MiningWatch takes legal action on Mount Polley disaster

Imperial Metals escaped charges from its 2014 Mount Polley tailings breach near the city of Williams Lake, BC, but the company isn’t going to dodge new legal actions coming its way. MiningWatch, backed by non-profit organizations including Amnesty International, Clayoquot Action, and Wilderness Committee, filed a private prosecution under Canada’s Fisheries Act against Mount Polley Mining Corporation and the British Columbia government. Imperial Metals was in Clayoquot Sound this summer doing work on Catface Mountain near Tofino where it holds mineral tenures in Ahousaht First Nations territory. They have not yet applied for a mine at either of their sites in Clayoquot Sound.