Back River decision postponed to 2017

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Dec. 29 said a federal decision on its Back River gold project in Nunavut has been postponed to sometime in 2017.

Late in 2015, Sabina submitted an environmental impact statement for a 3,000-metric-ton-per-day mine focused on Goose, one of the properties that comprise the larger Back River project, to the Nunavut Impact Review Board.

In June, NIRB recommended that the Mi...