Extensive remediation work in the areas affected by the 2014 breach at Mount Polley has been achieved during the past five years. Over $70 million dollars has been spent on clean-up work, including environmental impact and risk assessmen… Read more »

First, what are tailings? Tailings are essentially crushed rock, and are the leftover material after the minerals containing the “elements of interest” have been removed. At Mount Polley the elements of interest are copper, gold and sil… Read more »

Mount Polley is proud of the major remediation efforts done to-date, including the building of a rainbow trout hatchery on-site in 2018 to raise more rainbow trout for Polley Lake $70 million has been spent on clean-up, environmental impa… Read more »

Mout Polley continues to restore the environment during its current care and maintenance phase. With 14 staff members working at the Mount Polley site, as well as several contractors, the remediation team at Mount Polley co… Read more »

This is the story of Mount Polley Remedition – from tailings spill to environmental recovery Katie: “My name is Katie McMahen. I was born and raised here in Williams Lake and I was a member of the environmental team here at Mount… Read more »

The Mount Polley remediation efforts have been underway for years. These efforts have benefited tremendously from the hard work of Mount Polley staff, Mount Polley’s First Nations partners, and local contractors and consultant… Read more »

A lot has been written about the Mount Polley spill of 2014, though not so much about the remediation efforts which have been quietly underway for years to great effect. Mount Polley recovery and remediation continues. So far, over $70 mill… Read more »

Mount Polley’s remediation efforts have set a high standard in the industry as the company has taken a tailings spill and turned it into environmental recovery. Mount Polley’s efforts have been praised and labeled ‘s… Read more »