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Tsilhqot'in win injunction against work on mine
The Tsilhqot'in First Nation has been granted an injunction preventing Taseko Mines from conducting exploration work around its proposed gold and copper mine in B.C.'s central Interior.In the same court hearing, Taseko failed in its bid for an injunction forcing the First Nation to stop blocking the mine company's access to the site outside of Williams Lake.
B.C. Supreme Court Christopher Grauer has ruled the natives weren't properly consulted on two permits granted to Taseko by the provincial government.
Grauer says the First Nation will suffer greater harm than Taseko if it carries on its work for the proposed New Prosperity mine.
The injunction will be in force until the First Nation can launch a judicial review over the provincial government permits.
Taseko lawyers told the judge that its workers needed to be on the land to prepare for the federal government's environmental review for the massive project, which was initially rejected by the federal government over environmental concerns.
~ filed by CTV British Columbia
Justice Grauer's judgement is now online and can be read here.
Posted by Sue Smitten Friday Dec 02, 2011 16:42
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: Aboriginal, British Columbia, environment, First Nations, gold, lakes, mining, Prosperity, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, water, Xeni Gwet'in
Thank you RAVEN.. For saving a beautiful part of our planet!
Thank you RAVEN... may this fight for a sustainable earth continue for our childrens sake... I gotta take my family there sometime!
Congrats , for the HUGE win. Perhaps theres hope yet for mankind in the perseverance of natural resources and in respect to-wards the First Nations .
I'm very happy to see that we've won a battle for conservation and Aboriginal rights in the Chilcotin. Next we have to assert watershed and forest stewardship over the entire Tsilhqotin Territory. There is a legal as well as ethical and moral basis for this. The TNG will need a strong team to accomplish this. I'd be happy to help with the ecology ~ Josef Kuhn, MSc, RPBio.