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Contaminants affect invertebrates years after Mount Polley mine disaster

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 29, 2022 | 6:54 am Education Canada Copper Gold 

As Imperial Metals (TSX: III) is making efforts to reopen its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia, Canada, a recent study shows that contaminants from the tailings dam breach that took place at the operation in 2014 have been affecting local fauna...

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