Wrangell Sentinel -

On Dec. 19 Canada's environmental minister, Leona Aglukkaq, endorsed conclusions reached by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency that the proposed Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell mine would be unlikely to cause significant, adverse environmental effects when the mitigation measures described in the mine's comprehensive study report are taken into account.

The KSM project being proposed by company Seabridge Gold would develop a combined open-pit and underground gold, copper, silver, and molybdenum mine in British Columbia. Once operational, the mine is expected to process 143,000 tons per d...