The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
Seabridge Gold Inc. Aug. 4 reported the completion of a pilot plant evaluation of a new process for the removal of selenium from waters at its KSM copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia.
Seabridge Gold Chairman and CEO Rudi Fronk said, "The results provide further evidence that KSM has been designed to operate in an environmentally responsible manner." The BC Environmental Assessment Certificate issued for KSM in July 2014 required completion of the pilot plant test within one year of issuance of the certificate.
Vancouver B.C.-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc., the developer of the patent pending technology being tested, set up and operated the pilot plant.
BioteQ President and CEO DavidKratochvil said, "We are extremely pleasedwith the successful demonstration of ourSelen IXTM treatment technology toreduce selenium concentrations to one(part per billion) using water extractedfrom the KSM project site."
Over his more than 16 years of covering mining and mineral exploration, Shane has become renowned for his ability to report on the sector in a way that is technically sound enough to inform industry insiders while being easy to understand by a wider audience.
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