' ke! “ Ai0 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 25, 2006 z 7 oe _ Mine review [Finally, youcan For more information, visit www.heakhchecik.org or call the Heart and Stroke Foundation Malung healthy food choices far you aad your fanely can be « Salen Thats why the Heart cod Stoke Foutteton j | trust him to do the ‘iia the Hil Chee pty at 1-688-HSF-INFO olin —?/p oares Ss n ocen ee Health Check ie . : apiedu teperts nuteger gree ae : ese ole or g i | oi gr ry shopping tor — ates POLAR tells you it’s a healthy choice DU COEUR # along nicely | THE ‘PERSON in charge of NovaGold Resources Ltd.'s . planned copper and gold mine at Galore Creek northwest ‘of here is happy with how the project is moving through | its environmental approval phase. : The company is fully immersed in a 180- day assessment » of the project leading up to a planned 2007 construction start _ based on receiving all of the needed approvals. — So far, says Carl Gagnier, nothing NovaGold has seen in response to its application filed in June has been a surprise. “You have to remember we’ ve already spent two years in .. Meetings and working with the various regulators alre addy,” -he said of work leading. up to the planned {US) $1.2 billion . ~ development cost for amine which has a forecast life of 20 > years. ‘As, of this month, a number of federal, provinetal and. low cal governments and agencies have filed official responses _toNovaGold’s plans. © —a . aaa The list extends ta ‘include!Alaskan g government agen- So, Lo a wo . ee cies. Ba * “Overall we've been pretty happy with what We've seen.’ said Gagnier. ~~ NovaGold has already cleared one major milestone — get- ‘ting the acceptance of the Tahitan on whose traditional terni- : * tory the mine site is located. . a _ - That happened via a Tahltan referendum late last year and yor, will result in Tahltan workers and companies receiving pret- ‘: erential hiring and contract opportunities.. re NovaGold will also provide the Tahltan with a portion of ‘the mine’s income and the Tahltan will manage a trust fund’ -- provided by the. company. , “The Galore Creek area is 70km west of Hwy37 North » and southwest of Iskut. And it’s. 75km northwest of Barrick .. ~ Gold’s ‘Eskay Creek gold mine which i is scheduled. to close “within two years. © > .NovaGold estimates it "ll take out 5.9: billion pounds of ‘copper, 3.7 million ounces of ‘gold and 40 million ounces of - silver over the life of the mine. “While. NovaGold will take out the ore in a traditional open pit mining fashion, how it gets the concentrate out is a _ bit different. *: , ~The concentrate will be turned into a liquid form’ and pumped through a pipeline to a station on Hwy37 where the © water will be taken out before being trucked | to Stewart for: 7... loading’ onto Asia-bound freighters. a - ‘That means NovaGold need only build a one-lane road . “instead of a two- lane one to its mine site, reducing the envi- “ ronmental footprint on the land, said Gagnier. “Putting the concentrate slurry through a pipeline*may oo soutid. new, but the. technique is used elsewhere, Gagnier , addeds ys ~ ... . NovaGold will-also provide | its own power forthe mine * :»thanks ‘to buying Coast Mountain Hydro, an independent. _ power producer which has approvals to place i in-river gen- erators in the Iskut River. ‘NovaGold now needs to run transmission lines from its- Coast Mountain location to the mine site. ho “There are :two mines in Nevada one, larger ones, and they | Province their! own power through coal- fired genera- tors,” said ‘Gagnier.. / Coast Mountains’ original plan was to run a line south to hook up-with the existing B.C, Hydro substation at Mezia- _ "din, supplying power in the region as well as selling to the crown corporation. _* Gagnier said the transmission line will still be built as -Coast Mountain will sell power to B.C. Hydro during high - water times and will need to import power to run the mine during low water periods. | NovaGold estimates it’ll need a workforce of more than . , _ -900 at the peak of construction. Once in operation, the mine will need 500 people work- ing at the location directly. ° Additional jobs will be available for off-site operations such as trucking concentrate to the port at Stewart. . ‘Court skipper shows up A MAN who failed to ap-_ _pear*for his jury selection A et ve Sunday - “November 5 at 1 00 p. m. Terrace Rod & Gun Club | oe located at the end of Rifle Range Road | | eS be | een) Bring all your old pumpkins for ammunition in this years Pumpkin Fling = Prizes for winning pumpkins will be awarded. 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