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Treasury Metals’ Goliath gold mine project won’t cause any adverse impact to the environment and can proceed to development.
The federal government has wrapped up its environmental assessment (EA) of the proposed open-pit and underground mine and mill project, located 20 kilometres east of Dryden in northwestern Ontario. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna made the announcement, Aug.19.
In a news release, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency concluded “that the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects when mitigation measures are taken into account.”
The future mine is four kilometres northwest of the village of Wabigoon and is two kilometres north of the Trans-Canada Highway. Treasury, which has been exploring on the property since 2008, began the federal EA process in 2015.
On the back of another proposed mine in nearby Ignace, Goliath Gold is a big win for the Dryden area. There could be as many as 450 construction jobs and 250 permanent jobs when commercial operations begin in 2021.
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