On August 19th a Town Hall Meeting held in Sherbrooke regarding the proposed mine had about 160 folks attend. The event was recorded and will be made available to the public soon. Check out the attached article found in The Casket newspaper.
There were 4 guest speakers present:
Dr. Kevin Spencer – Dr. Spencer is an Emergency Medicine Physician, Mechanical Engineer, Assistant Professor in Medicine with Dalhousie University, and Entrepreneur with two start-up companies in the Halifax area. The St. Mary’s River in Guysborough County has been a very important natural resource enjoyed by 4 generations of Dr. Spencer’s family. They have had a seasonal residence on the river just downstream from Cochrane Hill for many years.
Harry Kelly – Mr. Kelly has had a varied professional career from teaching in Middle Musquodoboit to working on coastal tankers for Irving Oil. He is an active outdoor sportsman enjoying mountain biking, kayaking and canoeing, fishing, hiking, hunting, and ATVing. He lives near Atlantic Gold’s active Touquoy mine site.
Dr. Peter Lund – Retired hydrogeologist with over 30 years experience in private consulting as a Professional Geoscientist specializing in assessment and remediation of industrial and commercial contaminated sites, municipal groundwater supply development, surface water impact studies, landfill assessment, and mine closures. He is a former HRM city councillor. He is most noted for his work on the acid mine drainage issue and subsequent fish kill at the Halifax International Airport and his work on the former Devco mine site clean-up.
Kris Hunter – Mr. Hunter is Program Director for the Atlantic Salmon Federation covering Nova Scotia and PEI. He is former president of the St. Mary’s River Association. He has been involved in numerous environmental assessments and monitoring projects St. Mary’s River Association, DFO, and NS Inland Fisheries, and co-wrote the recovery strategy for the St. Mary’s River. He has taught ecology, physiology, and biological diversity at St. Francis Xavier University.