Environmental Assessment Bulletin

The Honourable Joan Shea, Minister of Environment and Conservation, has announced the following event relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Gill Mine Re-activation
Proponent: Labrador Iron Mines Limited                                     (Reg. 1728)

Labrador Iron Mines is proposing to re-activate and mine an ore deposit on the Gill property, located in the western central part of the Labrador Trough Iron Range. Ore will excavated from an open pit and trucked approximately 500 metres to the existing Silver Yard beneficiation plant. Ore will be prepared for “direct shipping”, via crushing, washing, screening and gravity separation. Processed ore will be transported by rail to Sept Iles, Quebec, from where it will be shipped to market. Mining will progress from less than 3,000 tonnes per day and will peak at 7,000-10,000 tonnes per day. Construction and production are anticipated to commence in 2014.

The undertaking was registered on October 7, 2013; the deadline for public comments is November 20, 2013; and the minister’s decision is due November 28, 2013.

For further information on the environmental assessment process, please contact the Director of Environmental Assessment at 709-729-4211 or toll-free:
1-800-563-6181 or by mail to:

Director, Environmental Assessment Division
Department of Environment and Conservation
West Block, Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700, St. John's, NL A1B 4J6

Environmental assessment information is on the department website at: www.gov.nl.ca/env

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Media contact:
Deborah Thomas
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Conservation
709-729-2575, 728-8092
DeborahThomas@gov.nl.ca 

2013 10 16                                     11:15 a.m.