We’ll find out on Wednesday morning if an appeal filed by a mining company of an injunction against their magnesium project near Rossland will go ahead.
The BC Court of Appeal heard arguments in Vancouver on Friday from the proponent West High Yield, as well as the Save Record Ridge Action Committee, which obtained the injunction. It’s in place until a judicial review can be heard in May of the provincial government’s decision not to subject the project to an environmental review. The company had hoped to begin work this month.
Save Record Ridge’s Melanie Mercier explained this week that Friday was a sort of screening hearing, which will determine whether the matter will proceed to a full appeal before three judges. She said her group was confident the appeal will not succeed.
The company is also seeking to increase the security deposit that Save Record Ridge was ordered to provide.
