The Ontario Ministry of the Environment recently served Goldteck Mines (TSE) and two of its officers with a notice of its intention to ask the company to take certain steps relating to the overflow of a tailings pond at a Matachewan, Ont., gold property. In October, heavy rains caused a tailings pond on the property to overflow on to neighboring property spilling tailings into the Montreal River.
The Environment Ministry’s northeastern region branch has already served an order against Matachewan Consolidated Mines (TSE) and two of its officers.
While an agreement allowing Goldteck to process tailings on the Matachewan property has been terminated, Goldteck is reviewing the notice with its solicitors and preparing a response.
“The tailings overflow was in no way due to any of Goldteck’s activities on the property,” the company says.
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