The small B.C. town of Clearwater is set for an economic and population boom in the coming years if a major copper mine project goes ahead.
The proposed Yellowhead open-pit mine, launched by Vancouver-based Taseko Mines, highlights the broader challenges Canada faces on major resource projects—proponents citing regulatory hurdles, while opponents raise land-use and environmental concerns.
While many resource projects in Canada also face infrastructure limitations, in the case of the proposed Yellowhead mine the concerns are lessened by the existence of Taseko’s Gibraltar mine approximately 300 kilometres northwest, which Taseko says will allow Yellowhead to use the existing infrastructure for more efficient operations. …