Taseko sees ‘positive future’ for New Prosperity mine after high court ruling – Vancouver Sun
Tsilhqot’in Nation says company is in denial about central-B.C. project, mine is dead
A Supreme Court of Canada decision may have opened the door to a twice rejected gold and copper mine mired in a legal battle.
That’s because the $1.1-billion New Prosperity mine falls outside the 1,750 square kilometres of territory in central B.C. for which the Tsilhqot’in now has title and where consent is needed for industrial projects, says Taseko Mines Ltd.
The aboriginal title question always hung over the project, and now it’s settled, says the company.
“It’s the only mine development deposit (in British Columbia) that people now know for sure is not in aboriginal title area,” says Brian Battison, vice-president of corporate affairs for Taseko.
