SE Alaskas Future if we cant put a stop to the-- KSM Mine - This open pit, cyanide leach, valley fill mine just above the Unuk River will level three mountains and produce 1.62 billion tons of acid generating tailings to be held by two earthen dams each the size of the Hoover dam; • Red Chris Mine - This open pit copper mine near the Iskut River, a tributary of the Stikine River, will produce 30,000 tons of acid generating waste rock per day and use a trout lake to hold mine waste. At this time, there are no plans to treat the project’s discharge water; • Galore Creek Mine - This open pit mine will produce 540 million tons of ore and 840 million tons of waste rock that plans call for dumping into two tributaries of the Stikine River, and; • Tulsequah Chief – This mine has been leaching an estimated 23,800 pounds of zinc, 5,100 pounds of copper, 122 pounds of lead and 40 pounds of arsenic into the Taku River every year for over fifty years.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:53:45 +0000
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