The Nova Scotia government has announced a new provincial wilderness area in Guysborough County. It covers nearly 700 hectares of old-growth forest, lakes and wetland.
The Nova Scotia government has announced a new provincial wilderness area in Guysborough County, protecting a lake that has been eyed as a water source for a proposed gold mine.
Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia Inc., a subsidiary of Australia-based St Barbara Ltd., had proposed a temporary gold-mining site on Cochrane Hill, using Archibald Lake as its primary water source and discharging treated wastewater back into the river system. “This has been a long time coming,” he said, “the community is very passionate about the protection of Archibald Lake.”Morrow said resource extraction is not permitted in the wilderness area, but St Barbara said it’s committed to developing a gold mine at Cochrane Hill and will “assess the impact” of Archibald Lake’s new protected area status.
In a written statement, the company said its gold mine would create hundreds of “long-term” jobs and generate “hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity in rural Nova Scotia,” though the mine is only expected to be operational for a few years.Story continues below advertisement
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