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Briefing Note on Hamilton et al 2020 paper
September 9, 2020
The following provides some comments from Mount Polley Mining Corporation (MPMC) on the Hamilton paper (Hamilton, et al. 2020)[1] regarding Quesnel Lake in relation to the TSF Breach at Mount Polley. The note is divided into general comm… Read more »
![Collecting spawning Rainbow Trout from Hazeltine Creek. This was a challenge as the new fish habitat was vast and the fish had lots of places to hide! [May 2018]](https://www.mountpolley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/collecting-spawning-rainbow-trout-900x600.jpg)
Mount Polley built and managed an on-site fish hatchery in 2018
August 21, 2020
After the spill, a population monitoring program on Polley Lake indicated there had probably been a reduction in the age class of the population of Rainbow Trout (as upper Hazeltine Creek was the main spawning area for these trout). There w… Read more »
Rainbow trout return to Hazeltine Creek
August 21, 2020
In 2018 a milestone was celebrated by the Mount Polley Environmental Team (MPET) when the efforts of the remediation work rebuilding Hazeltine Creek witnessed the return of Rainbow Trout, Redside Shiners and Long Nose Suckers to the rebu… Read more »
Mining and Mineral Processing at the Mount Polley mine
July 10, 2020
In the Mount Polley
Mine, run-of-mine ore from the open pits and underground is hauled to the
crusher. The crusher has three stages of
crushing involving five crushers, twenty conveyors and four sets of screens. Ore is dumped… Read more »
How does Mount Polley decide to process?
July 10, 2020
Gold and Copper
The broken rock in the open pit is segregated into ore and waste based on the assay of rock cuttings sourced from the blasthole production drills.
This assay analysis determines the sulphide copper percentage and gold grams… Read more »
Who works at Mount Polley?
July 10, 2020
At Mount Polley, we look for individuals to
join our workforce who display a variety of skills and training levels.
We have a training department that will train
workers from other industries.
Our key goal is to source workers locally. The
f… Read more »
Mount Polley Remediation Leader Named CIM Distinguished Lecturer
July 9, 2020
Imperial congratulations to Dr. ‘Lyn Anglin on being named a
recipient of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s (CIM)
Distinguished Lecturer award. The CIM Awards
honour the mining industry’s “finest for… Read more »
Likely Area Mining History
June 8, 2020
The area around Likely has a long and fascinating
history of placer mining. Placer mining refers to mining materials (mostly
gold) deposited in ancient stream beds that are still largely unconsolidated (i.e.
relatively loose materials… Read more »
Mount Polley water quality is evidence of remediation
May 25, 2020
Mount Polley takes water quality very seriously. Extensive monitoring is evidencing the effectiveness of the remediation and site water management programs undertaken by Mount Polley.
How is water quality monitored in Polley and Ques… Read more »
Major milestones of Mount Polley’s environmental remediation efforts to date
April 21, 2020
The remediation effort at Mount Polley is ongoing; however, we are very proud of the major milestones that have been completed to-date.
Repair of lower Edney Creek, re-establishment of link to Quesnel Lake and installation of new fish hab… Read more »
