A B.C. mining company has been penalized more than $54,000 after it failed to prevent contaminated wastewater from discharging into the environment.
The penalties, levied to Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX:AOT) under the B.C. government’s Environmental Management Act, outline several permit breaches at the company’s Premier Gold Project near the B.C.-Alaska border.
In her final determination, director of the Environmental Management Act Gwenda Laughland said the contraventions violated a “fundamental pillar of the regulatory regime” and were severe enough to be categorized as “major” contraventions.
Ascot took over operation of the mine 25 kilometres north of Stewart, B.C., in 2018, about two decades after it had been sent into care and maintenance.
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