A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 27, 1995 Feds, province to merge reviews Environmental query holds up mine | THE COMPANY that wants to develop a gold property has had its plans delayed temporarily because of a com- bined federal-provincial environmental review, — Royal Oak Mines had wanted the environmental review on its Kemess South gold and copper property north of Smithers substantially completed by late fall. But plans and some development work have been ex-- tended into the new year pending the review. Things became complicated for Royal Osk when new environmental review procedures were adopted by the fed- eral and provincial governments. The property was under active exploration and develop- tent by previous owners who started environmental reviews under old procedures. Provincial environmental official Norm Ringstad says both governments are now trying to combine their efforts . on the Kemess project. “We're working pretty diligently to meet everybody’ 8 needs as best we can,”’ he said last week. Chief among the environmental concerns with the project are plans by Royal Oak to locate its mine waste in the mid- dle of a fish-bearing stream. “There's a sizable population of spawning and rearing fish there and that will require a form of (habitat) com- pensation,” said Ringstad. Mine development plans will also affect the. level of the... water downstream from the Bren 3 and that also must be via das addressed, he added. The extended environmental ‘review - has also delayed plans by Royal Oak to strengthen its ownership position in ; the two companies that now own the property. Royal Oak in the summer began the takeover of EV Con- —— dor Resources and St. Philips Resources by buying shares, The company ’s plans for the Kemess South property are | part of a massive plan to spend $350 million on a mine, campsite and road connection. Royal Oak has also purchased all of the shares of Geddes . Resources, the company which had the Windy Crappy. ~~ copper property now in the Tatshenshini provincial park. The park was created in 1993, effectively freezing all fu- ture mining developmeat there. Royal Oak then bought into Geddes, starting a chain of. events that resulted in it obtaining significant provincial compensation package for losing Windy Craggy. It is using that money to help develop Kemess South. The package includes $50 million of taxpayers money _ for the Kemess project. BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND” Sac jviiy, POWER AUTHORITY " “WHOLESALE TRANSMISSION SERVICES APPLICATION THE APPLICATION . Does Fo The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority. ~ (B.C. Hydro") has applied to the Commission for. approval of Wholesale Transmission Services rates: The Commission approved interim rates effective January 31, 1996 by Order Na. G-109-95., A public hearing into the Application is set down for Monday, March 4, 1996 at 8:30 a.m. in the Com- mission's Hearing Room, 6th Floor, 900 Howe Street; Vancouver, B.C, V6Z 2N3. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION | The Application, and supporting material, are available for inspection at the following locations: _British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority.” Head Office: 333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C, |: : District Offices: All Districts Offices in its service territory. Copies of the Application and supporting material. are. also available for inspection at the office of the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2N3, INTERVENTIONS Intervenors who wish copies of the Application and other information are urged to register with the Commission and B.C.Hydro as soon as possible, Intervenors ‘and © interested parties are to advise the Commission Secretary ms of their intention to participate in the proceedings no °° later than January 2, 1996, WORKSHOPS Workshops to discuss the Application will be held: a January 16 and 17, 1996, The location will be announced a by the Commission at a later date to those registered | for the proceeding. She INFORMATION REQUESTS Initial Information Requests sent to B, C. Hydro by . December 22, 1993 shall be responded to by B.C,Hydro before January 12, 1996, Information Requests sent to. B.C.Hydro by January 23, 1996 shall be responded to Py B.C. Hydro by February 9, 1996. SUBMISSIONS BY INTERVENORS Written evidence and submissions from Intervenors is required to be filed, one copy cach, with the Commission Secretary and B.C Hydro, by February 23, 1996. PARTICIPANT FUNDING All parties intending to apply for Participant Funding must first register with the Commission and ‘obtain the new guidelines for participant funding. All parties must © then file a budget by January 2; 1996 consistent with the Commission’s Rate Sheet as outlined i in Order No. G-117-93, CLARIFICATION Persons intending to participate in the hearing, and who are uncertain as to the manner in which to proceed, may contact Mr, Robert J. Pellatt, Commission Secretary or Ms. Deborah Emes, Manager, Strategic Services; by telephone at 660- 4700, or B.C, Toll Free: 1-800-663- 1385, or in writing to the above address or by fax at 660-1102; The Commission can also be reached on the Government Electronic Mail System (“GEMS”) and on the Internet at beuc(@nop.beinel.gov.be.ca, By Order : : - Robert I, Pellatt . 2 Commission Secretary, But there is a planned payback and tax- payers should expect to have the invesiment returned over the planned ab-year life ex- pectancy of the mine. The return is calculated on a royalty of 4.8 per cent of the sale price of copper taken Grom the site, The $50 million is conditional upon Kemess South going ahead. Here’s how the total package, worth $166 million over the next two years, breaks down: * $50 million invested in Kemess South in return for a royalty on copper sold. * $29 million as direct compensation for the loss of the Windy Craggy property. * $20 million for Kemess South mine de- velopment. This to be matched by Royal Oak. © . property. * $49 million for construction of a power line from B,C, Hydro’s Kennedy substation near Mackenzie 320km to the Kemess * $14 million for a road from the site south to the B.C. Rail line mnning north- west of Fort St. James, for an airstrip and for an emergency health clinic at the site, * $4 million to find and train people to work at the project. With the government deal now in place, Royal Oak will tura to assembling the other monics it needs io go ahead with Kemess, says company spokesman Graham Eacott. It’s estimating a total capital cost for de- velopment of $350 million and wants to have the mine in production by late 1997. The company is predicting there'll be ¢ 350 direct jobs on site, Ore taken out ROYAL OAK Resources has obtained a “permit to “remove two, 50-tonne bulk samples from its planned Kemess South gold and copper mince northeast of Smithers. The ore will be taken out by road for testing to determine its exact content and how best to ‘design the’ means to remove the gold and copper from the ore. The permit is just the beginning of a lengthy process being undertaken by Royal Oak to develop its minesite.. It’s going through a provincial environmental assess- ment and also a federa} one. The latter assessment is due to fish-bearing rivers and streams in the area, The bulk samples are being taken out by a short road connecting the project to the longer Omineca Mining Road which connects either to Fort St. James or to Mackenzie. But Royal Oak will build another road connecting the site to the B.C. Rail ine that runs north of Fort St. James for hauling ore when mining begins. 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