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Kamloops city council will make its first formal comments on the proposed Ajax mine to the provincial and federal governments tomorrow — but what they’ll say is still in question. “I’m not even sure what we’re supposed to be doing, given all of this is preliminary,” Coun. Dieter Dudy, who is publicly against the mine, told KTW following a special meeting yesterday with SLR Consulting, which the city hired to review Ajax’s environmental application. “Are we supposed to give some sense of whether we’re for or against this mine?” he said. “People know where I stand anyhow but, as a council, I’m not sure that I would want to do that based on preliminary results.” During yesterday’s meeting and a public presentation on Friday, SLR staff said they don’t yet have enough information from proponent KGHM Ajax to determine whether the mine’s predicted effects on air, water, human health and other concerns are accurate. Coun. Tina Lange, who also opposes the mine, said
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KTW FILE PHOTO This is the site for the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine south of Aberdeen. Tomorrow, Kamloops city council is expected to make its first formal comments on the proposed project.
INSIDE Turn to page A4 to read about KGHM’s reply to the consultant hired by the City of Kamloops to review the would-be mine’s environmental application. she also thinks council will have a difficult time forming an opinion tomorrow, particularly those councillors who have said they
need information on the mine’s effects before taking a position. “SLR doesn’t have the information they need and, consequently, neither do we. And we were depending on them to really give us a basis on which to comment,” she said. Lange said SLR has given council enough information to raise some concerns, however, particularly on property values in the areas closest to the mine.
“I got the feeling that property values are definitely going to be affected in the Aberdeen and Pineview area, based on what SLR has so far determined, and it won’t be negligible,” she said. “If nothing else, to say that devaluing of property is insignificant, well, I don’t think it’s ever insignificant if that’s the home you’re counting on for resale value.”
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While it’s not mentioned in KGHM Ajax’s environmental application, Mayor Peter Milobar said the city of Kamloops is working on a community benefit agreement with the proponents of the open-pit mine which could be built just beyond the city’s southern boundary. Milobar said he and councillors Ken Christian and Dieter Dudy are representing council in the negotiations and several meetings have already taken place with the company. The mayor said the agreement bears some similarity to the revenuesharing the city is pursuing with the New Gold mine. “It’s a document so the community and the company both understand what’s expected of each other. It includes what the company’s committing to doing within the com-
munity, it has a taxation offset and other benefits that might flow to the community as a result of a mine being operated in such close proximity,” he said. The city hopes to present an agreement to the public ahead of May 9, when council will draft its final comments on Ajax to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office and Canadian Environmental Assessment Association. Milobar acknowledged the timeline for the talks is short, but said he believes the deadline can be met. “Just because it’s a condensed timeline doesn’t mean it can’t get done,” he said. “It just means everyone has to be focused and committed to it and I would say KGHM’s been good to work with so far. “They’ve met the timelines, they’ve made sure meetings have been happening on a regular and consistent basis and things are progressing forward.”
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