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Azimuth Consulting Group Partnership
in recognition of their paper from the
37th annual symposium in Vancouver in
2013, "Use of ecological risk assessment
to guide remediation at the Teck Pinchi
Lake mercury mine." Teck Metals Lim-
ited had been previously recognized for
its work at the Pinchi Lake mine with
the Jake McDonald Mine Reclama-
tion Award at the 2013 symposium, and
Teck's director of environmental lega-
cies, Steven Hilts, was presented with a
jade keeper trophy for safely returning
the Jake McDonald Mine Reclamation
Award to the
BC TRCR.
The annual reclamation awards were
not presented this year due to a lack of
nominations in the various categories.
The
BC TRCR is aware of good recla-
mation work being completed across the
province – work that shows substantial
planning and innovative thinking – that
will provide for strong future results.
However, after 37 years of strong nomina-
tions, only two nominations were received
for 2014. The
BC TRCR believes this may
be a reflection that industry has been busy
with ongoing reclamation work that may
not yet be at a stage to be showcased. The
BC TRCR encourages members of the
mineral exploration and mining sector
to nominate companies with reclamation
programs for the award.
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AME BC has held a spot on the BC Technical
& Research Committee on Reclamation since
2009, and encourages members to submit their
reclamation programs for consideration for the
Jake McDonald Mine Reclamation Award.
The
BC TRCR is a partner in the upcoming
Mine Closure 2015 conference to be held June
1 to 3, 2015; see mineclosure2015.com for
more information.
The keeper trophy for the safe return of the
Jake McDonald Mine Reclamation Award from
2013 was presented by Symposium chair Ryan
Todd (left) to Steven Hilts of Teck Resources
Limited for the Pinchi Lake Mine reclamation
program, which was the focus of
a Symposium field trip this year.
