Gold mine gets ‘official blessing " PREMIER MIKE Harcourt lead a group of nearly 90 .,people up north Aug. 10 for. the official opening of the Prime Resources Eskay Creek ~ gold mine, --. The mine's located south of - the Iskut Valley and opened ‘ earlier this year, ~ Also on. the trip was Harry Conger, chairman and CEO of “Homestake Mining Company, . the American-based ‘firm -which owns 51 per cent of - Prime. - Others on the trip included “provincial mines minister - Anne Edwards, ‘She said the mine meets the environmental and social ob- ~ jectives Eskay Creek is the first mine “ come from a massive ex- . offer employment and job op- “portunities so important to the | stability of our northem com- » munities,”" said Harcourt in a of the provincial ‘| government, short speech, He also acknowledged the role of local. natives in con- structing a road to the mine site and noted that they now making up 30 per cent of the mine's workforce. Harcourt also used the open- ing as a springboard to listing other recent mineral develop- ments in B.C, On that list are two develop- ments in -the Cariboo and an assessment of the Kemess — copper-gold property northeast of here. Harcourt added that the Es- | kay Creek approval process - went through in a very short . period of time. Some of that is due to Prime not milling its ore on site but- taking it to existing facilities, Prime. spent $70 million on _ the mine.-It employs approxi-- mately 100° people and has a - life expectancy of 10 years, _ - Ore is shipped south to Stewart for a sea journey to Japan or by rail to the CN line at Kitwanga for a tip. to a Quebec amelter, Be creative fora el ess. Check Us Out First + “We Stock The - Largest Supply | Of Crafts And Hobbies In: B co All The Very Lowest Prices! Skeena vai _ Why Shop Anywhere Else When _ ou Can Save So Much! From front Can is” employees, ‘and "WP, ‘his debt ~ obligations to: the | comununity, ” Bramwell added. ; Bramwell also suggested Sidhu into receivership on Apr. 13, 5° That’s the same day Sidhu left town. But Bramwell alleged that large amounts of money have been taken out of the hotel by the inter- im receivers in various fees and expenses. “$144,000 has left the hotel through the receivers,” he said, That $144,000 could have goie a long way to pay the staff and the creditorns.”’ Bramwell -said ‘the fi nancial problems stemmed from accounts receivable not being collected, expensive renovations conducted in December, and a ‘“‘very bad cash flow problem.’? “He (Sidhu) is aware of these problems and he’s aware he ‘cre- ated a lot of the problems himself by running from people and not facing his problems,”’. 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