Charges laid in relation to 2014 tailings pond breach at the Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia

December 10, 2024 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Environment and Climate Change Canada

Charges have been laid in relation to the tailings pond breach at the Mount Polley Mine that occurred in August 2014. In total, 15 charges have now been approved to proceed by direct indictment against IMPERIAL METALS CORPORATION, MOUNT POLLEY MINING CORPORATION, and WOOD CANADA LIMITED / WOOD CANADA LIMITÉE for contraventions of sections 35(1) and 36(3) of the federal Fisheries Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14).

A first appearance date has been scheduled for December 18, 2024, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

As the charges are currently before the Court, there will be no further comment at this time.

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