B.C, will be part of the largest pro- tected wilderness area in the world, The park designation will mean: @ No development in the million hectare site —- twice as big as the Grad Canyon. @ Preservation of the sole watershed in North America that is intact from mouth to | Source, - @ Preservation of the last Stronghold of North Amer- ica’s grizzly bear population, and half B.C.'s Dall sheep population. @ Wrangel-St. Elias Na- tional Park and Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, plus Kluane Natlonal Park Reserve in Yukon and the Tat are now all linked topeth- er to complete the largest in- ternational preserve on earth — almost eight million hec- tares in total, The region also features: @ Mt. Fairweather, the highest peak in B.C. at 4,600 metres, @ The largest non-polar ice cap In the world, and over 350 glaciers. @ Five _ blogecclimatic zones, including many rare aulmai species. ; @ The blue” or *‘placter”’ bear, found nowhere else in Canada. SMITHERS — It was a land-use question, pure and simple. That’s how the B.C, Cabinet approached the controversial cop- per mine proposed for Windy Craggy, says Environment Minis- ter John Cashore. _— The government had only two choices: keep.the area inlact or lel mineral development unroll over pristine wilderness, he added. “Mining. activity is ~ in- compalible with full preservation. of wilderness,’’ he said of the Tatshenshini-Alsck watershed, - - But a local Environmental Pro- tection .officer says. that’s a . political position — and not th whole story. a Frank Rhebergen, assistant waste manager for environmental protection in the Smithers office of BC Environment, sald the pro- ject Geddes Resources proposed was technically flawed. It didn’t meet environmental standards that are now basic for B.C. mines, and if probably wouldn’t -have gone ahead’ for technical reasons, he said, Rhebergen and his local staff were responsible . for analyzing Geddes’. mine plan as part of the Environment Ministry’s mine de- velopment review process... After visiting the proposed mine site in 1989 and researching environmental impacts, Rhebergen said he had “significant concerns.’’ **With the information present- ed to date, there’s no guarantee that proposal would have been approved on technical grounds.’ Company after bucks TERRACE — The provincial government’s decision to torpedo the Windy Craggy mine project will hurt not just the mining in- dustry, but also all British Colum- blans. That was the reaction of Geddes Resources chief financial officer Chris Sarin to last week’s an- nouncement _ the entire . Tat- sheshinl watershed would be- come a Class A provincial park. That means Geddes’ proposed open pit copper mine will not be permitted to go ahead. " Geddes had estimated a mini- ‘mum 20 year life for the mine with 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs being created. The value of ihe metal from what’s described as the ‘largest undeveloped copper deposit “in North America was set at $8.5 billion and the company expecied to spend an average of $150 mil- lion per year once the mine was - up and running. Lo Noting Geddes had been’ in- volved in the project since 1980, Sarin said the government deci- sion translated to ‘13 years work down the bucket.” Also wiped out is the mor than $50 million the company has spent on Windy Craggy to date. Sarin said Geddes would be secking “some hundred of mil- lions of dollars”’ in compensation from Victoria. Pointing out the government’s own Commission on Resources and the Environment (CORE) had valued the property at $110-3620 million, after tax, he suggested ‘our compensation should be at. least at the level we're talking.” Sarin said the company. would open negotiations with the provincial government once its - accountanis hdd’ ‘calculated’ ‘the’ exact amount being sought, : "Tn the meantime, the company would invest no more money in mining in this province. “The. risks are significant enough without being ex- propriated,”’ Sarin explained. Noting the government had in- troduced’ new — environmental legislation, he seid it could have tested it on Windy Craggy. Referring 10 the outcry from en- _ Vironmentalists : that greeted the povernment’s recent decision to allow logging in the Clayoquat Sound, Sarin added, ‘We feel like we were ambushed by (that) decision.”” : ; Baby's Name: Mine project said flawed Kiuane 0 Wey Mn tit 140° “GULF [OF ALASKA .\} I Rs aniTISH cd. bab! WINDY CRAGGY A" i le K yatsnans™ ' 4 owe! « Pa “Glacier Bay National Park & Presen 138° 1a? If the tailings danin failed, there was no fallback plan to stop acid mine drainage from seeping un- der-a nearby glacier — at which point contaminants would, be un- recoverable and quickly seep into ground water feeding salmon spawning rivers, he said. That, and seismic activity — the aréa is one ‘of the world’s highest earthquake zones — cre- ated too many strikes against the. project,hesaid. ' “Tn a-lot of other projects we can accept these soris of risks be- cause there are reasonable fall- backs.” ee Rhebergen provided Equity Sil- ver Mines as an example of a vi- able mine that has built-in plans to deal with its impact on the en- vironment. _ That project, located near Hous- ton, also has an acid drainage problem, but it spends up to $1 million a year on an extensive recovery plan, he said. Because such projects exist, and are financially viable, Rhebergen said he does not expect the Tat park designation to kill mining in B.C., as industry advocates and opposition politicians have wamicd. T still think mining in B.C. is possible and compatible with the environment. We just have to be careful, compatible and smart about it.” Rhebergen added that the pro- ‘vince, through the B.C. Acid Mine Drainage Task Force, is . funneling money into researching the problem that plagued Windy Cragey and many other mines: ‘acid rock drainage. . Had Geddes waited, the tech- nology might have existed to de- “velop North America’s largest - copper deposit, Rhebergen said. “Our recommendation was lo put.it on the shelf for 10 years be- cause the state of technology is not far enough advanced,” a. fee FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT art form which dates back to the 16th century. These magnificent stallions perfornt acrobatic maneuvers that no other breed of horse can equal. appreciate. 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