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Atlantic Gold’s environmental impact statement did not meet requirements, federal agency says
The federal agency responsible for conducting environmental assessments has paused its work on a proposed Nova Scotia gold mine, saying Atlantic Gold’s environmental impact statement for the Fifteen Mile Stream project does not meet the requirements.
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) notified Atlantic Mining NS Corp. — a subsidiary of Atlantic Gold — on Monday that the company must submit a revised environmental impact statement before the assessment process can resume.
Atlantic Gold wants to develop a 280-hectare open-pit gold mine about 30 kilometres north of Sheet Harbour, N.S. It already runs Touquoy, the province’s only currently operating gold mine.
The company was given a 50-page set of guidelines last August for the Fifteen Mile Stream proposal, laying out specifics of what it needed to assess and how, including impacts on everything from air, soil and water to birds, fish and humans.
But the IAAC identified dozens of areas in which Atlantic Mining NS Corp. needs to provide further information. Those gaps include, but are not limited to:
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