Mining company cries foul over postponement of N.W.T. hearings
Review board forgot to book meeting rooms, Fortune Minerals Ltd. says the delay could add another year to a project that's taken more than 3 years to review, so far.
Fortune Minerals Ltd. wants to build a cobalt-gold and bismuth mine at its Nico property, located about 90 kilometres north of Behchoko, N.W.T.
A hearing was scheduled to be held in Behchoko at the Elizabeth Mackenzie School on August 1st and 2nd, but the hearings are now tentatively postponed until mid-October.
But the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board failed to book a meeting place before setting the dates.
"It was a mistake on our part that we hadn't nailed those venues down in advance, but we had made an assumption, unfortunately, and they weren't available when we needed them," said Verne Christensen, the board's executive director.
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The review board will finalize a new date for the hearings at a meeting next week
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